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Chief Growth Officer - Portland, OR
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Executive Summary


The Opportunity: Chief Growth Officer (CGO) for PE Operating Company


Location: Portland, OR


Company Overview:

TheMilVet is partnered with PE clients who are consolidating fragmented industries across America. These are industries that have no national presence or brands that dominate the market. Our PE partners create value through consolidation and quickly scaling the core business in a high growth environment. As an example, a sister portco in this fund grew its revenue from $0 to $2B in 4 years and after 300+ acquisitions. For more information about his strategy, we’ve included an article from the Harvard Business ReviewPrivate Equity Needs a New Talent Strategy


Our clients enter a market through acquisition, hire a leader to be its champion for growth [the Chief Growth Officer (CGO)], and begin to scale the local market. As the new market grows, they search for other local complementary businesses to tie under the newly hired CGO, and grow through both organic and inorganic strategies.


This PE client is a top-decile private equity fund with a long history of successful investments in professional, residential, financial and tech services. This specific holding company is an investment out of its 9th fund, which will have ~$4.5 billion of committed capital and is focused on acquiring and growing financial services companies.


Their executive leaders who are building this firm are experienced PE operators and represent an all-star team. Past leadership hires have included high performing Veterans with strong leadership skills and next-level execution abilities. Military profiles include leaders from Special Forces, Ranger Regiment, the nuclear Navy, USMC Infantry and MARSOC, etc.


Position Details:

This is an opportunity to be a Chief Growth Officer at one of the company’s partner brands. The CGO will work hand-in-hand with the founder of the newly acquired business to oversee all aspects of day-to-day operations; the person is the ‘sunrise and sunset’ for the entire business. The CGO will drive growth, performance metrics, create an amazing workplace culture and develop all staff and management, constantly striving to be a world-class operator and helping others to do the same.


You will be responsible for driving organic growth of the business. You will be supported by partner services teams that work at the holding company level, and adjacent business leaders.


Additional primary responsibilities will include:

  1. Successful integration of tuck-in acquisitions that occur in your market area
  2. Hiring and managing business leaders within your company
  3. Partnering with peer leaders to ensure that best practices are shared across the full platform
  4. Working with peers and leadership to share best practices



Your Professional Qualifications:

3-5+ years post-military experience of demonstrated P&L ownership and growth.


Key attributes for the right hire:

  1. Unmatched will to win as a team
  2. Ownership mentality
  3. Growth mindset
  4. Able to identify opportunities, motivate employees, and create a culture of growth
  5. Data-driven decision making
  6. KPI focused
  7. Servant leader mindset
  8. History of building great teams of A-players with high retention
  9. Enjoys building a team-first mentality
  10. Bias for action
  11. History of operating at high pace of play
  12. Deep respect for blue-collar workers


Compensation:

  • $300K OTE + significant equity/LTI
  • Industry-leading benefits package





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