Manager, Value Creation

Overview

Grant Thornton Stax is a strategy consulting firm built for high-impact work with private equity and growth-focused clients. Following our acquisition by Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, we're expanding rapidly, combining the agility and culture of a boutique with the scale, reach, and platform of Grant Thornton.

Recognized as a top workplace, Grant Thornton Stax has been named to the 2025 Vault Consulting 50 Best Firms, Management Consulted's Top Ranked Consulting Firms 2025, and Consulting Magazine's 2025 Best Firms to Work For.

To support this growth, we're expanding our Value Creation practice with experienced leaders who can own client relationships, drive measurable EBITDA impact, and develop the next generation of consulting talent.

The Work

As a Manager in the Value Creation practice, you will lead high-impact engagements focused on driving revenue growth, EBITDA expansion, and operational improvement for private equity portfolio companies. You'll serve as the primary point of contact for portfolio company executives and PE sponsors, owning engagement scope, timelines, and outcomes.

You will work closely with portfolio company executives and private equity sponsors to design and execute initiatives across pricing, commercial excellence, go-to-market strategy, performance improvement, and growth strategy development. Engagements often extend beyond strategy development into implementation planning and measurable execution.

Our teams operate with high ownership, direct client exposure, and meaningful responsibility-without the heavy travel model common in consulting.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary engagement manager, owning scope, timelines, budgets, and client relationships across Value Creation engagements
• Lead workstreams focused on revenue growth, pricing optimization, sales effectiveness, and commercial strategy
• Diagnose performance gaps and identify value creation levers across customer segmentation, pricing, sales operations, and go-to-market models
• Develop actionable roadmaps with clear financial impact and implementation milestones
• Partner directly with portfolio company executives (CEO, CRO, CFO) to drive alignment and support execution
• Build and review financial models to quantify revenue and EBITDA impact
• Structure and review client deliverables that clearly articulate insights, recommendations, and measurable outcomes
• Present findings and implementation plans to private equity sponsors and portfolio company leadership
• Oversee scaled primary research, including phone interviews and web surveys, to inform strategic recommendations
• Manage and mentor Senior Consultants and Consultants, ensuring analytical rigor and high-quality outputs
• Support proposal development and business development activities, including scoping new engagements
• Contribute to the growth of the Value Creation practice, including capability building and new offering development

What Makes This Role Different

• Own tangible revenue and EBITDA impact across portfolio companies
• Work alongside executive leadership teams to implement meaningful change
• Deepen expertise in pricing, commercial excellence, and growth strategy while building leadership capability
• Build sustained client relationships beyond transactional engagements
• Operate within a global support model that provides research and analytical leverage
• Clear pathway toward Senior Manager and Director
• Sustainable consulting model with minimal travel (~10%)

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred
• Typically 5-8+ years of experience in strategy consulting, value creation, commercial excellence, pricing, or growth strategy roles
• Experience working directly with private equity portfolio companies or corporate growth initiatives
• Demonstrated experience owning and leading full engagements or major workstreams focused on revenue growth, pricing, go-to-market, or operational performance improvement
• Strong financial modeling skills, with the ability to quantify revenue and EBITDA impact
• Excellent structured problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentation experience
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel proficiency required
• Experience managing teams and developing junior talent
• High initiative, intellectual curiosity, and strong collaboration skills

Preferred

• Experience working directly with private equity sponsors and portfolio company C-suite executives
• Prior consulting or professional services background
• Experience contributing to business development or proposal efforts

Locations

• New York, Chicago, and Boston
• Consistent with the firm's hybrid work model, this position requires in-person attendance three days per week at a firm office or client site

Compensation & Benefits

This role offers a base salary range of $190,000-$225,000, plus a target annual bonus. Grant Thornton Stax follows a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy; base salary is commensurate with experience, and total cash compensation may vary based on individual and firm performance.

We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family; expanded family planning benefits; a 401(k) plan with company contributions regardless of your own; open vacation policy; life and disability insurance; generous parental leave; pre-tax transit benefits; mobile phone stipend; wellness reimbursement; charitable gift matching; and more.

Grant Thornton Stax is an equal opportunity employer and affords equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability (except where the disability is a bona fide occupational disqualification), sexual orientation, genetic makeup, predisposition or carrier status, familial or marital status, military or veteran status or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.