Managing Director - Buy & Build | Value Creation

AURELIUS Growth; Noord-Holland; On-site; EUR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

AURELIUS Growth in Benelux is seeking a Managing Director to steer small-cap platforms from signing to exit, initially serving as a shadow CEO to set strategic direction and establish an operating cadence. You will assemble the leadership bench and drive value creation through disciplined buy-and-build.

Fluent Dutch and English are required; extensive travel is expected, relocation is not. You will partner with Investment, Operations, and Finance to scale platforms and prepare for timely exits.

Qualifications

• Substantial general management experience (MD/CEO/GM) in a mid-cap context with direct eight‑figure P&L responsibility.
• Demonstrated small/mid-cap PE or M&A expertise, including deal execution and post-merger integration at pace.
• Credibility with management teams and investors; a decisive, hands-on approach balanced with a measured, diplomatic style.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen; degree in business, engineering, or science (or equivalent experience).
• Fluent Dutch and English.
• Advantageous: top-tier consulting background (MBB or equivalent) and/or MBA.

Responsibilities

• Set strategy and governance, build and upgrade the leadership team and embed a scalable operating model.
• Own P&L, cash, and performance management; develop & deliver the value-creation plan and provide regular Board updates.
• Lead buy-and-build: shape the pipeline with the platform’s newly built deal team, execute acquisitions, integrate effectively, and realize synergies.
• Prepare the platform for timely, value-maximizing exit.

Skills

General management

PE/M&A

Leadership

Financial acumen

Dutch fluency

English fluency

MBA preferred

Consulting background

Education

Business/Engineering/Science degree

Job description

AURELIUS is a global alternative investor, distinguished and widely recognised for its operational approach. It focuses on private markets, in particular Private Equity and Private Debt. Its key investment platforms include AURELIUS Opportunities V, AURELIUS European Opportunities IV, AUR Portfolio III and AURELIUS Growth Investments (Wachstumskapital). AURELIUS has been growing significantly in recent years, especially expanding its global footprint, and today employs more than 400 professionals in 10 offices spanning Europe, North America and Asia.

AURELIUS is driven by a spirit of entrepreneurship, with a collegiate hands-on approach to complex projects. We are motivated, open, fun, and operate as a team of equals.

Create impact with passion!

As we begin to expand our AURELIUS Growth operations in Benelux, we are seeking leaders to join us as Managing Director, Benelux (m/f/d) – Buy & Build | Value Creation

In this leadership role at AURELIUS Growth, you will steward small-cap platforms from signing to exit, initially acting as a shadow CEO to set strategic direction, establish operating cadence, and assemble the leadership bench, before transitioning into full operational leadership as the platform scales through disciplined buy-and-build. Pre-deal you will partner closely with the Investment team. Post-close, you assume primary accountability for the platform with dedicated support from Investment, Operations, TxO, Finance, Recruiting, and the Digital Factory. The focus is Benelux; fluent Dutch and English are required. Travel is extensive however; relocation is not required.

What you’ll do

• Set strategy and governance, build and upgrade the leadership team and embed a scalable operating model.


• Own P&L, cash, and performance management; develop & deliver the value-creation plan and provide regular Board updates.


• Lead buy-and-build: shape the pipeline with the platform’s newly built deal team, execute acquisitions, integrate effectively, and realize synergies.


• Prepare the platform for timely, value-maximizing exit.

What you’ll need

• Substantial general management experience (MD/CEO/GM) in a mid-cap context with direct eight‑figure P&L responsibility.


• Demonstrated small/mid-cap PE or M&A expertise, including deal execution and post-merger integration at pace.


• Credibility with management teams and investors; a decisive, hands-on approach balanced with a measured, diplomatic style.


• Strong commercial and financial acumen; degree in business, engineering, or science (or equivalent experience).


• Fluent Dutch and English.


• Advantageous: top-tier consulting background (MBB or equivalent) and/or MBA.

What We Offer

• Significant scope to shape and create real value within one of Europe’s most successful PE groups