Hello,

I am a consultant at a top tier German strategy consulting firm. I’m in US office, small footprint. I am aligned with PE value creation practice, and I have solid experience with a couple of large PE’s on improving their portco’s performance.

I am nearing 5 years of experience, no MBA, and my current comp makes even T10 MBA pretty irrelevant. I want to break into PE Ops, but (L)MM funds have lower comp, while larger ones ignore me. How can I improve my chances?

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This is a tough one. Off the top of my head I can think of three potential strategies:
1. Do excellent work as a consultant for a fund where you'd like to work and shamelessly ask for a job after you've delivered impact
2. Lateral into MBB and get 2-3 years there (and get promoted / strong reviews)
3. Bite the bullet and take the lower compensation in LMM. Then either get promoted or move to a larger fund for another PE Ops role.

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Thank you for advice! Leaning towards #1, but there’s been no luck so far. Current client only retains very senior advisors 🥲 Past client gave off poor vibes

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Easiest path is to move to MBB for 2-3 years

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So you’re at RB :)

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