Assistant Director - Value Creation - Private Equity

Job Description Assistant Director | Value Creation (PE & Corporates)

Role Overview:

The role combines strategy, hands-on execution, and client leadership, with a strong focus on delivering measurable EBITDA, cash, and operational improvement outcomes.

Revenue & Growth Value Creation (PE & Corporate Focus):

- Lead growth-oriented value creation initiatives including revenue improvement, pricing optimization, and commercial excellence.

- Drive revenue acceleration through pricing strategies, discount rationalization, and value-based pricing frameworks.

- Identify and unlock commercial levers across customer segmentation, product mix, and channel optimization.

- Lead go-to-market (GTM) strategy refinement including market prioritization and route-to-market effectiveness.

- Deliver margin uplift through mix optimization and pricing discipline.

- Translate growth initiatives into tangible financial outcomes linked to EBITDA, revenue, and cash flow.

Cost & Operational Value Creation (PE & Corporate Focus):

- Lead end-to-end value creation and transformation programs across PE portfolio companies and corporate performance improvement agendas.

- Drive cost transformation initiatives across SG&A, procurement, and operations.

- Deliver sustainable EBITDA expansion through structurally embedded cost and operating model improvements.

- Improve operational efficiency and productivity through process optimization and cost discipline.

- Ensure execution-led delivery with clear tracking of financial outcomes.

- Lead large-scale transformation programs (cost, operations, growth, operating model redesign).

- Develop and execute 100-day plans, turnaround strategies, and transformation roadmaps.

- Drive capital efficiency initiatives (working capital, capex, cash flow optimization).

- Support pre- and post-deal activities including ODD, carve-outs, integration, synergy capture, transformation, and restructuring.

Client Leadership & Relationship Management:

- Partner with onshore teams to act as a trusted advisor to PE investors, portfolio companies, and corporate CXOs.

- Co-lead executive discussions, steering committees, and key decision forums.

- Build client relationships and proactively identify follow-on opportunities.

Engagement Leadership & Delivery:

- Lead cross-functional teams across multiple workstreams.

- Structure complex problems into clear hypotheses, analyses, and execution plans.

- Deliver high-quality, insight-driven outputs and executive storytelling.

- Drive delivery excellence across quality, timelines, and client satisfaction.

Business Development & Practice Building:

- Support proposals, pitches, and commercial development initiatives.

- Build sector and functional value creation credentials.

- Develop playbooks, benchmarks, and proprietary tools (cost, productivity, transformation).

- Contribute to scaling the value creation and transformation practice.

Team Leadership & Talent Development:

- Mentor and coach Managers, Consultants, and Associates.

- Build high-performing, execution-focused teams.

- Support recruiting, capability building, and knowledge sharing.

Key Requirements:

- Experience: 1012+ years in consulting, PE value creation, or corporate transformation roles.