Managing Director – Operating Model Design

CFGI

Leads operating model and organization design engagements for PE sponsors. Focuses on centralization, optimization, and value creation in organizational structures across the portfolio.

Posted 7/9/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leads operating model diagnostics: organizational design, span-of-control analysis, decision rights (RACI/RAPID) mapping.
Work with management teams to identify centralization of shared services, relocate shared service centers, evaluate outsourcing/offshoring ROI and build an execution plan to build the future state.
Design and implement SG&A optimization and shared services/COE structures.
Build cost-to-serve models linking organizational structure to profitability by customer/channel/product line.
Support carve-out and integration operating model design for PE add-on and platform transactions.
Build CFGI's operating model methodology and delivery collateral (frameworks, benchmarks, case studies).
Partner with portfolio company CEOs/CHROs on change management and org design rollout.
Support 100-day value creation planning with an operating model lens for new platform investments.
Represent operating model expertise in sponsor-facing BD conversations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10-15+ years in strategy consulting, with MBB or Strategy& pedigree and a specialization in operating model/org design.
Demonstrated experience leading organizational restructuring tied to measurable SG&A or margin outcomes.
Experience with PE-backed companies preferred, particularly around carve-outs, platform buildouts, or post-merger integration.
Strong quantitative modeling skills (cost-to-serve, span-of-control benchmarking).
Executive presence sufficient to lead sensitive organizational design conversations with C-suite and boards.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

Cost-To-Serve ModelingSpan-Of-Control AnalysisDecision Rights MappingSG&A OptimizationOrganizational RestructuringBenchmarkingIntegration Operating Model DesignExecution PlanningValue Creation PlanningFramework Development

Soft Skills

Executive PresenceLeadershipCollaborationCommunicationStakeholder Engagement