M&A Advisor / Deal Operations Consultant for SaaS Marketplace (Early-Stage)

We are building an early-stage acquisition marketplace focused on facilitating the buying and selling of small SaaS and digital businesses. The platform operates as a deal facilitation marketplace, not a brokerage, and does not represent buyers or sellers. We’re looking for an experienced M&A operator / deal operations consultant to help us design, validate, and refine our early-stage deal processes. This is an advisory and operational role — not sales, not brokerage, and not negotiation. What We Need Help With Reviewing and improving an end-to-end deal flow (LOI → due diligence → escrow → close) Advising on best-practice M&A processes for small SaaS or digital business acquisitions Helping define clear deal stages, timelines, and responsibilities Identifying common deal failure points and ways to prevent stalled transactions Advising on structuring a non-broker deal facilitator role Reviewing escrow handoff workflows and documentation sequencing Flagging broker-classification or compliance risks in marketplace-style deal flows What This Role Is NOT ❌ Not a business broker role ❌ Not a negotiation or sales role ❌ Not legal, tax, or investment advice ❌ No outreach to buyers or sellers ❌ No success-based or contingent compensation We are specifically seeking process expertise and pattern recognition, not deal closing. Ideal Background Hands-on experience with M&A transactions or acquisitions Experience with small to mid-market deals, SaaS, or digital businesses Familiarity with LOIs, due diligence, APAs/ATAs, and escrow workflows Experience advising or operating deal pipelines or marketplaces is a plus Practical, operator-oriented mindset (not theoretical) Engagement Details Short-term advisory engagement to start Hourly or fixed-fee structure Flexible schedule Potential for ongoing advisory involvement as the platform evolves Apply tot his job