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’s growth continues to outpace market growth and today operates from ten offices across the United States one office in the middle east and one office in Gurugram.
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 Delivery Enablement (DE) team supports internal stakeholders by providing a robust operational backbone across TAS, TES, OCFO, PI, IM, IB and TRS. The team includes Talent Acquisition (TA), Human Capital Management (HCM), Commercial Strategy, Marketing, Data Analytics, Accounting & Finance and Delivery Excellence. As Portage Point continues to grow, the DE team is laser focused on scalability, quality and automation.
The Vice President (VP), TA opportunity represents a unique opportunity for a highly capable recruiting professional with a proven track record of sourcing and placing top tier candidates. This is Portage Point’s first dedicated Talent Acquisition hire based in India and will be responsible for building and owning the TPI recruiting function from the ground up, in close partnership with the global TA team and local HCM leader. The Vice President, TA will work alongside the Practice Line Leaders to drive high volume and strategic recruiting outcomes across TPI. This VP will focus on flawless execution of the recruitment strategy, sourcing premier talent across various levels and delivering a best-in-class candidate and stakeholder experience, including full ownership of the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle – sourcing through offer execution.
Responsibilities
- Partner with hiring managers to identify and secure top talent across various career levels
- Own end-to-end recruiting execution within an application tracking system, including requisition management, candidate communication, interview scheduling and pipeline reporting
- Run effective TA processes that decrease interview to hire ratios and increase offer extension to acceptance ratios
- Develop and deploy effective sourcing strategies
- Accurately convey the Portage Point employee value proposition and unique advantages of each role and practice line
- Deliver an efficient and highly communicative experience to candidates and stakeholders
- Manage external agency relationships and reduce overall agency spend
- Develop and execute strategic recruiting initiatives and events
- Maintain standard operating procedures, talent dashboards / reports and recruiting exhibits
- Effectively leverage TA technology and support the research and implementation of new solutions
- Accurately report activities, outcomes and flag potential opportunities and threats
- Manage process changes by developing adequate levels of awareness, desire, knowledge, ability and reinforcement
- Facilitate effective employment branding
- Champion referral bonus program and education internally around open hiring needs
- Share and manage TA best practices as well as lead internal trainings where required
- Contribute to creating a high-performing and inclusive culture
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from a top undergraduate program
- Located in or willing to relocate to Gururgram, India
- Invested in a team-based culture and motivated to collaborate in office three days per week
- Six plus years of lateral recruiting experience, primarily in sourcing out of investment banking, private equity or other financial / professional services firms
- Expert in candidate sourcing and selection
- Skillful in screening and / or behavioral interviews
- Experience with employment branding, diversity recruitment and change management
- Full-cycle, end-to-end recruiting experience within an applicant tracking system (ATS), including ownership of interview scheduling
- Direct experience with ATS management is strongly preferred, such as Lever, Greenhouse or Ashby
- Ability to successfully work independently as well as in a small, collaborative team environment
- Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy as Portage Point’s first India-based TA hire, exercising strong judgment and independent decision-making
- High degree of maturity with a proven ability to interact with senior executives
- Effectively communicates analysis through Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint including high-quality messaging, structure and formatting
- Eagerness to be responsive at all times, including flexibility to overlap with U.S. team working hours given the cross-time-zone collaboration this role requires
- Proven track-record of success in high pressure, time-constrained environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including strong e-mail etiquette
- Top-tier organizational skills and attention to detail
- Self-starter and entrepreneurial spirit, with the ability to build a function from the ground up
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree from a top undergraduate program
- Located in or willing to relocate to Gurugram, India
- Willingness to collaborate in the office three days per week
- Six or more years of lateral recruiting experience, primarily sourcing for investment banking, private equity, financial services, or professional services firms
- Expertise in candidate sourcing and selection
- Experience conducting screening and/or behavioral interviews
- Experience with employment branding, diversity recruitment, and change management
- Full-cycle, end-to-end recruiting experience using an applicant tracking system, including interview scheduling
- Direct ATS management experience with platforms such as Lever, Greenhouse, or Ashby
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a small team
- Ability to operate autonomously with sound judgment and independent decision-making
- Maturity and ability to interact with senior executives
- Proficiency communicating analysis using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Flexibility to overlap with U.S. team working hours
- Proven success in high-pressure, time-constrained environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and email etiquette
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Self-starter and entrepreneurial mindset with ability to build a function from the ground up
Portage Point Partners Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Portage Point Partners and has not been reviewed or approved by Portage Point Partners.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage is described as zero-cost, with dental and vision also included, indicating unusually strong employer-paid healthcare. Company profiles additionally reference comprehensive health insurance alongside disability and life coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO is explicitly listed and parental leave is described as generous. Flexible work hours and hybrid options are also noted, expanding time-off and flexibility provisions.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer contribution is included among core benefits. Retirement benefits are presented as a standard part of the total rewards package.
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What We Do
Portage Point is an elite boutique business advisory, interim management, investment banking and financial services firm that partners with companies and their stakeholders during periods of growth, complexity, transition and underperformance. We are an operationally oriented team encompassing a broad range of expertise built to maximize value and align stakeholder interests while guiding businesses through the most urgent and complex challenges ranging from performance improvement to accelerated transformation to complex financial restructuring
