Director, Commercial Strategy // Consumer Insights
About this role
Portage Point Partners is a Chicago-headquartered advisory, interim management and investment banking firm focused on serving the middle-market. Backed by New Mountain Capital, the firm has grown at over 30% annually since its founding in 2016 and today operates from ten offices across the United States.
The firm delivers integrated financial and operational solutions across Transaction Advisory Services, Transaction Execution Services, Office of the CFO, Valuations, Performance Improvement, Turnaround & Restructuring and Investment Banking. Engagement teams are lean and execution-oriented, working directly with senior stakeholders to navigate complex transitions and transformations.
Triple P India (TPI) is a strategic extension of the firm’s platform, established to build a high-quality team that operates as an integrated part of U.S.-based teams. Professionals in TPI are involved in live engagements from the outset, contributing to analysis, execution and client deliverables in coordination with colleagues across the firm. The platform is designed to provide meaningful responsibility, direct exposure to senior leadership and long-term growth in a high-performance environment.
The Commercial Strategy team is responsible for optimizing the firm’s go-to-market strategy, commercial operations and business development infrastructure. The team partners closely with firm leadership and practice leaders to drive revenue growth, enhance client engagement, improve pipeline visibility and strengthen decision-making through technology, data and process optimization. By leveraging platforms such as Intapp DealCloud and related business systems, the Commercial Strategy team delivers scalable solutions that improve collaboration, increase operational efficiency and support the firm’s continued expansion.
The Director, Commercial Strategy // Consumer Insights is a credentialed industry Subject Matter Expert (SME) who owns the commercial agenda for the Consumer vertical within the firm's Commercial Enablement (CE) function. Reporting to the Head of Commercial Enablement, this leader is the firm's sector SME and the source of market insight that equips MDs, Practice Line Leaders (PLLs) and Account Teams to drive origination in the sector.
The role owns the vertical's commercial point of view (POV) – the market updates, sector analysis and origination-focused thought leadership that position the firm with prospects and clients – working closely with PLLs, MDs, Account Teams and Marketing to translate that insight into firm-facing content and external presence.
Success is measured by the firm's positioning in the Consumer sector, the quality and timeliness of the vertical's commercial intelligence, its presence in firm marketing and external content, and the degree to which market-facing teams treat the vertical as the firm's authoritative source for sector insight.