Associate Director - Research
Core
Assess portfolio-company performance and execute initiatives for revenue growth, pricing, sales effectiveness, cost reduction, and operations improvement. (via careerplan.io/jobs/744000152676104-associate-director-research-at-sutherland)
Role type
Senior IC Associate Director (Private Equity Portfolio Operations)
Builds
Value creation programs and operational improvements for portfolio companies
Domain
Private Equity / Corporate Finance
Required skills
PE lifecycle knowledge, financial analysis, program management, KPI establishment, exit readiness planning
Preferred skills
Prior PE portfolio operations experience, hands-on execution of improvement programs, working with portfolio CEOs/CFOs
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Assess portfolio-company performance and identify value-creation opportunities; Develop and execute initiatives across revenue growth, pricing/GTM, sales effectiveness, cost, working capital and operations; Track performance against the investment case and value-creation plan; Work directly with portfolio-company CEOs/CFOs and functional leaders on improvement programs; Establish KPIs, milestones and governance; Support 100-day planning, portfolio monitoring and exit readiness.
