Associate – Business Development

Position Overview

StepStone Group, a leader across private market solutions in Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Estate, and Infrastructure is seeking an Associate to support a territory manager with institutional capital raising and consultant relationships. The position will be tasked with helping to grow the firm’s investor and asset base across their assigned territory.

Essential Job Functions:

The US Business Development role has a number of essential functions which include but are limited to:

• Support the territory manager in covering direct LPs relationships and consultants in the assigned territory
• Effectively assist in coverage across several states, maintaining a high level of engagement with prospective clients
• Assist in building qualified pipelines of institutional investors to execute campaigns and roadshows
• Respond to existing client inquires in a timely manner
• Meet annual KPIs and contribute to territory success
• Maintain and track outreach activity in the firm’s CRM software (Salesforce)
• Attend regular internal meetings and strategy educations sessions
• Meet monthly with the Global Business Development Coordinator to review activity, pipeline and progress

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of sales experience
• Private markets experience preferred
• Salesforce experience is a plus
• Institutional client engagement experience is a plus

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Commitment to being a team player
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter who can organize and effectively help execute territory plans
• Ability to prioritize activities
• Consistently offer best-in-class engagement

CA Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000

The salary range is an estimate of pay for this position.  Actual pay may vary depending on job-related factors that can include location, education, skill, and experience.  The salary range does not include any benefits or other forms of possible compensation that may be available to employees.