Product Lead, VP - Investor Portal

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram.

Business Description:

Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTI) is the technology team at the core of each of Blackstone’s businesses and new growth initiatives. Serving both internal and external clients, we work to build the next generation of systems that manage risk, create efficiency, and improve transparency within the firm and across our broad community of investors and portfolio companies.

BXTI is nimble and entrepreneurial – our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development means that everyone on the team has the opportunity to make an impact from day one. We are problem solvers who can take projects from idea to implementation. We believe in active mentoring and developing excellence. We collaborate to find the best answers for our customers and for Blackstone. We are critical to the firm maintaining its competitive edge.

Job Description:

We are currently seeking a Product Lead with a passion for innovation to shape and deliver a world-class investor portal experience. As a member of the technology innovation team at Blackstone, you will work alongside a group of talented individuals in a dynamic, team-oriented environment to dream up and create the next generation of solutions for our portal and scale its impact. You’ll be the voice of Blackstone’s internal and external investors—as well as our business teams—and will make strategic, high-value product decisions.

We are looking for a Product Lead with a proven track record of success and a deep understanding of investor needs across the private equity lifecycle. The successful candidate will enhance their expertise in the existing platform and lead the effort to reimagine both the employee and LP portals with a focus on efficiency, modernization, and a seamless and compelling user experience. This role will collaborate closely with the business to uncover opportunities and shape priorities, tying solutions closely together with Institutional Client Solutions and CRM initiatives.

Solutions in the investor portal space will include custom web development, data analysis, process refinement, API development, and integrating with external service providers to create a modern and innovative environment for our investors and colleagues.

Responsibilities:

• Thoroughly understand user motivations, market opportunities, and competition through research and design exploration

• Set and socialize a strategy and vision for the next generation of investor and employee portals and digital experiences at Blackstone; design, refine, maintain, and build a world-class roadmap

• Integrate with fund marketers and other key business groups to better anticipate needs; identify opportunities to implement thoughtful, comprehensive, and high-impact solutions

• Continuously move our offerings forward by researching new and emerging technologies; rigorously test and prove out value

• Discuss, manage, and present workflow and process analysis, product roadmaps, and decisions effectively to varied audiences

• Organize and coordinate project tasks and workstreams, including timelines and status updates

• Work seamlessly with the engineering team and design the most efficient solution based on requirements, leveraging the concept of minimum viable product, with a focus on iterative delivery

• Facilitate user acceptance testing and end user training

• Lead a team of product owners, providing mentorship and guidance to ensure alignment with strategic goals

• Leverage user adoption analytics to measure successes and unde