Managing Director @ Portage Point Partners

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Salary Range: 900000 to 1200000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

At Portage Point Partners (Portage Point), you are not a cog in a legacy machine, you are shaping strategy, influencing outcomes and getting rewarded for driving impact. Backed by New Mountain Capital, Portage Point is recognized for accelerated growth and is consistently featured in rankings from Inc.5000, The Financial Times and Consulting Magazine. This recognition is a testament to our focus on excellence, intensity and pace and ability to attract blue chip talent committed to delivering best-in-class outcomes. Our cross-functional platform spans the full business lifecycle and offers middle market clients integrated solutions across Transaction Advisory Services (TAS), Transaction Execution Services (TES), Office of the CFO (OCFO), Valuations (VAL), Performance Improvement (PI), Interim Management (IM), Investment Banking (IB) and Turnaround & Restructuring Services (TRS).

The PI team partners with private equity sponsors, lenders and corporates to drive value creation, performance enhancement and transformation across the business and investment lifecycle. This high-output, low-ego team delivers strategy through execution that is tailored to each client’s needs.

The Managing Director, TES at Portage Point represents a unique opportunity to assume a wide range of responsibilities and make a significant impact. This Managing Director is the subject matter expert and engagement leader in operational due diligence, value creation planning, post-merger integration and both carve-out and divestiture planning and execution. The Managing Director, TES will report directly to the PI Practice Line Leader and will across industries to comprehensively address opportunities related to acquisitions and/or divestitures, primarily in the middle market private equity space. You will lead key initiatives, manage discrete workstreams and work closely with senior leaders. If you thrive in a high-performance culture and want to help build the future of a rapidly growing consultancy, this is the right role for you.

Responsibilities

Work with the Portage Point team of Associates to Managing Directors to lead execution of all deliverable workflows within scope, on time and within budget, often across multiple engagements
Work directly with clients―from board room to shop floor―to develop insights, drive buy-in, and be a catalyst for action, while overseeing post-transaction value capture
Use a hypothesis-based approach to quickly close knowledge gaps, source key data and provide analysis
Deliver substantiated value creation plans with quantum and speed of opportunity capture
Support business functions to create and implement new assets, artifacts and governance
Drive action plans to completion through interim management, project management, direct execution or execution advisory
Leverage network and relationships to yield and maintain an active referral base of high-quality opportunities
Lead and/or contribute to project origination and sales, including developing proposals and pitching to senior executives, private equity firms, lenders, attorneys and other related stakeholders
Serve in interim leadership roles as required, including functional line management and CXO
Lead development of service-line playbooks, proprietary perspective and thought leadership
Provide coaching and mentorship to junior team members
Lead or support internal trainings and best practice sharing
Lead business development and client relationship efforts
Lead talent acquisition and firm-building initiatives

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from a top undergraduate program
Located in or willing to relocate to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Palm Beach or Philadelphia
Invested in a team-based culture, motivated to collaborate in office four days per week and willing to work at client sites as needed
15 plus years of advisory experience across transaction types and industries, with core focus on both strategy and execution across business functions to mitigate risk, set up new processes and drive value capture
Experience creating practice playbooks with synergy value capture, carve-out stand-up and divestiture
Program and Project Management expertise
Proven ability to build rapport, and influence, senior executives, middle managers, line workers, private equity firms, lenders and attorneys while delivering high-value work that exceeds client expectations
Experience advising clients and making decisions that demonstrate expertise, synthesizing the core drivers of both the clients’ business, situational analyses and the underlying complexity of the situation to maximize value
Personal network and relationships that yield new PI opportunities and engagements as well as ability to cross-sell complementary service offerings and expand network
Extensive experience managing other professionals and acting in a manner that serves to motivate, develop and bring out the best in others
Superior written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready presentation and reporting skills
Proven ability to thrive in lean, fast-moving teams
High attention to detail, responsiveness and ownership mindset
Track record of success in high-pressure, client-facing environments

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