Managing Director, Performance Improvement

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, PI at Portage Point represents a unique opportunity to assume a wide range of responsibilities and make a significant impact. This Managing Director, PI is instrumental in expanding the PI practice and bolstering our playbook for providing end-to-end performance improvement services. The Managing Director, PI will report directly to the PI Practice Line Leader and will source and lead client engagements across various industries and services working directly with client teams to develop comprehensive solutions to complex operational and financial challenges across the business lifecycle. 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

Deliver value creation plans with quantum and speed of opportunity capture

Create prioritized tactical action plans with deadlines and drive those action plans to completion through interim management, project management, direct execution or execution advisory

Support business functions to create and implement new assets, artifacts and governance

Lead completion of client deliverables and presentations with high-degree of clarity, rigor and attention to detail

Leverage network and relationships to yield and maintain an active referral base of high-quality opportunities

Lead project origination and sales, including developing proposals and pitching to senior executives, private equity firms, lenders, lawyers and other related stakeholders

Serve in interim leadership roles, including functional line management and CXO

Support 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

Contribute to a high-performing, inclusive and values-driven culture

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 several of the following areas: financial assessment & office of the CFO, sales effectiveness, acquisition & merger integration, organizational realignment, business process optimization, working capital optimization, cost out and interim management

Proven ability to build rapport with and influence senior executives, middle managers, line workers, private equity firms, lenders and lawyers and deliver 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

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

$900,000 - $1,200,000 a year

The City of New York and the State of California require Portage Point to provide compensation for this role. This range represents the anticipated minimum and maximum cash compensation for this position based upon a good faith and reasonable estimate. The final compensation for this position will be set based on the applicant's qualifications (education, training and / or experience related to this role), and therefore, may fall outside the range shown, depending on the circumstances.