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🕒 March 18

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LLR Partners

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1999

💸 Finance

🤝 B2B

💰 Debt financing on 2021-10

Finance • Software • B2B

LLR Partners is a lower-middle-market private equity firm based in Philadelphia that invests in software and tech-enabled companies across the knowledge economy. Founded in 1999, LLR has raised over $7. 5 billion across seven funds and partners with portfolio companies in sectors such as education, fintech, healthcare, industrial and software to provide flexible capital, strategic guidance and sector expertise to drive growth. The firm emphasizes a partnership approach—offering operational resources, senior advisors and peer networks to help companies scale.

📋 Description

• Serve as the functional lead for strategy within the VCT, setting team priorities and owning strategy-related frameworks, processes, and project outputs • Partner with the Managing Director and other VCT leaders to advance LLR’s overall value creation agenda • Continuously develop the strategy function within the VCT, including codifying best practices and establishing repeatable approaches / playbooks to value creation • Work closely with the VCT, LLR investment teams, and portfolio leadership to develop, implement, and assess key strategic initiatives to drive accelerated growth • Lead multi-year strategic planning and value creation plan (VCP) workshops with portfolio leadership and LLR investment teams to align on value drivers, strategic priorities, and key strategic initiatives • Conduct and oversee in-depth research & analyses, synthesizing information to create strategic fact bases, executive-ready materials, and strategic planning documents • Support investment teams during commercial diligence for new platform and add-on investments, including advising on market study scope, vendor selection, and strategic implications • Lead and manage relationships with external vendors (e.g., strategy consultancies, market research shops)

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA strongly preferred • 10+ years of experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm and/or operational experience leading strategy in a corporate setting; a mix of both is a nice-to-have • Experience in a high growth, lower middle market environment preferred; direct experience with SaaS or highly recurring revenue business models required • Experience leading buy-side commercial diligence projects for private equity clients at a consultancy preferred • Proven ability to work closely with CXOs and independently run strategic planning workshops • High degree of emotional intelligence and a low ego, with the ability to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics • Strong executive presence (written and verbal), relationship building, strong decision-making skills • Ability and willingness to “roll-up sleeves” and work as an independent contributor, when needed.

🏖️ Benefits

• N/A