At Portage Point Partners (Portage Point), you are not a cog in a legacy machine, you are shaping strategy, influencing outcomes and being 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), Valuations (VAL), Transaction Execution Services (TES), Office of the CFO (OCFO), 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 Senior Director, PI role at Portage Point represents a unique opportunity to assume a wide range of responsibilities and make a significant impact. This Senior Director, PI is an executer of new deal value creation, performance enhancement, and value recovery and transformation. The Senior Director, PI will report directly to the PI Practice Line Leader and will 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.
Work directly with senior personnel at Portage Point and our clients to develop comprehensive solutions to complex operational and financial challenges across the business lifecycleWork with the Portage Point team of Associates to Managing Directors to lead execution of all deliverable workflows within scope, on time and within budget including using a hypothesis-based approach to quickly close knowledge gaps, source key data and provide analysis, delivering value creation plans with quantum and speed of opportunity capture, creating prioritized tactical action plans focused on what needs to be done by whom and when, supporting business functions to create and implement new assets, artifacts and governance, leading completion of client deliverables and presentations with high-degree of clarity, rigor and attention to detail and driving action plans to completion through interim management, project management, direct execution or execution advisoryContribute to the origination and selling of projects including experience pitching to or partnering with senior executives, private equity firms, lenders, lawyers and other related buyersSupport the development of service-line playbooks, proprietary perspective and thought leadershipProvide coaching and mentorship to junior team membersLead internal trainings and best practice sharingLead business development and client relationship effortsSupport talent acquisition and firm-building initiativesContribute to a high-performing, inclusive and values-driven culture
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 PhiladelphiaInvested in a team-based culture, motivated to collaborate in office four days per week and willing to work at client sites as needed12 plus years of advisory experience across several of the following: Financial Assessment & Office of the CFO, Sales Effectiveness, Acquisition & Merger Integration, Organizational Realignment & Business Process Optimization, Working Capital Optimization, Cost Out or Interim Management Extensive experience managing other professionals and acting in a manner that serves to motivate, develop and inspire Personal network and relationships that yield new opportunities and engagements across transformation, restructuring and interim managementProven ability to cross-sell complementary service offerings and expand networkSuperior written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready presentation and reporting skillsProven ability to thrive in lean, fast-moving teamsHigh attention to detail, responsiveness and ownership mindsetTrack record of success in high-pressure, client-facing environments