Full-Time

Go-To-Market Senior Associate

Posted on 5/9/2026

Ares Management

Ares Management

1,001-5,000 employees

Alternative investment manager across asset classes

No salary listed

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

Bellevue, WA, USA

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Category
Business & Strategy (2)
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Required Skills
Financial Modeling
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in economics, management, science, business, applied math, statistics, finance, analytics or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 5-8years' experience in a strategic or analytical role, including Consulting, Finance, Business Operations, Sales / Revenue Operations, or other similar industry.
  • Proven experience in GTM, product marketing, or commercial strategy within data centers, cloud infrastructure, hardware, or related technology sectors.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate product roadmaps into commercial plans, segmentation strategies, and scalable launch frameworks.
  • Strong track recordbuilding sales enablement materials—value propositions, pitch decks, competitive battlecards, and customer-ready narratives.
  • Ability to synthesize customer feedback, competitive signals, and industry trends into actionable insights for product and executive teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to work across Product, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Operations to align on GTM priorities.
  • Strong communicationand collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with a cross-functional team and with technical and executive audiences.
Responsibilities
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for coordinating pricing submissions, deal reviews, and approval requests.
  • Review deals for commercial and pricing accuracy using the approved price book, historical deal data, and standard financial models.
  • Ensure all deal inputs(including pricing, power, term, scope, and services)are complete,accurate, and consistently documented across projects and regions.
  • Capture all deal details, approvals, assumptions, and rationale in the system and plan of record.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders to support clear, consistent, andtimelycustomer‑facingcommunications.
  • Workcross‑functionallytomaintainprice book hygieneandregional pricing alignment.
  • Consolidatecustomer feedback, market signals, and competitive insights to informgo‑to‑marketand product planning discussions.
  • Monitor industry trends across data center infrastructure, cloud, edge, and sustainability and share relevant insights with internal teams.
  • Support revenue teams by helping equip them with tools, training materials, and messaging needed to sell data center solutions effectively.
  • Partnerwith internal teams to support pipeline development, pursuit strategy, and deal structure for hyperscale and strategic transactions.
  • Assistwith the development of customer presentations, value propositions, pitch decks, and competitive battlecards as needed.
Desired Qualifications
  • Excellent communication, storytelling, andstakeholder‑managementskills.
  • Strong understanding of data center technologies (e.g., power, cooling, networking,compute,sustainability).
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
  • Experience conducting market segmentation, competitive analysis, and opportunity sizing in infrastructure or cloud markets.
  • Comfortableoperating in a afast‑paced, ambiguous environment.
  • Experience defining KPIs and performance metrics that tie product adoption to revenue outcomes.
  • Backgroundin sales operations or commercial excellence functions is a plus.
  • Commercially disciplined judgment navigating tradeoffs between capital, schedule, risk, and customer performance requirements.
  • Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and simplify complex technical concepts.
  • Experience partnering with regional sales leaders to drive pipeline growth and ensure consistent execution across markets.

Ares Management pools capital from institutions, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals into funds across credit, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure to help clients grow their wealth. It operates by assembling diversified investment vehicles, deploying capital to buy assets or lend money, and earning money from management fees, performance fees, and investment income. What sets it apart is its collaborative, multi-asset approach and flexible capital across markets and cycles, backed by a large, diverse client base. Its goal is to deliver steady, attractive returns for clients while supporting businesses and communities through different market cycles.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

1997

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Raised record $30B in Q1 2026, boosting fee-paying AUM to $400B.
  • Secured $1.6B for Japan industrial fund post-GLP acquisition.
  • $158B dry powder enables deployments amid tight bank lending.

What critics are saying

  • Q1 2026 EPS misses $1.33 consensus at $1.24, compressing margins.
  • Retail channel volatility erodes fee-paying AUM if institutional demand softens.
  • Apollo, Blackstone, KKR fundraising saturates market, stalls Ares growth.

What makes Ares Management unique

  • Ares Capital Corporation, founded 2004, leads U.S. middle-market BDC lending.
  • Manages $596B AUM across credit, private equity, real estate since 1997.
  • Deploys Marq Logistics for vertically integrated European portfolio management.

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