Engagement Manager, Advisory

About Riplo

Riplo is a VC-backed, AI-native advisory and technology firm serving private equity across the deal lifecycle. We combine deep diligence expertise with our own AI platform to give PE funds sharper answers, faster. We are growing quickly, winning work with leading funds and expanding the team, and this hire is a key part of that next phase.

• Advisory: thematic research, commercial due diligence (CDD), AI due diligence, AI value creation, AI build solutions and exit readiness.

• Software: Building the operating layer for consulting

• Clients: mid-market and large-cap PE funds across the UK, Europe and the US.

• Operating model: flat and AI-leveraged. Senior people work directly on the deal, supported by AI rather than layers of juniors.

• Team: a blend of DD consultants, PE portfolio operators, AI advisors and AI engineers, with advisory and engineering working side by side.

Our team and culture

AI is rewriting the rules of consulting. Most advisory firms are waiting to see what happens. We decided to be the ones making it happen.

We are a small, senior team that moves fast, sets a high bar and genuinely enjoys building Riplo together. Every person here shapes what Riplo becomes.

We build side by side in the office 4–5 days a week, because the best ideas come from being in the room together. If you want to sit at the table with us, roll up your sleeves and build something that matters, we want to meet you.

Engagement Manager, Advisory · London (in office 4–5 days a week) · Full-time

This is not a typical Engagement Manager role. You will be a key hire working side by side with our Founding Director of Advisory, leading live diligence on PE deals, owning workstreams end to end, and helping build the advisory practice from the ground up.

You will have the autonomy of a founder, the exposure of a partner, and the tools of an AI-native firm. Your work will show up directly in investment decisions, in our product and in how Riplo grows.

What you'll do

Deliver diligence

• Lead day-to-day execution of CDD and AI DD projects for PE clients, from kick-off to final report.

• Structure the key questions, build the workplan and own core workstreams: market sizing, competitive landscape, customer research, business plan review and AI/tech assessment.

• Turn analysis into a clear, investment-grade storyline and co-present findings directly to deal teams.

• Deliver projects on time and to a high standard.

Build the practice

• Assist with producing thought leadership and marketing collateral (sector notes, whitepapers, LinkedIn content).

• Help scope and write proposals, and support pitches to new and existing funds.

• Support relationship building with PE funds and corporate finance advisors.

Embed AI in how we work

• Use AI tools at every step: research, data analysis, interview synthesis, modelling and slide production.

• Work with our engineers to improve Riplo's platform and diligence workflows.

• Build reusable assets that make each project faster than the last.

What you'll bring

• 6–7 years in diligence consulting.

• Strong commercial due diligence track record for PE clients, ideally at a transaction advisory firm or broader management consulting experience with a focus on technology, software or AI.

• Sharp commercial acumen: you quickly get to what drives a business and what matters for the investment case.

• Proven execution: you have run workstreams and teams and delivered under tight deal timelines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, including senior client and investor audiences.

• AI fluency: you already use AI tools daily and can show how they make your work faster and better.

Who you are

• Founder mindset: this is your business to own and grow. You treat Riplo's success as your own

• Proactive: you see what needs doing and do it before being asked.

• Driven: you set a high bar for yourself and the work you deliver, and want to build something.

• Ownership mindset: you take initiatives from idea to delivery and drive them forward. You own outcomes, not just tasks

• AI-first: you look for the AI-enabled way to do every step, and keep refining it.

• Comfortable with ambiguity: you thrive in a small, fast-moving team without rigid structure.

Why Riplo

• Build something from the ground up: join early and help define what AI-native diligence looks like for the industry.

• Real impact, fast: your work feeds directly into investment decisions made by leading PE funds.

• Senior from day one: sit in front of deal teams, shape proposals and own client relationships.

• Work at the frontier: collaborate with our own AI engineers and platform, not just talk about AI.

• Grow with the firm: a clear path to take on more as Riplo scales.

• Competitive package: salary, bonus and equity (details discussed at interview).