To the seasoned consultants here, does anyone have insights on the longevity of a career path in PE portfolio company operations (value creation team)? I'm currently a senior associate (immediately below manager) at S& and I'm being headhunted for this role. Is there a path to PE partner in this role even though the portfolio operations team is not as core as the deals team? Is there shift towards value creation (as opposed to financial engineering) in the PE industry, which should signal the PE operations team increasingly becoming as essential as the deals team? I’d love to hear thoughts! Thank you!