Practice Manager - Private Equity Practice

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Who You’ll Work With

You’ll join the Product, Practice and Knowledge (PPK) group in our Private Equity practice. “Practices” are how we group and organize our solutions and products based on our clients’ industry or business function. They’re integral to how we win and deliver results to our clients and are a key strategic priority within our firm. Operations roles are critical in helping to drive and measure the strategic direction and operations of a practice.

Bain & Company is the leading consulting partner to the Private Equity industry and its stakeholders. Our Private Equity Practice is a scale and high-growth part of Bain’s business. We support investor clients to drive their own businesses, make the right investment decisions, and create value in their portfolio businesses (by interlocking with all of Bain).

You will focus on scaling our Private Equity business in near-in adjacencies (to our core buyout business), including coverage of institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and infrastructure investors.

WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

• This position will be integral to enabling the growth of our Private Equity practice, directly involved in defining and executing the strategic initiatives for our near-in adjacencies, driving commercial impact, and providing support for commercial operations
• The position will work closely with the Global PEG Practice EVP and Director, as well as the Private Equity growth initiative leads (client-facing Partners who lead the coverage of specific investment strategies)
• The position will involve multi-stakeholder collaboration across global and regional Client Heads, practice operations and talent, and Partners
  
  

What You’ll Do

• Overview:
• Key point-of-contact within the Private Equity practice for near-in adjacencies
• Own and drive longer-term initiatives with our Senior Partners (e.g., strategic direction, account prioritization and coverage)
• Directly manage, coordinate, and prioritize efforts across shorter-term asset building and commercial operation activities
• Strategy:
• Develop and execute the strategic priorities of growth initiatives
• Product:
• Define best-in-class case scope, content, and delivery for near-adjacencies
• Support the cultivation of investor-aligned assets, partnering with Bain’s data and innovation centers of excellence to consistently deliver at our best
• Commercial:
• Build and maintain key points-of-view, intellectual property and credentials for our near-in adjacencies. Be a key thought-partner leveraging a deep understanding of market trends, active investors, potential deal pipeline, and deal dynamics
• Proactively develop and maintain selling collateral for near-in commercial opportunities; organize and mobilize our affiliates and experts to maximize commercial outcomes
• Provide critical link to other capability and industry experts to enable integrated diligence and post-acquisition work
• Support PEG Marketing with publications and media requests
• Coordination and communication:
• Help to ensure coordination across practice, regions, and capability interlocks
• Support and drive content for practice and annual planning meetings
• Develop and maintain a list of Bain and external experts on key investment strategies and industry sub-segments, particularly for upcoming deals or prioritized targets
  

About You

• Current or recent Bain consulting experience, or the equivalent at another consulting company
• 3+ years post MBA work experience
• Private Equity a plus but not required
• Demonstrated track record of influencing senior leadership to drive action and impact.
• Demonstrated track record of technical affinity and familiarity with common GenAI tools and technologies (e.g., ChatGPT, building custom GPTs)
• Collaborative – someone who knows how to work with and through others to drive results and make change happen and is customer service oriented.
• Entrepreneurial, proactive, and productive - someone who knows how to prioritize what needs to be done and rallies colleagues to get things accomplished; “roll up the sleeves” type of attitude.
• Insightful and technical – strong problem-solving skills and pragmatic, with a practical, “real-world” sense of what is actually “do-able”. Possesses an affinity for (1) data-driven insights to make decisions, and able to harness knowledge and expertise of the best content to support the Practice and (2) technical skills to drive automation/optimization of product offerings and internal processes.
• Articulate and compelling in his/her verbal and written communication skills; engaging and concise – with interpersonal “presence”; adaptable across executive, technical and Bain audiences
• Energetic, with drive, enthusiasm, and natural skills in relationship development – ability to develop an extensive network of relevant relationships both internally and externally, as required.
• Inspirational Leadership - track record of successfully managing high-performing team members, motivating and developing colleagues above and below their own tenure.
• A great colleague and teammate - passionate about the task at hand and fun to be around; someone with whom Bainies and clients go out of their way to work