Director, Value Creation
About The Position
NGP is searching for a dynamic and results-oriented Director, Value Creation to join the NGP Portfolio Operations team. In close partnership with the Investments team and portfolio company boards, this department helps translate firm and company-specific theses into clear value creation plans, supports execution alongside portfolio CEOs, and provides ongoing monitoring and reporting against those plans. Reporting to the Partner of Portfolio Operations, the Director will help advance the NGP Operating Playbook, codify best practices across the portfolio, and support both organic and inorganic growth initiatives.
Requirements
- Four-year degree from top institution; MBA preferred
- 4-8 years post-undergrad or 2-3 years post-MBA in consulting, small business operations, investment banking, private equity, or operating roles (finance, strategy, sales/marketing, operations)
- Based in or willing to relocate to Chicago, IL
- Regular travel for portfolio company support, conferences, and events
- Hands-on approach to driving results with executives
- High executive function and bias to action
- Strong emotional intelligence and curiosity
- Coachable, resilient, personable, and self-aware
- Unquestionable integrity and ethics
- Strategic thinker with execution focus
- Desire to be part of a collaborative, fast-paced community
Responsibilities
- Relationship management
- Build trust-based relationships across portfolio companies from employees to executives
- Facilitate collaboration and decision-making through effective communication
- Insight-driven bias to action
- Maintain solution-oriented mindset while navigating complex challenges
- Perform strategic analysis and leverage stakeholders to drive results
- Value creation planning
- Develop and execute onboarding processes and value creation plans with boards and management
- Implement portfolio monitoring tools and build scalable playbooks
- Support operational diligence for platform and add-on acquisitions
- Configure integration plans for inorganic growth
- Expert project and program management
- Structure and manage timelines, deliverables, and competing priorities
- Proactively address issues with transparent communication
- Collaborate effectively independently and in teams
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
