RETAINED SEARCH PARTNER: Falcon Partners 

SEARCH MANDATE: Our private equity client is seeking a talented and highly motivated leader to serve as Operating Partner within its portfolio. The Operating Partner will function as a strategic business partner, collaborator, enabler, and problem solver for all assigned businesses within the portfolio. The OP will work as a key piece of this firm’s distinct value creation model and advisor network offered to each portfolio company management teams as a “hands-on” resource providing oversight, support, and guidance, while driving for results and establishing a high-performance culture of accountability. Finally, the Operating Partner will be a key player in leading the portfolio companies to successful and profitable exits.    

COMPENSATION: Competitive base, bonus and significant carry in the fund. 

THE PORTFOLIO: 

• Industry Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Industrial Services 
• Revenue Range: Lower Middle Market 
• AUM: 3B+ 

INVESTMENT THESIS: 

• Drive professionalization, KPI-driven execution, commercial optimization, and disciplined M&A to build high-potential businesses. 
• Align, organize and deploy deal teams, network resources and portfolio company talent to catalyze growth. 

THE SPONSOR: This firm is a dynamic and fast-growing private equity firm that is creating a truly differentiated approach to private equity investing. Quickly growing to over $3B in AUM, the firm has invested in several excellent platform businesses with a full deal pipeline ready to expand their reach in a market poised for rapid growth. This private equity fund sets itself apart through a transformative governance model designed to accelerate growth and institutionalize founder-led businesses. In addition to the typical operating partner model seen in many private equity firms, they equip their portfolio companies with CEO and CFO support, along with advisors offering targeted functional expertise across talent, finance, operations, and commercial resources 

CANDIDATE PROFILE: We seek a passionate, committed leader with a contagious will to win who can honor this company's past while also leading it into the future. Our ideal candidate's background most likely includes: 

• Business Model: Industrial services 
• Functional: Successfully exited, private equity-backed CEO or Operating Partner with a middle market private equity firm, including prior CEO experience 
• Orientation: Commercial or Operational orientations accepted 
• Private Equity: Preferred 
• M&A: Solid integration experience required 
• Tenure: 20-35+ years of progressive career success 

FALCON and its clients are equal opportunity employers. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, or any other protected status. FALCON encourages qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply.