Operating Partner, Agriculture

Fireclay Partners is building a technology-native investment bank. Operating Partners extend our sector expertise and help transaction teams understand the operating realities, relationships, and strategic questions that matter in agriculture.

What You Will Do

• Bring credible senior operating experience and sector judgment to selected client and transaction situations.
• Help bankers interpret industry dynamics, business models, operating risks, and strategic priorities.
• Contribute structured expertise, observations, and reusable insight through Fireclay's proprietary technology platform, Forge.
• Collaborate with deal teams on research, diligence, positioning, and relevant market relationships.
• Engage selectively and professionally while protecting client confidentiality and avoiding conflicts.

Who Thrives Here

• Senior executives, operators, advisers, or investors with meaningful leadership experience in agriculture or adjacent sectors.
• Strong judgment, communication skills, commercial credibility, and a useful professional network.
• Open-mindedness toward AI, structured data, and modern technology as tools for organizing and applying expertise.
• Willingness to contribute knowledge in a structured, disciplined way and collaborate with a technology-native banking team.
• No coding experience is required.

This is a flexible, high-trust affiliation for accomplished operators who want to apply their experience to important strategic and transaction questions.