Value Creation Director / Senior Director (m/f/d) in München

Job title: Value Creation Director / Senior Director (m/f/d)

Employment type: Full-time

Capmont is an entrepreneurial private capital investment manager with offices in Zurich, Munich, Warsaw and Luxembourg. The firm pursues two independent investment strategies: Private Equity and Technology.

In Private Equity, Capmont invests in companies headquartered in Europe, particularly in the DACH region and neighboring markets. With a portfolio of more than 35 holdings, Capmont currently manages assets of over EUR 1.5 billion.

As part of its Private Equity strategy, the team primarily invests in profitable small and mid-cap companies with potential for further organic and inorganic growth. As an active, operationally engaged investor, Capmont supports its portfolio companies with a dedicated, specialized Value Creation team - providing not only capital, but also operational and strategic expertise to realize profitable and sustainable growth.

Capmont Portfolio Partners is a cross-functional value creation team of experts and sits at the heart of Capmont's investment approach. Working side-by-side with our investment teams and the management of our portfolio companies, we identify, prioritize and realize sustainable operational value - sector agnostic and with an owner's mindset. We take independent responsibility for the key priorities and initiatives in our portfolio companies across the entire investment life cycle, from due diligence to exit. This offers high-performing candidates a unique opportunity to drive real operational change and create tangible value in a private equity environment.

The Role

Capmont Portfolio Partners is seeking senior operators to drive performance improvements across portfolio companies particularly in the DACH region, Northern Italy, and Poland. As Value Creation Director or Senior Director, you work directly with C-level teams to translate strategy into clear, executable plans, improve EBITDA and cash flow, accelerate growth, strengthen leadership alignment, and ensure disciplined execution. The role includes stepping into complex or underperforming situations to restore clarity, focus and momentum, and to create tangible operational impact across the portfolio.

Levels and focus

The role is open at two levels, with the final level determined based on the candidate's experience, particularly in P&L leadership and corporate carve-outs.

• Value Creation Director: typically 10+ years of experience; senior sparring partner to C-levels, leads value creation programs in several portfolio companies and guides project teams; P&L or carve-out experience is an advantage
• Senior Director: typically 15+ years of experience, including proven full P&L responsibility and a track record in corporate carve-outs; owns the value creation agenda for key assets, takes on board / interim roles where required and shapes CPP's methods and team

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor and sparring partner to C-levels in our portfolio companies with revenues from EUR 50-500m
• Challenge assumptions constructively while building and maintaining strong working relationships
• Support leadership teams in defining priorities and making difficult trade-offs
• Strengthen management alignment and decision-making discipline

Operational Value Creation

• Analyze, develop and drive initiatives across revenue growth, pricing excellence, sales effectiveness, margin expansion and cost optimization
• Improve cash management, working capital discipline and operational transparency
• Support professionalization of processes, structures and reporting
• Facilitate performance tracking through robust KPI frameworks

Execution & Implementation

• Translate board-level objectives into 100-day plans and multi-year roadmaps
• Ensure initiatives are structured, prioritized and sequenced properly
• Monitor implementation progress and remove roadblocks
• Hold management teams accountable for delivery

Critical Situations & Transformation

• Support companies facing performance gaps or structural challenges
• Help stabilize organizations during periods of rapid growth or transformation
• Provide hands-on support in restructuring or repositioning scenarios, including interim management roles where required
• Strengthen organizational resilience and execution capabilities

Collaboration with Investment Teams

• Work closely with Capmont's deal teams to ensure alignment between investment objectives and operational initiatives
• Provide operational input during acquisition and exit preparation phases
• Contribute to a fact-based, performance-oriented governance dialogue
• Lead and develop Value Creation project teams (Analyst to Vice President level)
• Contribute to the continued development of Capmont's Value Creation playbooks and tools
• Share best practices across the portfolio
• Build a structured yet pragmatic approach to operational excellence

Personal Profile

Experience

• We value candidates who combine senior operational leadership experience with a background in top-tier performance-focused consulting (e.g., AlixPartners, Alvarez & Marsal, Bain, Roland Berger or similar)
• Previous experience in private equity-backed environments is advantageous
• Demonstrated ability to deliver EBITDA growth, margin improvement or operational turnaround
• Full P&L responsibility and experience in managing / leading corporate carve-outs - required for Senior Director, advantageous for Director
• Languages: Fluent German and English required, Italian and/or Polish preferred

Leadership & Personal Capabilities

• High credibility at C-level and in board settings
• Strong analytical thinking combined with execution discipline
• Comfortable operating without formal authority in a flat hierarchy environment
• Direct, clear communicator with strong presence
• Pragmatic and impact-oriented; focused on what moves the needle
• High level of ownership and accountability
• Willingness to travel and to work on site at portfolio companies

Mindset

• Combines strategic clarity with operational depth
• Balances support and challenge
• Driven by measurable outcomes, not theoretical concepts

What we offer

• A senior role within Capmont with exposure to CEOs and boards of our portfolio companies
• High impact across a diverse private equity portfolio
• A lean, entrepreneurial environment with short decision paths and flat hierarchy
• Close collaboration within experienced Value Creation and Investment teams
• Competitive compensation including a participation in your assigned assets and the opportunity to invest across the Capmont portfolio

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