Private Equity Sales Lead

Job Description:

• Establish relationships across the Private Equity ecosystem to build strategic, long-term sales momentum
• Identify and engage Portfolio Operations leads, Operating Partners, and Value Creation directors within targeted funds
• Leverage an existing professional network to access highly gatekept PE environments
• Use PE-specific financial and operational vocabulary to establish credibility
• Navigate complex PE procurement processes to secure Master Service Agreements within portfolio companies
• Position RRD on shortlists for operational inefficiency and cost-takeout initiatives
• Expand RRD’s footprint across multiple targeted portfolio companies
• Cross-sell and scale RRD services into additional portfolio assets
• Introduce specialized operational assessments during pre-acquisition due diligence and long-term holding phases
• Use early assessments to build goodwill and secure full execution contracts
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deploy specialized delivery teams
• Drive signed MSAs, assessment engagements, and revenue attributed to PE relationships

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, or a related discipline required
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred
• Background as an ex-management consultant from MBB, Big 4, or a tier-1 operations consulting firm, specifically in Private Equity or Post-Merger Integration practices; or as a former COO, VP of Sales, or VP of Operations who successfully scaled and exited a PE-backed portfolio company; or as a boutique PE-origination specialist with a proven track record selling professional services directly to PE funds
• Must be physically based in a primary PE hub: New York City, Greenwich, CT, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, or Los Angeles; secondary consideration for Austin, Miami, or Atlanta
• Deep understanding of PE financial metrics including EBITDA, IRR, Multiple Expansion, and the 100-Day Plan
• Ability to map RRD’s services to PE financial and operational objectives
• Highly skilled in low-volume, high-trust Account-Based Selling strategies for long, complex institutional sales cycles
• Ability to work cross-functionally to deploy specialized delivery teams
• Must successfully complete a pre-employment background and drug screen

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life insurance
• Voluntary supplemental insurance coverages
• Parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Tuition assistance
• Employer/partner discounts
• Incentive program eligible, with a range of 20%–30% of base salary payable based on achieved performance metrics