Assistant Director - Value Creation - Private Equity

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.