PE Ops / Private Equity Value Creation

6 years of experience, 3 years at bain and 3 years in private equity ops, north America. If I jump into a portfolio company, what’s a reasonable cash + equity for a chief of staff. I want to target f… more

How does private equity backed equity work. Say I got $500k in equity grants. Is the value of the equity only based on growth of the company. Say company hits 2.0x is my net at the end of exit $500k o… more

How do you guys set up your profile for outreach by recruiters? I don’t have MBA but I am at MBB and have 4 years prior ops experience as an engineer. Any tips?

Anyone got comps for PE OPs pay broken down by Base , Bonus % , & Carry amount for VPs and above? Acknowledging fund size will dictate this.

Interviews for PE fund going well. Currently in concerns, am I cooked? (Do I have to give memo, will they ask for it, do they already know?)

Interesting situation going on. Currently VC associate at MM fund, serving in Transformation role at PortCo. PortCo CEO resigned, who I reported to. PE fund likely getting booted by the bank and my ti… more

How often do people see ops/value creation roles that are remote?

Obviously the remote revolution kind of died, but wondered if ops might offer this option more due to spread out portcos and so on

PE interview follow up
Hi all. I recently interviewed with a big PE firm for its transformation office. Cleared recruiter, associate, panel interview (5 back to back with director and principals), and … more

Hi! Wondering how much an associate would make in the capstone group? 8 year S&C at Accenture experience, so maybe would target to come in higher than associate?

How is quality of life in VP-T and VP Portfolio ops roles at Angeles Equity and at Platinum Equity? Culture, comp, WLB, trajectory, etc.

What is a good package for a director level at $100M rev healthcare portco for base and RSU?

Just started at a portco and i put together a pretty crisp, as non-consulty as possible, project plan together to get a new product growth initiative off the ground and literally everyone is giving me… more

What is the typical pay break down for a VP and a Principal in PE Ops? At funds with greater than $1bn in AUM.

Are long career breaks an instant rejection for your PE Optimization central teams and/or Portco 'business athlete'/CoS/Strategy roles?

I'm coming off a long caregiver period (everyone's fine now, … more

Folks successfully recruiting for PE Ops/PortCo/Value Creation roles have you leaned more to 1 or 2 page resume? Got some helpful feedback from a headhunter that 2 page resumes aren’t necessarily bad for these roles.
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Any operators in the industrials space (or not, all inputs appreciated) can talk about how often their on target bonus is hit? Is this typically a number you hit only sometimes or is it more of an ave… more

Anyone know how much the pension funds/institutional investors in London pay infra Associates (base and bonus) for candidates with 8 years of experience?

How’s the PE ops market in Miami?

Thoughts on joining an lmm firm in an ops role? What should I be considering? How hard is it to move up market and what do exits look like?

Finally got my exit - leaving consulting and going into a PE backed platform as Director - Value Creation. About a ~40% bump in cash and getting equity as well!

What common exit opps do people in PE ops find when they leave MENA SWFs like Mubadala and PIF?

What is a competitive base and target bonus for VP of PE Ops @ LMM.

At what level do you receive carry at your firm for PE Ops? I’ll start off. Principal-level (one level before Partner, after VP), $80b+ AUM, 8b+ fund

What are the main headhunters for associate / vp level pe ops roles

Any one out there regret going the PE ops route post consulting? I have an MBB exit opportunity with a LMM fund. I’ll get equity in portco and some carry. Main issue I’m dealing with is this is going … more

Anyone had success cold emailing folks on PE Ops teams at the fund level? Especially ex-MBB or folks who went to your b school?

Thoughts and tips on cold emailing to network? Is it worst it?

What level do you typically exit from MBB EM/PL1/2 to PE Ops role? Hearing a mix of opinions that you exit into associate role and some saying VP
Background - 7 years in industry pre-MBB, MBA from T15.

Anyone know what post MBA comp for operator roles is? Specifically ones out of Kellogg? i heard other similar roles post MBA are 160k + 70k target bonus (shore CXO)

What should comp be for someone with 4 years of experience? Looking at an associate role in a hcol city

Does anyone know about TSG Consumer Value Creation Lead roles? Got offered one at one of their PortCos. Impressed so far, but doing my diligence.

Have you all been getting hits for PE Ops roles this summer? I haven’t gotten much, at a UMM fund

Does anyone know how big the KKR Capstone MBA internship program cohort size is? Or the full-time hiring?

What’s a better career track - PE Ops or Consulting Partner? Particularly thinking about long term earning potential, and work/life flexibility. At the point in my career where I have to decide if I… more

I’m currently working in PE Ops and would love to connect with others in similar positions to share ideas/best practices and learn from each other. Does anyone have recommendations on active communities or other … more

Hi team - few q’s: 1. Is PE Ops move to LMM firm considered a strong exit from MBB? 2. Is pay cut on comp normal? 3. What are career opportunities/ progression typically look like after this?

What are exit opportunities after doing M&A/Private Equity consulting? With a specific focus on Product/Tech Due Diligence. (Note: I’ve been working over 7 years.)

Corp Strategy? PE Strategy Ops? … more