MSCP- AI Operations- VP

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP) is a leading middle-market private equity platform, focusing primarily on North America. MSCP invests primarily in control transactions via founder-led recapitalizations, growth equity investments, industry roll-ups, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs and platform builds.

Since 1986, the firm has achieved top quartile returns and created value through management and operational improvements, value add oversight, strategic add on acquisitions and thoughtful capitalization. Throughout its 30+ year history, MSCP has maintained a consistent middle-market focus, investing in companies across a broad range of industries including business services, industrial, consumer, health care, and education.

MSCP is currently investing out of Fund VIII, a $3.2B fund that closed in 2025 and is now actively being deployed.

As a middle-market private equity investment team with direct access to the capabilities and reputation of a leading global financial services firm, the team brings outsized resources to companies to help them thrive within their industries. The Morgan Stanley brand has been instrumental in attracting and retaining CEO’s, board members, and senior executives whose talent and experience often exceed that which otherwise might be available to middle-market companies. MSCP can provide capital markets insights to drive proactive balance sheet management, introductions to potential bolt-on acquisition targets, and proprietary knowledge regarding strategic exit alternatives.

Job Description:
The VP, Portfolio Operations, AI will play a key role in driving AI-enabled value creation across the firm’s portfolio companies. This individual will be responsible for analyzing business processes, identifying opportunities for operational efficiencies, and developing strategies leveraging AI/GenAI to enhance the company’s performance. Partnering closely with the portfolio company’s leadership team, and other leaders within Portfolio Ownership, the VP will assess how emerging AI technologies can be leveraged to automate workflows, optimize decision-making, and unlock new growth opportunities. This role requires a strategic, data-driven leader, with a strong understanding of AI applications and business transformation, as well as the ability to develop and execute innovative solutions that maximize enterprise value.

Responsibilities
Partner with investment teams to evaluate and underwrite deals through the lens of AI, data, and product strategy
Assess target companies’ AI capabilities and product maturity
Analyze how AI can drive value creation, efficiency, and competitive advantage Build and refine models and investment cases with minimal oversight
Support deal execution with clear, tech-focused narratives and stakeholder materials
Conduct business and financial analysis to inform investment insights
Help portfolio companies identify and implement high-impact AI and product
initiatives
Evaluate product strategies, roadmaps, and experimentation practices
Collaborate with executives, product leads, and technical teams across MSCP and its portfolio
Translate technical concepts into commercially relevant insights
Track emerging trends in AI and digital innovation to inform firmwide strategy
Contribute to internal efforts that embed AI thinking across the firm

Interfaces with:
This role will report directly to the Managing Director while collaborating closely with other leaders across the firm (both in the portfolio operations team and investors) in addition to senior leadership across portfolio companies to drive technology adoption efforts.

Qualifications:
Strategy Consulting Experience: The ideal candidate has 2-6+ years of
experience from a top-tier management consulting firm, in a post-MBA role, with a demonstrated track record of success.
Relevant Industry Exposure: The ideal candidate has experience working in or
partnering with either business services or consumer services organizations, from consulting or industry.
Relevant Functional Exposure: In addition to consulting experience, the ideal
candidate will have a proven track record of leading AI strategy and adoption
projects in relevant businesses to the MSCP portfolio.
Structured & Logical Thinking: Superior critical thinking skills are critical to this
role, including the ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts an…