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About the Role

This senior, high-impact role drives transformation across a portfolio of mid- to large-cap businesses by partnering with deal teams and portfolio CEOs to deliver measurable performance improvement. The role is embedded across the investment lifecycle, from pre-deal engagement and operational due diligence through post-acquisition transformation and exit, focusing on underwriting, challenging assumptions, and defining actionable value creation plans. Post-investment, the focus shifts to execution, leading complex transformation programs and ensuring tangible EBITDA impact. The role operates through influence, shaping decisions at CEO and board level, and contributes to the development of Eurazeo’s value creation approach.

Responsibilities

Partner with deal teams from origination through diligence and execution
Lead operational diligence, assessing business quality/scalability and value creation opportunities
Define robust, quantified value creation plans with clear ownership and delivery milestones
Lead development and execution of first 100 days plans
Drive implementation of value creation initiatives with management teams
Ensure alignment between strategy, operations, and financial outcomes
Prepare businesses for successful exit
Ensure operational robustness and scalability
Support articulation of the equity story
Identify and execute value creation initiatives across commercial excellence, pricing, revenue growth, operational efficiency, cost transformation, digital transformation, data enablement, organization design, capability building, M&A, buy and build, and international expansion
Translate operational initiatives into measurable EBITDA impact
Lead complex transformation programs across multiple workstreams, ensuring delivery at pace
Define and drive the fund's AI strategy across the portfolio, setting a shared playbook and roadmap for value creation
Work hands-on with portfolio company management teams to identify AI opportunities and translate them into prioritized, actionable plans
Serve as the fund's internal AI reference, tracking market developments and distilling them into clear guidance
Act as a trusted partner to CEOs and senior leadership teams
Challenge and refine strategy, ensuring clarity of priorities and execution focus
Work through boards to drive performance and governance standards
Assess management teams and support senior hiring where required
Act as board member or observer in selected situations
Act as the primary operational counterpart to investment teams
Participate actively in investment committee discussions
Mobilize internal and external resources to accelerate delivery
Build strong relationships with portfolio company leadership teams, industry experts and advisors, and the broader Eurazeo network
Contribute to the evolution of Eurazeo’s value creation playbook
Share best practices across the portfolio
Support development of the firm’s operational capabilities

Requirements

Between 12 and 15 years of experience combining Tier-1 Strategy Consulting firm experience with operational P&L responsibility, ideally in a C-level position
High-credibility operator with the gravitas to influence CEOs, boards and investors, while maintaining a collaborative, low-ego approach
Strong emotional intelligence, able to flex between supportive partnership and constructive challenge depending on context
Highly hands-on and delivery-focused, with a bias for action and a willingness to engage at the detail required to drive outcomes
Resilient and comfortable operating in high-pace, ambiguous environments, with the ability to prioritize effectively and maintain momentum
Commercially astute and analytically rigorous, with strong problem-solving capability and sound judgement
Intellectually agile, able to rapidly understand new sectors, business models and strategic challenges
Influential communicator and relationship builder, capable of aligning diverse stakeholders around a clear agenda
Trusted partner to management teams, able to drive accountability and performance through engagement rather than authority
Entrepreneurial mindset, with a clear focus on value creation, growth and long-term impact
International outlook, culturally adaptable and comfortable operating across geographies

Skills

Strategic judgement
Hands-on execution
Performance improvement
Operational due diligence
Value creation planning
Transformation program leadership
Commercial excellence
Pricing
Revenue growth
Operational efficiency
Cost transformation
Digital transformation
Data enablement
Organization design
Capability building
M&A
Buy and build
International expansion
EBITDA impact analysis
AI strategy definition
AI opportunity identification
Portfolio leadership
Governance standards
Management team assessment
Senior hiring support
Stakeholder alignment
Relationship building
Problem-solving
Analytical rigor
Commercial acumen
Intellectual agility
Communication

Location

Paris
London

Work Type

Frequent travels across Europe

Experience Level

Senior
12-15 years

About the Company

Eurazeo is a leading global investment group with €37.4bn in diversified assets under management, including €28bn on behalf of institutional and private clients through its private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure strategies.
The Group supports around 600 companies, leveraging the commitment of its over 400 employees, its sector expertise, its privileged access to global markets via 14 offices in Europe, Asia and the United States, and its responsible approach to value creation based on growth.
The company's institutional and family shareholding structure, and its solid financial structure, ensure its long-term viability.
Eurazeo’s Portfolio Operations team is a fully embedded, strategically critical function within the investment platform. The team operates as a core value creation partner to deal teams and portfolio company leadership, working across the full investment lifecycle from diligence through exit.
This reflects a deliberate shift towards a more institutionalised, repeatable and operationally-led value creation model, consistent with leading global private equity firms.

Equal Opportunity

Eurazeo guarantees equal treatment for candidates and employees, regardless of their social and ethnic origin, age, place of birth, gender, religion, education, disability, etc.
Our company is committed to ensuring equal opportunities in the recruitment of our future employees, their professional development, their compensation, etc.