Role Overview: The Portfolio Manager is responsible for driving value creation across assigned portfolio companies post-acquisition. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and execution - owning problem structuring, solutioning, and delivery oversight. The individual is expected to operate as a mini-CEO for their portfolio, ensuring initiatives translate into measurable business impact.
Key Responsibilities
1. Portfolio Ownership
- Own 1–2 portfolio companies end-to-end, across strategic and operational initiatives
- Act as the primary point of contact between portfolio company management and internal stakeholders
- Diagnose business issues and identify value creation levers (revenue growth, cost optimization, working capital)
2. Value Creation Execution
- Develop and drive 100-day plans and longer-term transformation roadmaps
- Lead cross-functional initiatives (commercial, operations, supply chain, digital)
- Track and report KPI improvements with clear linkage to EBITDA impact
3. Stakeholder Management
- Engage senior management (CEO, CFO, functional heads) to align on priorities
- Manage upwards to internal leadership with structured updates and escalation where required
- Influence without authority in complex, legacy environments
4. Team Leadership
- Guide analysts and junior team members in problem structuring and execution
- Ensure high-quality outputs (analysis, decks, recommendations)
- Build repeatable playbooks across portfolios
Job Requirements
Experience
- 5–8 years of experience in consulting, private equity, corporate strategy, or operations
- Proven track record in delivering business impact (not just advisory)
Skillset
- Strong problem structuring and hypothesis-driven thinking
- Ability to translate strategy into execution plans
- Financial acumen (P&L understanding, value driver analysis)
- High stakeholder management capability Traits
- Ownership mindset; comfortable operating in ambiguity
- High accountability and bias for action
- Ability to operate both strategically and tactically
Traits
- Ownership mindset; comfortable operating in ambiguity
- High accountability and bias for action
- Ability to operate both strategically and tactically