Private Equity Operations Director (m/f/d)

German Private Equity Fund specialized in Operational Value Creation

Munich

Private Equity

Das Unternehmen

Our client is an established German private equity fund with a focus on operational value creation as many portfolio companies are underperforming from an operational perspective. For their portfolio management team, they are interested to hire Operations Directors (m/f/d) who will take on an executive management role in the portfolio company and manage the transformation.

Ihre Aufgaben

• Pre-transaction: Participation in the deal process and due diligence, especially on operational, strategic and management matters including development of robust improvement/restructuring concepts and business cases
• Post-transaction: taking on an executive management position in a specific portfolio company or in an interim executive management position on their own
• Short-term career perspectives: to become a CEO of a future portfolio company

Das bringen Sie mit

• 8-13 years of professional experience from a Tier 1 strategy consulting firm and additional experience from a corporate management position
• Ideally mid-market (German ‘Mittelstand’) exposure or at least ‘mind-set’
• Outstanding academic credentials and steady & consistent career progression
• Willingness to travel (4 days/week) and work on-site at the portfolio companies
• Highly ambitious and motivated
• Hands-on, ‘get-things-done’ type of person
• Excellent German & English language skills