[Remote] Private Equity Sales Lead

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RRD is hiring a Private Equity Sales Lead to build strategic relationships across the private equity ecosystem and grow sales of RRD’s services. The role focuses on securing portfolio-company agreements, expanding RRD’s presence across portfolio companies, and using operational assessments to support value creation.

Responsibilities

• Identify & Engage Key Stakeholders: Target and build deep, recurring relationships with Portfolio Operations leads, Operating Partners, and Value Creation directors within targeted funds, segmented by sector and strategy
• Network Utilization: Leverage an existing professional network to gain access to highly gatekept PE environments and create meaningful business conversations
• Peer-to-Peer Engagement: Speak the distinct financial and operational vocabulary of the PE universe to establish immediate credibility with operational leadership
• Navigate complex PE procurement processes to secure Master Service Agreements (MSAs) within their portfolio of operating companies
• Short-List Positioning: Ensure that when an Operating Partner identifies an operational inefficiencies or cost takeout initiative within a portfolio company (PortCo), RRD is automatically positioned on the short-list to call
• Expand Success: Actively expand RRD’s footprint across multiple targeted portfolio companies by leveraging and proving early success in initial PortCo engagements
• Account Growth: Network across the firm’s broader ecosystem to cross-sell and scale RRD’s services into additional portfolio assets
• Pro-Bono/Low-Cost Assessments: Introduce specialized operational assessments during the PE firm's pre-acquisition due diligence and long-term holding phases
• Pipeline Building: Utilize these early assessments to build immense goodwill, positioning RRD to win the full execution contract the day the acquisition deal officially closes

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, or a related discipline required
• The Ex-Management Consultant (MBB / Big 4): Alumni of McKinsey, Bain, BCG, or a tier-1 operations consulting firm, specifically from their Private Equity or Post-Merger Integration practices. Understands how PE firms think and possesses a strong peer network
• The Former PortCo Executive: A former COO, VP of Sales, or VP of Operations who has successfully scaled and exited a PE-backed portfolio company, bringing immediate empathy and peer-to-peer credibility
• The Boutique PE-Origination Specialist: A proven track record of successfully selling professional services (e.g., IT, HR infrastructure, supply chain consulting) directly to PE funds
• PE Financial Literacy: Deep understanding of the core financial metrics driving the PE universe, including EBITDA, IRR (Internal Rate of Return), Multiple Expansion, and the execution of the 100-Day Plan
• Solution Mapping: Ability to quickly master RRD's diverse portfolio of services and translate them directly into levers for a PE firm's financial and operational objectives
• ABM Commercial Expertise: Highly skilled in running low-volume, high-trust Account-Based Selling strategies tailored for long, complex institutional sales cycles
• Collaborative Leadership: Ability to work cross-functionally within RRD to deploy specialized delivery teams once a fund-level relationship or MSA is secured
• Master's degree or MBA preferred

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life insurance
• Other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages
• Parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Tuition assistance
• Employer/partner discounts
• Remote work

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