About this role
About Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $3 trillion in assets under supervision. As the primary investment area within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors, and individuals.
About ACF
The Alternatives Capital Formation (ACF) business manages capital raising, client servicing and strategy for alternative investments including private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, growth equity, sustainability, secondaries, GP stakes, and hedge funds / liquid alternatives. Within ACF, team members work within investment product verticals and collaborate across strategies to identify portfolio-wide solutions that best meet the needs of clients.
They also partner with other teams within ACF, and across the Client Solutions Group (CSG), Private Wealth Management (PWM), and investing teams. Professional development initiatives provide opportunities to enhance expertise across alternative investment products, and to sharpen market knowledge from industry experts investing across the Firm. This specific ACF role sits within the External Investment Group (“XIG”) on the Alternative Insights and Strategy team.
About the Team
The Alternative Insights and Strategy team brings together proprietary data, external data and insights from investment teams across the firm. It translates that information into clear views, portfolio allocation frameworks and client-ready content for alternative investments.
The team works closely with investment teams, portfolio managers, strategists and client-facing professionals across the firm.
Role Description
This Vice President will drive the market analysis and synthesis process across assigned private market verticals, bringing together independent analysis, quantitative research, market data and perspectives from investment teams across the firm. The strategist will distill these inputs into clear conclusions and partner closely with portfolio managers, CIOs and other investment professionals to test and refine those conclusions, incorporate different perspectives and help build consensus around the team's views.
The role requires strong investment judgment, intellectual curiosity and exceptional interpersonal skills, including the credibility to work effectively with senior investment leaders and navigate differing perspectives. The strategist will also work with colleagues to identify broader themes across alternative investments and respond to market developments, investment questions and content needs.
Position Responsibilities
- Drive the market analysis and synthesis process across assigned alternative investment areas, which may include private equity, secondaries, private credit and real assets, and identify the developments, data and questions that matter most
- Make sure the data, analysis and supporting charts behind the team's market views are developed and kept current. Work with analysts, quantitative researchers and investment teams, and lead a formal review and refresh at least quarterly
- Distill quantitative research, external research, market data and investment-team perspectives into clear conclusions about the state of the market and what it means for investors
- Engage with portfolio managers, CIOs and other investment professionals to test and refine conclusions, incorporate their perspectives and help build consensus around the team's views
- Work with other strategists and team members to identify themes that cut across individual alternative investment strategies
- Partner with the team's writer to turn insights and conclusions into narratives for internal training, presentations, client communications and external content
- Conduct ad hoc analysis in response to market developments, client questions and other needs outside the regular review cycle
Qualifications
- 7 or more years of experience in private markets, investment research, strategy or a related investment role
- Strong knowledge of alternative investments; experience across multiple private market strategies is particularly valuable
- Ability to synthesize quantitative analysis, market information, external research and differing investment perspectives into clear, well-reasoned conclusions
- Strong investment judgment and the ability to develop an independent perspective while remaining open to challenge
- Effective interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with portfolio managers, CIOs and other senior investment professionals and to drive toward consensus while accurately representing where views differ
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with market data, financial analysis, Excel and investment charts
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, in one-on-one discussions and in larger internal forums
- Ability to manage multiple investment areas and both recurring and ad hoc work within a large, matrixed organization
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree and/or CFA or CAIA preferred
Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States-based position is $125000-$290000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.
Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.