Emergence

Operating Partner

US · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 43 days ago

CadenceLeadership

About the role

We invest in focused portfolios, specialized operating groups with deep domain expertise and proven playbooks.
You hire people smarter than you in their domain and you defer to their judgment.

Design and run the weekly operating cadence with KPIs, business reviews, and accountability loops from day one.
Partner with the CEO and operating partner on the value creation plan, then own highest-impact execution workstreams.
Move across portfolio companies as post-close needs shift, rotating between deep operational embedding and strategic board-level support.
Think in metrics, build dashboards to track progress, and make decisions based on data.
Prior experience as an operating partner, COO, Chief of Staff, or strategic advisor to a PE portfolio company.

7+ years hands-on operating role running a P&L or owning meaningful operational scope.
Real commercial exposure: you have personally sold, owned a revenue line, or driven a sales process redesign.
Ability to hold a P&L conversation without notes and ship the 80% version of an operating artifact.
Proven track record proving yourself - haven't yet reached C-level but striving to get there.
Vertical expertise in SaaS, fintech, or enterprise software that accelerates diagnostics.
You are comfortable with ambiguity and you move fast without needing permission.

Attractive Salary plus performance bonus.
Equity upside aligned with the portfolio companies you help scale.
Emergence combines operational rigor with a growth equity mindset, driving sustainable ARR growth, profitability improvements, and industry-leading customer outcomes.

Emergence is a thematic holding company backed by the Pritzker Organization focused exclusively on acquiring and scaling category-defining software businesses. We invest in focused portfolios, specialized operating groups with deep domain expertise and proven playbooks. Emergence combines operational rigor with a growth equity mindset, driving sustainable ARR growth, profitability improvements, and industry-leading customer outcomes.
The Mission
Embed at newly acquired companies to translate strategy into operating discipline and unlock value creation velocity.
Emergence is a thematic holding company backed by the Pritzker Organization focused exclusively on acquiring and scaling category-defining software businesses.
What We're Looking For

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