Managing Director, Performance Improvement

Managing Director, Performance Improvement

Portage Point Partners (Portage Point) is a business advisory, interim management and investment banking firm intensely focused on the middle market. Our blue chip team leverages bulge bracket experience in consulting, operations, finance, accounting, investment banking and investing to provide unmatched transactional, operational, financial and strategic perspectives to middle market stakeholders. The Portage Point cross-functional platform is uniquely architected to offer fully integrated capabilities and solutions that identify value capture, mitigate risk and positively impact outcomes at every stage of the ever-changing middle market business lifecycle. From ideation to monetization, Portage Point delivers excellence across transaction advisory services (TAS), transaction execution services (TES), office of the CFO (OCFO), performance improvement (PI), interim management (IM), investment banking (IB) and turnaround and restructuring (TRS).

Recognized for accelerated growth, Portage Point is backed by New Mountain Capital and consistently featured in rankings from Inc. 5000, The Financial Times and Consulting Magazine. This recognition is a testament to the focus on excellence, intensity and pace and ability to attract blue chip talent committed to delivering impactful solutions.

The PI team supports middle market private equity, direct lenders and corporate clients across every stage of the business and investment lifecycle. Our team partners with clients to identify, facilitate and implement action plans that drive value capture and risk mitigation. From new deal value creation, performance enhancement, and value recovery and transformation, our team provides diligent strategy and tactical support with scalable solutions that align with each individual clients' need. This practice is currently seeking an exceptional Managing Director to 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. The role will be instrumental in expanding the PI practice and bolstering our playbook for providing end-to-end performance improvement services that include : office of CFO, post-merger integration, commercial and operational excellence, organizational effectiveness, working capital optimization and interim management.

The Managing Director, PI at Portage Point Partners represents a unique opportunity for a highly motivated professional to assume a wide set of responsibilities and make a significant impact in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. This Managing Director, PI 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. The role will be instrumental in expanding the PI practice and bolstering our playbook for providing end-to-end performance improvement services. The Managing Director, PI should be prepared to work within a small, collaborate team environment to manage discrete work streams.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Portage Point team to lead execution of all deliverable workflows within scope, on time and within budget, often across multiple engagements
• Use a hypothesis-based approach to quickly close knowledge gaps, source key data and provide analysis
• Deliver value creation plans with quantum and speed of opportunity capture
• Create prioritized tactical action plans focused on what needs to be done by whom and when
• 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
• 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 contributing to 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 professional development coaching to junior team members
• Share and manage best practices as well as lead internal trainings where required
• Lead business development efforts
• Support and lead talent acquisition and firm development efforts
• Contribute to creating a high-performing and inclusive culture

Qualifications

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