Kilmer Group is a multi-generational platform for business development and investment, built on operational excellence, long-term stewardship, and trusted relationships. Headquartered in Toronto, we invest across three core sectors: Private Capital, Infrastructure & Real Estate, and Sports & Media, partnering with exceptional management teams to build and grow enduring businesses.

Kilmer Group has built a reputation for disciplined investment, active ownership, and creating long-term value. Our approach is grounded in partnership, integrity, and a commitment to building businesses that generate lasting impact for our partners, stakeholders, and the communities we serve.

Who we need

Reporting to the President, Kilmer Capital Partners, we are hiring a Director, Private Capital Investments. In this role, you will lead investments across the full lifecycle, from evaluating opportunities and overseeing due diligence through transaction execution, integration, and ongoing portfolio management. You will combine rigorous financial and investment analysis with practical business judgment to assess opportunities, identify risks and value creation levers, and translate insights into clear recommendations and action. Working closely with portfolio company leaders, Kilmer senior leadership, external advisors, and a team of two Managers, you will help strengthen businesses over the long term while contributing to a collaborative, transparent, and forward-looking culture within the Private Capital Investments team.

This is an existing, full-time opportunity based in the Toronto office, with periodic travel to support portfolio companies and integration activities.

What’s in it for you?

Impact and investment prospect.

Breadth and visibility.





A broader private capital experience.

Leadership and influence. This role comes with real scope: leading deals, coaching and developing a team, and shaping how Private Capital Investments works together as we grow. You'll bring your own perspective and judgment to the table, build strong relationships across Kilmer and its portfolio companies, and play a meaningful role in shaping the investment function

As our new Director, Private Capital Investments, you will:

- Evaluate investment opportunities. You will lead the assessment of potential investments, combining rigorous financial analysis with commercial and operational judgment to understand the business, market dynamics, management team, risks, and long-term value creation potential. You will develop investment theses and translate your findings into clear recommendations for senior leadership and the Investment Committee.
- Lead due diligence and transaction execution. You will oversee end-to-end diligence across financial, operational, commercial, tax, legal, and strategic workstreams, coordinating internal stakeholders and external advisors. You will identify risks and opportunities, challenge assumptions, and use your findings to inform transaction structuring, negotiations, and investment decisions.
- Drive integration and value creation.



You will stay actively involved after an investment closes, partnering with portfolio company leaders to support integration and identify opportunities to strengthen the business. You will bring a long-term ownership perspective to strategic planning, operational improvements, capital allocation, acquisitions, organizational development, and other initiatives that can increase enterprise value.
- Monitor and strengthen portfolio performance. You will develop a deep understanding of portfolio company performance, using financial results, operational metrics, KPIs, and market insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities. You will oversee portfolio reporting and bring forward practical, data-informed recommendations that support better decisions and sustainable growth.
- Build trusted partnerships. You will work closely with CEOs, executive teams, Kilmer leadership, boards, lenders, and external advisors, bringing curiosity, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach to complex business challenges. You will act as a strategic partner who can ask the right questions, constructively challenge thinking, and help turn insights into action.
- Lead and develop the team. You will coach and develop two Managers, providing guidance across investment analysis, diligence, execution, and portfolio work while creating opportunities for them to expand their capabilities and ownership. You will help foster a collaborative, transparent team environment.

You bring:

- The investment experience. You have built your experience in private equity, private capital, transaction advisory, valuations, investment banking, corporate development, or another environment wh

📌 Director, Private Capital Investments (Canada)
🏢 Kilmer Van Nostrand Co.
📍 Canada