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VP Operations & Integration – San Francisco Bay Area

Who We Are

Axia Water is a water services company backed by Alpine Investors and its innovative services company, AlpineX. Axia invests in high-quality water services businesses across the US, working with owners and founders to take their business into its next exciting chapter of growth. Axia is laser-focused on its mission to build the future of water together with its owners and founders, as we enter an increasingly resource-constrained and uncertain future. We are the safe pair of hands that our customers can rely on to deliver our most precious resource – water.

The Opportunity

The Axia VP Operations & Integration is a unique opportunity to lead internal operations as Axia scales through organic and inorganic growth.

You will guide our operating companies as they join the Axia Water family, developing and imparting best practices and co-designing the Axia Operating Playbooks with our opco leaders. This involves effective coordination with all parties in the M&A integration process (deal team, diligence team, HR, accounting, etc.) to design and execute a post-acquisition onboarding plan and executing on that plan with operating companies.

You are also the beating heart of Axia operations, managing key outside vendor relationships, communications with Alpine, AlpineX and external parties, and assisting portfolio leaders with a variety of tasks. You will sit at the intersection of private equity investing, portfolio company operations, talent management, finance, and many other functions within a highly successful PE firm.

The role is hybrid (2-3 days per week) at Axia’s head office in the San Francisco Bay Area. Travel (~1 week per month) is expected to work with operating companies on integration efforts.

Ideal Profile

As a team, we value attributes over experience, seeking extraordinary individuals with high IQ, high EQ, and high AQ (adversity quotient) but who are also humble, lifelong learners with a growth mindset. We’re open to candidates who can manage multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously and can act independently with good judgement across a variety of domains. Our ideal candidate easily finds order in ambiguity, thrives in process management environments and looks forward to working with a diverse and high-energy team.

• Previous experience in project management, consulting, or operating roles
• High integrity
• Ability to learn quickly and be flexible in role
• Persistent, proactive, self-motivated with the ability to work under limited supervision
• Attention to detail and highly organized
• Strong interest in private equity, M&A, business, and finance and/or resource management, sustainability, earth sciences
• Enthusiastic, personable, positive attitude with an appropriate sense of fun
• Bachelor’s Degree; MBA/MSc a plus

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary with bonus
• Company- sponsored medical, vision and dental benefits; 401K matching.
• Four weeks PTO

At AlpineX, we believe a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion is integral to hiring exceptional people and creating enduring businesses. To inspire growth at our firm and throughout our portfolio, we strive to create an organization where every individual is celebrated, heard, valued, and empowered to reach their full potential. We will continuously look for ways to improve and evolve in our ever-changing world and we are committed to ensuring AlpineX is one of the best places to work for all by creating diverse teams, strengthening our culture of inclusion, and giving everyone an equitable opportunity to succeed.

AlpineX is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.