GP Stakes Strategic Value, Analyst/Associate

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram. 

Blackstone Strategic Partners is a global capital solutions provider, with $100 billion of investor capital under management. We offer a range of liquidity opportunities to both limited and general partners, including secondaries, GP Stakes and co-investments across private markets. Founded in 2000, we are one of the world’s largest and most established secondaries platforms. Within Blackstone Strategic Partners, the GP Stakes team manages approximately $13B of AUM and acquires minority ownership interests in leading private market firms (“GPs”).

The Strategic Value team partners with GP Stakes portfolio firms to support growth, institutionalization and operating excellence by leveraging Blackstone’s platform, network, market insights and functional expertise.

The Analyst/Associate will play an important role in helping scale this platform by supporting high-priority initiatives across portfolio GP engagement, market intelligence, product strategy and cross-Blackstone connectivity.

The role will entail:

• Driving research and analysis leveraging the full resources of Blackstone to advise portfolio GPs on growth and institutionalization initiatives
• Advising portfolio GPs on product and fundraising strategy, including leading market analysis, benchmarking and marketing strategy development
• Collaborating with various teams across Blackstone to generate insights for portfolio GPs across all functional areas, including distribution strategy, fund structuring, talent and organizational design, technology and generative AI, cybersecurity, finance, legal and compliance, capital markets, government relations, brand and communications strategy, and more
• Engaging with portfolio GPs in both formal and ad hoc settings to deliver value and understand key firm priorities
• Identifying and evaluating third parties that can deliver targeted solutions to portfolio GPs
• Supporting GP Stakes-hosted forums, roundtables and thematic events by developing content, synthesizing insights and coordinating follow-up
• Partnering with the full GP Stakes business and Blackstone fundraising teams to communicate the team’s competitive differentiation to prospective GPs and LPs
• Supporting GP Stakes sourcing efforts through market mapping and various benchmarking analysis
• Developing relationships with Blackstone domain experts across the firm

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Developing presentation materials, business plans, memos and other deliverables related to portfolio GP strategic initiatives
• Maintaining pitch materials, internal marketing materials and Strategic Value Team collateral
• Creating and maintaining proprietary playbooks on product strategies, distribution, fund structuring and operational best practices and considerations
• Engaging with portfolio GPs on a regular basis to monitor business developments and fundraising progress
• Delivering updates on strategic value activity with portfolio GPs to internal and external stakeholders
• Supporting the development and execution of thought leadership events, forums and roundtables related to the Strategic Value program
• Maintaining CRM-style documentation relating to portfolio GP engagement

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition to strong analytical and quantitative skills, a successful candidate will have:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience in strategy consulting for the investment management industry, asset management product strategy and development, fund structuring, capital formation, or a related role supporting private market GPs
• Understanding of private markets, alternative asset classes, fund structures and the fundraising landscape
• Strong analyt