CAREERS AT CORDIS
Build your career at the center
of principal-level decisions.
Cordis is a modern, research-driven advisory firm working with founders, owners, and families at critical inflection points. The work is analytical and demanding, the stakes are high, and the expectation is that you will grow as fast as the responsibility you’re given.
SHARE YOUR BACKGROUND WITH CORDISWe do not publish open roles. When the fit is right, we build the role around the person.
The work, the standard, and the people who belong here.
Cordis is intentionally small, selective, and built around principal-level work. Most of what we do never appears in public. This is a brief view into what it means to build a career here.
What you can expect
Exposure to complex situations across readiness, transactions, stewardship, and new ventures. Small, senior-leaning teams. Direct access to decision-makers and the full context behind the work.
How we work
Principle-first, research-heavy, and system-oriented. We value preparation, clear thinking, written rigor, and the ability to debate ideas without ego.
Who thrives here
People who want to be held to a high bar, who treat client trust as a privilege, and who see feedback, ownership, and pressure as normal parts of the job.
Paths inside Cordis
We do not think in job titles as much as we think in responsibilities. Most people at Cordis operate across more than one lane over time.
Advisory & Research
Analytical, writing-heavy work supporting principal advisory across readiness, transactions, and stewardship. Modeling, memo-writing, scenario design, and helping clients see the full field before they decide.
Execution & Operations
Driving processes forward. Coordinating advisors, managing information, tracking details, and ensuring that complex projects move cleanly from idea to decision to outcome.
Ventures & Independent Work
Supporting new initiatives, principal-backed ventures, and independent sponsor-style opportunities where Cordis is deeply involved in building, operating, or refining a business alongside the owner.
Fellows & Strategic Projects
Time-bound roles for people with distinctive experience or potential—research, special projects, or discreet mandates—that deepen the firm’s capabilities while providing meaningful exposure.
How we evaluate potential teammates
We care less about where you started and more about how you think, how you prepare, and how you behave when the stakes are high. Four filters guide every decision.
Judgment
The ability to prioritize signal over noise, frame choices clearly, and recommend a course of action—even when there is no obvious answer.
Rigor
Comfort with deep work, complexity, and detail. Strong writing, structured thinking, and a bias toward over-preparation rather than improvisation.
Ownership
A default posture of responsibility. You close loops, anticipate issues, and treat every client outcome as if your own reputation were on the line.
Character
Integrity, discretion, and respect. We work with people whose values match the weight of the moments in which clients trust us to operate.
If this sounds like the kind of place you’ve been looking for, tell us why.
Share your background, how you think about principal-level work, and the kind of responsibility you want. We review every serious note, even when we are not actively hiring.
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