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Strategic Partners  

Strategic Partners is a global leader in illiquid fund investing, including secondaries, co-investments and primary advisory. The Strategic Partners business was founded in 2000 and has significant experience in providing limited partners a range of liquidity solutions across illiquid asset classes on a fair, timely and confidential basis. Strategic Partners is one of the most prolific secondary market participants in the world and is recognized as an innovative investor, with broad transaction capabilities that reinforce its established reputation as a nimble and responsive investor. Through its private equity, infrastructure and real estate platforms Strategic Partners has executed over 2,100 transactions that represent interests in 5,600+ underlying fund interests managed by 1,700+ different financial sponsors.

Job Description:
Strategic Partners is seeking a Vice President to join the Strategic Partners Institutional Client Solutions (“ICS”) team. This individual will be instrumental in supporting Strategic Partners’ fundraising and new product development process from start to finish, and for product management and investor relations for our existing platform. As a product specialist, this individual will work closely across the Strategic Partners team and Blackstone organization and play an integral role in the capital formation and product management process. 

Responsibilities would include:
•    Help execute fundraising and new product development process for the Strategic Partners business (including private equity, real estate, infrastructure secondaries and GP Stakes, and other funds and new business initiatives)
•    Direct marketing material creation, updates and distribution
•    Help lead investor due diligence processes 
•    Interface with investors and assist in managing investor relations for existing BSP funds
•    Organize meeting prep (including background research, prospect sensitivities, program intelligence) and attend investor meetings
•    Help design new business proposals to meet investor objectives
•    Be a point of contact for prospects, including attending in-office meetings, as well as coordinating and executing on any follow-up items
•    Conduct research around business development trends or themes by geography and/or client type
The Strategic Partners ICS team enables professionals to access the entire Blackstone firm, collaborating across the Private Equity, Real Estate, Credit, Tactical Opportunities, Infrastructure and Hedge Fund Solutions verticals.

Qualifications:
Qualified candidates will have worked in a private market capital raising, investor relations or investment banking role for 6+ years and have experience in institutional sales, investment banking or asset management. Candidates should also have astute commercial sense, excellent communication skills, effective presentation abilities, and possess strong analytical skills.
Strategic Partners seeks candidates who are highly motivated and creative individuals who have demonstrated achievement and have the ability to work independently and as a member of a team.  We are looking for an individual who will add new perspectives to our business. A successful candidate will be:
•    A driven individual with a strong sense of professional integrity
•    Highly motivated and resourceful; able to multi-task and focus on delivering results
•    Strong experience across Microsoft Office applications (including Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
•    An enthusiastic team member who collaborates well with others and builds strong working relationships
•    An effective communicator who also recognizes the importance of listening
•    Adaptable, open to feedback and focused on achieving excellence
•    Client-focused and committed to developing creative solutions
•    Analytical, logical, and intelligent

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual’s experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at [email protected].

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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