Transitioning from consulting to a PE Ops role. Realize it’s a long shot, but would anyone here be willing to connect to share their experience making the transition and perhaps “what I wish I knew?” Feel free to DM if so.

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What I wish I knew
- Your project experience is much more important than where you work - make sure you’re getting the relevant reps in consulting
- PE ops can vary significantly across funds - some have fully built out teams that are onsite at portcos weekly and others have a few people who are pseudo executive coaches l
- It’s a tough role to transition to without some sort of industry experience - the consulting skillset is very valuable but working in a PE-backed company really helped me prepare
- Compensation ramps quickly, but it’s a get rich long game
- Culture, fund performance and your ability to survive is way more important than trying to land at the best fund. If you can stay in a seat for 5-10 years at a well performing fund you will make plenty of money

Just some thoughts off the top of my head

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Having experience with and being comfortable leading the typical projects you see in PE Ops is way more important than coming from a big name company

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