Managing Director, Performance Improvement

Overview

At Portage Point Partners, you are not a cog in a legacy machine; you are shaping strategy, influencing outcomes and getting rewarded for driving impact. Portage Point is backed by New Mountain Capital and is recognized for accelerated growth, consistently featured in rankings from Inc.5000, The Financial Times and Consulting Magazine. Our cross-functional platform spans the full business lifecycle and offers 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 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 role 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

Benefits & Compensation

$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.

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