Managing Director Private Equity
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Job Location:
Manhattan, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 350000 - 430000
Posted on:
05-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Managing Director Private Equity
Value Driven Solutions Exclusive Search for a Top-Tier Client New York NY
The Opportunity
Our client a highly regarded middle-market private equity firm with $3B AUM and a 20 year track record of operational value creation is seeking a Managing Director to lead deal origination execution and portfolio oversight. This is a Director-level hire reporting directly to the Founding Partners and joining a lean high-performance investment committee.
Key Responsibilities
- Deal Sourcing & Execution: Build proprietary deal flow in targeted sectors (e.g. business services healthcare services tech-enabled services or industrials). Lead all aspects of transaction execution including financial modeling due diligence coordination financing and legal documentation.
- Portfolio Management: Serve as Board Director on 35 portfolio companies. Drive value creation through operational improvements add-on M&A and exit planning.
- Firm Leadership: Mentor Principals and VPs; shape investment strategy; represent the firm to LPs bankers and advisors.
- Capital Raising Support: Partner with Founders on fundraising (next fund target: $750M$1B).
Candidate Profile
- Experience: 1218 years in private equity (preferred) or investment banking/M&A at a bulge-bracket or elite boutique. Must have closed 5 control buyouts ($75M$300M EV) as a lead professional.
- Track Record: Demonstrated IRR >25% across multiple realized investments; experience scaling businesses from $10M to $50M EBITDA.
- Education: Bachelors from a top-tier university; MBA strongly preferred (HBS/Stanford/Wharton/Columbia).
- Skills: Expert-level financial modeling thesis-driven underwriting operational playbook execution and executive-level board presence.
- Cultural Fit: Entrepreneurial low-ego intellectually rigorous and relentlessly driven.
Compensation
- Base Salary: $350000 $430000
- Carried Interest: Top-quartile carry pool (23% of fund-level profits) with accelerated vesting for early fund contributors
- Annual Bonus: 100200% of base tied to deal velocity and realized returns
- Benefits: Full medical 401(k) match deferred comp and co-investment rights
Location & Travel
- Primary office: Midtown Manhattan (hybrid: 4 days in-office)
- Travel: 3040% (deal sourcing board meetings conferences)
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Expense Management
- Financial Acumen
- Management Experience
- Profit & Loss
- Acquisitions
- Investment Banking
- Relationship Management
- Social Media Management
- Financial Modeling
- Customer relationship management
- Leadership Experience
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