M&A Manager (f/m/x)

About IONITY

IONITY is building the backbone of electric mobility in Europe.

Founded by leading automotive manufacturers, we operate Europe’s largest high-power charging network across 24 countries, enabling seamless long-distance travel for EV drivers. With thousands of charging points already in operation and significant expansion ahead, IONITY is evolving beyond charging infrastructure into a broader mobility, energy and digital platform.

As EV adoption accelerates, new opportunities emerge at the intersection of mobility, energy markets, technology and customer experience. We are uniquely positioned to shape how people, vehicles and energy systems interact across Europe

This is where you come in.

About the Role

As M&A Manager, you are at the heart of IONITY’s inorganic growth agenda - identifying, evaluating and executing transactions that expand our network, capabilities and market position across Europe.

Reporting to the Director Strategy & Innovation, you will work closely with senior leadership, shareholders and external advisors, as well as another Business Developer internally, and the Business & Market Intelligence Team to identify, originate, and execute M&A opportunities - from initial target screening through to signing, closing and integration handover.

This role combines deep financial and analytical rigor with strong project management and stakeholder skills. You will run complex, multi-work-stream transactions in a fast-moving environment, working at the interface of finance, strategy, legal and operations.

You will work on some of the most strategically significant transactions shaping the future of EV charging infrastructure in Europe.

Key Responsibilities

Deal Origination & Target Identification

• Proactively identify and screen M&A targets aligned with IONITY’s strategic growth agenda, including charging network acquisitions, technology bolt-ons, and other adjacent industries across Europe.

• Build and maintain a structured pipeline of opportunities; develop and present investment theses and initial assessments to senior leadership.
• Track competitive landscape and market developments to identify inorganic opportunities before they come to market.

Transaction Execution

• Lead and manage all work-streams of live transactions: financial modeling and valuation, due diligence coordination, SPA negotiation, and shareholder approval processes.
• Build robust business cases and financial models, including DCF valuations, scenario analyses, earn-out mechanics and IRR / return analysis for investment committee, bank and shareholder approval.
• Coordinate external advisors (legal, financial, technical, tax, etc.) and manage data room processes, due diligence findings and issue resolution.
• Prepare and present transaction documentation, including investment memoranda, Q&A materials and update communications

Stakeholder Management & Integration

• Act as the key internal coordinator across Finance, Legal, Operations and People & Culture for all transaction-related work-streams.
• Manage shareholders and lender communication, and financing processes associated with acquisitions, including consent processes, covenant negotiations and draw down coordination.

Post-Acquisition & Portfolio Management

• Support integration planning and handover to operational teams post-closing, including tracking of key milestones, earn-out conditions and post-merger value capture.
• Maintain M&A knowledge base, lessons learned and transaction documentation for institutional memory and future deal reference.

• 7+ years of relevant experience in M&A, investment banking, private equity, corporate development or strategy consulting, with direct transaction execution experience.
• Strong financial modeling skills: confident building DCF models, LBO / return analyses, earn-outstructuresand scenario analyses from scratch.
• Hands-on experience managing due diligence processes, coordinating multi-disciplinaryworkstreamsand working with external legal and financial advisors.
• Experience in, or strong affinity for, the energy, mobility,infrastructureor technology sectors.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to prepare clear, concise investment materials for senior executives and shareholders.
• Highly organized self-starter who can manage multiple workstreams simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills; comfortable working across functions, senioritylevelsand national cultures.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus