Project Lead Practitioner
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Project Lead Practitioner leading technology diligence and value-creation engagements for Crosslake’s private equity and technology-business clients. Assessing technology risks, opportunities and operating models.
Responsibilities:
- Lead client engagements helping private equity investors and technology businesses understand, improve and create value from technology
- Lead senior client conversations, synthesise evidence and communicate clear, decision-useful recommendations
- Assess strategy, product and engineering capability, architecture, delivery performance, data, cyber risk, scalability, technical debt and operating model
- Translate technical findings into commercial implications for growth, customer outcomes, margin, investment risk, timing, capital requirements and value creation
- Develop and apply a recognised functional specialism
- Collaborate with investment teams, management teams and Crosslake colleagues across technical, commercial, operational and financial workstreams
- Independently lead complex client engagements from scoping through high-quality delivery
- Manage client service, project management, team leadership and commercial awareness
- Build credibility with senior investors, boards and management teams
- Deliver concise reports, executive presentations and workshops
- Lead technical due diligence identifying material risks and opportunities
- Help clients prioritise post-deal value-creation actions
- Contribute to commercial diligence, investment thesis and value-creation engagements
- Direct multidisciplinary teams and lead integrated client discussions
- Support Crosslake growth through client relationships, proposition development and mentoring colleagues
Requirements:
- 10+ years of relevant experience in technology consulting, technology due diligence, technology strategy, digital transformation or technology leadership
- Track record of leading client-facing workstreams or engagements, managing senior stakeholders and producing high-quality, decision-ready outputs
- Strong technology fundamentals and demonstrable depth in at least one functional specialism, such as product and engineering, architecture and cloud, data and AI, cybersecurity, delivery or technology operating model
- Experience spike in a business domain, such as Insurance, capital markets, healthcare, logistics and supply chain
- Ability to move confidently between technical detail and business discussion
- Experience with private equity, transaction advisory, corporate development or high-growth technology businesses strongly preferred
- Excellent structured thinking, written communication and presentation skills
- Collaborative and action-oriented style, with confidence to challenge constructively
- Curiosity to learn beyond an initial area of expertise
- Entrepreneurial mindset and appetite to build client relationships, lead teams and grow broader commercial and technology value-creation work














