PE Operations Roles

Looking at potential opportunities within PE Ops. After 3-4 years of consulting. Looking for some guidance:

1) How common are Associate roles in PE Ops? Heard a lot of firms have VP+ roles only for operations. Would love to get examples from Mega Funds to Middle Market Funds.

2) Career path? Ops teams have limited upside potential compared to investing roles at a PE firms, but my background seems to be a better fit for this role.

3) WLB? It definitely depends on the fund but any experience/examples would be useful.

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