Associate Director – Research

Short Summary

Associate Director – Research with Sutherland. Key Responsibilities: Assess portfolio-company performance and identify value-creation opportunities. Develop and execute initiatives across revenue growth, pricing/GTM, sales effectiveness, cost, working capital and operations. Track performance against the investment case and value-creation plan, identifying reasons for underperformance. Work directly with portfolio-company…

Key Details

• Position / opportunity: Associate Director – Research
• Organization: Sutherland
• Country / coverage: India
• Location: Mumbai, MH, India
• Work arrangement: On-site
• Opportunity type: Jobs
• Sector: Business & Finance
• Compensation: Not specified
• Duration: Not specified
• Start date: 2026-09-30
• Application deadline: Not specified

Description

Key Responsibilities: Assess portfolio-company performance and identify value-creation opportunities. Develop and execute initiatives across revenue growth, pricing/GTM, sales effectiveness, cost, working capital and operations. Track performance against the investment case and value-creation plan, identifying reasons for underperformance. Work directly with portfolio-company CEOs/CFOs and functional leaders on improvement programs. Establish KPIs, milestones and governance; track impact on revenue, EBITDA, FCF and ROIC. Support 100-day planning, portfolio monitoring and exit readiness. Candidate Profile: 10-15+ years of relevant experience. Prior PE / Portfolio Operations / Value Creation experience strongly preferred. Hands-on experience executing improvement programs within PE portfolio companies. Strong understanding of the PE lifecycle from diligence and underwriting through value creation and exit. Strong financial, analytical and program-management skills. Comfortable working with PE senior leadership and portfolio-company management teams. Priority: Candidates with actual portfolio-company value creation and execution experience, rather than primarily transaction, research or strategy backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Key Responsibilities: Assess portfolio-company performance and identify value-creation opportunities.
• Develop and execute initiatives across revenue growth, pricing/GTM, sales effectiveness, cost, working capital and operations.
• Track performance against the investment case and value-creation plan, identifying reasons for underperformance.
• Work directly with portfolio-company CEOs/CFOs and functional leaders on improvement programs.
• Establish KPIs, milestones and governance; track impact on revenue, EBITDA, FCF and ROIC.
• Support 100-day planning, portfolio monitoring and exit readiness.

Requirements / Eligibility

• : 10-15+ years of relevant experience.
• Prior PE / Portfolio Operations / Value Creation experience strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience executing improvement programs within PE portfolio companies.
• Strong understanding of the PE lifecycle from diligence and underwriting through value creation and exit.
• Strong financial, analytical and program-management skills.

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