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Operating Partners Who Concentrate On Operational Engineering
Growth Operators helps Private Equity Operating Partners deliver the operational results required to achieve the investment thesis. We augment your team with experienced operators and hands-on support across Finance, HR, Transaction Advisory, IT, and Decision Intelligence — accelerating execution and improving performance at the portfolio and portfolio-company level. Unlike firms focused on deal structuring or capital strategy, we specialize in how the business runs day-to-day to unlock enterprise value. We don’t just plan — we execute.
THE OPERATING PARTNER'S CHALLENGE
The Gap Between the Value Creation Plan and the Value Creation Result
Operating Partners are stretched across a portfolio, not just one company. The initiatives that stall a deal rarely start in the boardroom. They start in the back office, with weak reporting, thin finance and HR benches, and management teams without the bandwidth to execute against an aggressive thesis. Unlike firms focused on deal structuring or capital strategy, Growth Operators specializes in Operational Engineering: how the business runs day-to-day to support the investment thesis and unlock enterprise value.
LIFECYCLE COVERAGE
One Team, Every Phase of the Hold
From pre-close diligence to exit readiness, we provide continuity across the investment lifecycle so the insights from diligence actually translate into execution.
Phase 1
Pre-Close & Day 1 Readiness
1. Operational/Financial Due Diligence
Assess the target's Finance and HR people, processes, and technology to identify gaps and hidden liabilities.
2. Quality of Earnings
Bottom-up analysis using transaction-level data to validate adjusted EBITDA and Net Working Capital.
3. Financial Modeling & Analysis
Scenario-based models to stress test assumptions and inform value creation levers.
4. Strategy Assessment
Translate the owner's strategy into quantified value creation potential and inform the investment thesis.
5. Preliminary Value Creation Plan
Synthesize diligence insights into early priorities and milestones.
6. Day 1 Readiness Planning
Define critical first-day actions, communication plans, and cross-functional alignment.
7. Transition Services Agreement
Scope, negotiate, and plan TSA exit timelines.
8. Integrated End-to-End Plan
Develop a governance structure and execution roadmap bridging diligence through Day 1.
OUR APPROACH
The nextLEVEL® Process
nextLEVEL® is the foundation everything else on this page builds on. We benchmark your portfolio company against Finance, HR, IT, and AI best practices, then use those findings to prioritize the work across Strategy & Execution, Finance Advisory, HR Advisory, Transaction Advisory, Strategic IT, and Decision Intelligence. Four stages take you from raw data to a plan your team can actually run.
See exactly where you stand today, function by function, on a clear visual assessment, with no guesswork about where the real gaps are.
SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Depth Across 35+ Industries and Ownership Groups
Private equity, privately held companies, and strategic buyers — we bring sector fluency to every engagement.
- Health Care & Life Sciences
- Manufacturing, Industrial & Construction
- Consumer Products
- Retail / Wholesale
- Restaurant
- Technology, Media, Telecom & Software
- Food & Beverage
- Business & Professional Services
- Transportation / Warehousing
- Value-Added Distribution
We Buy Our Shirts With the Sleeves Already Rolled Up®
Your On-Demand Operating Support
We close the gap between the value-creation playbook and what actually happens inside the portfolio company.
Embedded operators, not consultants. We don’t just advise — we execute. We embed experienced Finance, HR, operational, and transformation leaders directly within your portfolio companies to drive measurable impact from day one.
Lifecycle coverage. From pre-close diligence to exit readiness, we provide continuity across every phase. End-to-end involvement ensures diligence insights translate into execution and results.
Proprietary tools & frameworks. nextLEVEL®, growthNAVIGATOR®, Decision Intelligence (powered by AI), and Value Creation Office playbooks bring structure and repeatability — accelerating integration, alignment, and performance.
PE fluency. We understand investor expectations, hold-period dynamics, and the urgency behind value-creation targets. We speak the language of sponsors and management alike.
Hands-on partnership. We work shoulder to shoulder with portfolio leadership, providing the horsepower, structure, and transparency needed to deliver against the thesis and maximize enterprise value.
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Our People Make the Difference
Our Growth Pros have sat in your seat. We’re former CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CHROS, controllers, HR leaders, and transformation executives who’ve run Finance, HR, IT, and operations from the inside — not just advised on them. That bench spans Finance, Accounting, HR, Transaction Advisory, IT, Decision Intelligence, Strategy & Execution, and operational transformation, giving an Operating Partner one team to cover a portfolio instead of five vendors to manage.
When you call on us, we embed directly with leadership, bring order to complexity, and turn the investment thesis into results — across every portfolio company, not just the one demanding the most attention right now.
What Our Clients Are Saying
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What does an operating partner do for companies?
An operating partner helps organizations improve performance by translating strategy into operational priorities, workstreams, KPIs, and execution plans. They often support diligence, the first 100 days, transformation, M&A integration, board reporting, and exit readiness.
Growth Operators provides operating partner services by embedding functional expertise and execution capacity across Finance, HR, Transaction Advisory, IT, Decision Intelligence, and Strategy & Execution.
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Real-World Results
