Investment Banking Partner

Location: U.S. & U.K. (New York / San Francisco / London preferred)

Type: Part-time / fractional / full-time (performance-based comp)

**About Thunder

** Thunder is a tech-enabled investment bank with a founder-first philosophy. We help growth-stage tech companies navigate capital strategy (equity, debt, and M&A transactions) by combining deep operating experience, proven relationships, and proprietary technology. Thunder gives partners the infrastructure, data, and execution resources to focus on what matters: advising founders and closing transformative transactions. Thunder focuses on the relationships with our founders and helps them achieve their ideal target outcomes.

**The Role

We’re hiring experienced operators and dealmakers to join Thunder as a Partner. This flexible, performance-driven role is ideal for exited founders** or senior investment bankers with 10+ years of experience and a proven track record of transactions. Partners will be hands-on advisors to founders — leading strategy, investor and buyer outreach, and managing deal execution with Thunder’s delivery teams.

What You’ll Do

• Lead client relationships for later-stage tech companies (post-Series A, typically >$5M revenue).
• Advise founders on capital strategy (equity, debt, M&A) and craft the path to their ideal outcomes.
• Drive investor and strategic buyer outreach, leverage and grow your sector network.
• Lead negotiations and manage the execution team (analysts/associates) to deliver investor materials, diligence support, and closing.
• Contribute to client satisfaction and revenue generation through retainers and success fees.

Who You Are

• 10+ years building or advising tech companies (exited founder strongly preferred) or senior experience in IB/VC.
• Direct transaction experience (multiple deals on either side, buy/sell, capital raises, M&A).
• Deep sector expertise and an established, demonstrable network of investors/strategics in your vertical.
• Founder-first mindset: empathetic, pragmatic, and solutions-oriented.
• Comfortable with a flexible, performance-based compensation model.
• FINRA registration helpful but not required.

Compensation & structure

• 100% performance-based : partners earn a share of Thunder’s revenue from retainers and success fees.
• The average partner is earning $10K+/mo in retainers and 6 figures in performance pay
• Option to purchase/earn equity in Thunder and become a formal, voting partner after a 1-year cliff.
• Background checks, references, and NDAs required.

Why Join Thunder

• Stay in the game, not the grind. Focus on high-impact advising and deal leadership instead of hiring, payroll, fundraising for a new company — you own the strategy and client relationship; Thunder handles the execution work.
• Flexible commitment. Work fractional, part-time, or full-time on your terms — “what you put in is what you get.” Build a book of advisory work that fits your lifestyle.
• Real upside, no fundraising risk. Earn meaningful pay-for-performance through retainer + success-fee splits (detailed, transparent commission schedules and worked examples are provided). You get revenue upside from closed transactions — with no need to commit capital or manage a fund.
• Low liability, high credibility. Work with an experienced team of ex-founders, bankers and operators, backed by a compliance and finance infrastructure that minimizes your operational risk while you advise.

Interview process

• 30-minute call with Jason → 60-minute follow-up → partner panel (30–60 mins) → references → offer

**Apply

** Send a brief note and CV to [Jason@thunder.vc](mailto:Jason@thunder.vc). Include 2–3 example transactions and top investor / strategic relationships.