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