Thoughts on director role in Corporate Strategy at F50 company or Deal-team Associate at a LMM PE fund?

3 years at Bain out of undergrad.

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Is it a true Director role with direct reports / leading a division or one in name only?

A true F50 Director role isn’t easy to get.

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Director role is enticing but I’d probably take the PE role. Can always go to corp strat from there, the other way around would be more difficult

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Director at a F50 after a pre-mba stint in Consulting is a pretty wild offer. LMM PE will likely be a rough lifestyle and won’t offer a strong brand name that you can fall back on if you decide that grinding for 10 years to become an MD is what you want to do. I’d say take the director role (and I’m currently in PE...)

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3 yrs out of undergrad and a director at F50 is dope. That would set a new base for your other job searches. Sr dir..VP..etc

Damn that's surprising.. at Google only partners come in as Directors. If you get a team and decent scope I'd say go for the director role.

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Trade offs I see:

Pros of Director role:
More responsibility
More similar work to what I’ve done at Bain, less feeling like a fish out of water
Better WLB
Higher immediate salary
More job security

Pros of PE:
Back-end $$$$ if I’m / fund is successful
More direct path to promotion (no MBA required - pro for me)
Smaller team - freedom to take step-up opportunities without going up the chain of command

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Yes - sorry I should’ve been more explicit, need an MBA to move beyond Director

What’s the salary for each day

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