Strategy & Operations Manager - Healthcare Private Equity

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**WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH**

Bain has formalized industry and capability “Practices,” which are integral to how Bain wins and delivers results to its clients. Together they form PPK (Product, Practice, and Knowledge). The role of a Practice is to drive growth for Bain in a particular industry or capability together with offices and boost Bain’s expertise and commercial excellence.

The Americas Private Equity Practice is a scale and high-growth part of Bain’s business. We support investor clients to drive their own businesses, make the right investment decisions, and create value in their portfolio businesses (by interlocking with all of Bain).

You will focus on **Healthcare** Private Equity** clients, collaborating closely with the Global PEG Practice Director, Regional Practice Leaders, and the Healthcare Private Equity Sector Leads. Your work will help define strategic initiatives for Healthcare-focused investors and portfolio companies, ensuring collaboration across the Practice Operations, Talent teams, and client-facing partners.

**WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM**
- This position will be an integral to enabling the success of a Private Equity sector - directly involved with defining and executing against the key strategic initiatives for the sector, driving commercial impact, and providing support to Practice operations
- The position will work closely with the Global PEG Practice Director, as well as the Private Equity Sector Leads (client-facing Partners which lead the sector in the Americas)
- The position will involve multi-stakeholder collaboration across the Practice Operations and Talent, Regional Client Heads, and Private Equity Partners

**WHAT YOU’LL DO**
- Overview:

- Key point-of-contact within the Healthcare Private Equity practice vertical supporting day-to-day operations
- Own and drive long term initiatives with our most senior VPs (e.g., strategic direction, account planning)
- Directly manage, coordinate, and prioritize efforts across short-term asset building activities
- Strategy:

- Primary point-of-contact to execute against vertical strategic initiatives and imperatives
- Coordinate with sector leads on strategic plan to increase execute against strategic plans (e.g., penetrating whitespace)
- Commercial (Selling):

- Mobilize against near-in commercial opportunities; provide link to capabilities and industries to enable integrated diligence and post-acquisition work
- Drive systematic review of priority client opportunities within the vertical
- Develop materials on key market trends; track announced deals, deal outcomes, and Bain involvement (pitch, selection, transaction status)
- Develop, maintain and prioritize list of potential publicly announced targets coming to market based on market analysis and fund commentary
- Support pitch materials for high-priority targets and bake-offs; leading coordination with coverage Partner, identifying relevant redbooks and POVs
- Coordinate with AAG and PEGAR to recommend the highest priority tools and analytics for the sector (more broadly) and on individual deals
- Coordination and Comms:

- Help to ensure coordination across practice, regions, and capability interlocks
- Support and drive content for sector, practice and annual planning meetings, including pipeline conversion, revenue, IP/POVs
- Develop and maintain list of Bain and external experts on key sub-segments, particularly for upcoming deals or prioritized targets

**ABOUT YOU**

Required:

- Bachelor’s Degree and 6-9 years Management Consulting / Private Equity experience OR Master's Degree and 5-6 years of Management Consulting / Private Equity experience
- Core skills
- Ability to multi-task, and continuously re-prioritize as things come up
- Ability to drive complex content value creation work and lead analysis in fast-paced environment
- Superior communication skills with senior people in the firm and excellent business acumen
- ** Collaborative** - someone who knows how to work with and through others to drive results and make change happen, and is customer service oriented
- ** Entrepreneurial, proactive, and productiv