Experienced Associate 2026, Portfolio Services Team

Experienced Associate 2026, Portfolio Services Team

Department: Portfolio Value Creation

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Chicago

Compensation: $100,000 - $108,000 / year

Private Equity Consulting

Advance your career at the intersection of private equity, strategy, and data-driven problem solving. At IGS, Associates work directly on high-stakes investment and growth strategy engagements across industries, taking on early responsibility, senior client exposure, and rapid professional development in a collaborative, high-performance environment.

Associate, Portfolio Services & Commercial Excellence Team:

• Eligibility: Currently employed professionals with 1-2 years of relevant consulting experience (commercial excellence, portfolio services, pricing strategy, GTM (go-to-market), and/or growth strategy)
• Start Date: Rolling, based on candidate availability
• Practice Areas: Portfolio Services & Commercial Excellence
• Work Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid with light travel, 1-2 times per month)

• High-impact client work and responsibility from day one
• Direct exposure to private equity backed companies and growth strategy
• Exposure to a wide range of industries and business models
• Entrepreneurial, high-performance, and collaborative culture
• Direct mentorship and coaching from experienced consultants
• Direct opportunities to work with and present to client C-suite teams, helping drive meaningful business change

As an Associate on our Portfolio Services & Commercial Excellence team, you'll play a critical role on case teams: designing and building key analytical work streams, running AI-enabled and quantitative models, validating outputs, and producing the data-driven foundation that client deliverables are built on. Associates work closely with Consultants to translate analysis into client-ready content.

You’ll contribute to GTM, pricing, and growth strategies across industries and portfolio company situations, bridging quantitative market research with strategic recommendations that improve clients' commercial performance. Associates own discrete work streams end to end: research design, data analysis, synthesis of findings, and communicating insights to clients.

• Candidates should have exceptional research and analytical experience. Candidates should be interested in:
• Conducting market assessments, customer segmentation, and competitive analysis to inform client strategies
• Designing and implementing sales and marketing alignment plans, channel strategies, and customer engagement models
• Owning and designing analytical work streams and translating findings into clear, client-ready slide content in collaboration with Consultants and Engagement Managers
• Collecting, procuring and organizing data inputs for AI-based models and quantitative analysis
• Run key analytics and AI models; validate outputs for accuracy and quality
• Maintaining structured data documentation and version control for all analytical assets
• Building charts, visualizations, and data exhibits to clearly communicate analytical findings
• Conducting quality validation on all analytical work before submission up the project chain
• Building foundational knowledge in CE domains through project exposure and self-directed learning
• Partnering directly with client C-suite teams, with opportunities to present findings and help drive meaningful business change
• Assuming a high level of responsibility on client teams as well as within the firm
• Working in a dynamic and hybrid environment
• Working and living in Chicago or New York City (the IGS Portfolio Services & Commercial Excellence team is a consulting "travel-lite" organization; we travel for client work as requested or necessary, typically one to two times per month)