BXMA – Total Portfolio Management, Product Strategy Associate

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 Unit Overview:

Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA) manages $90 billion across a diversified set of businesses. We strive to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our clients across market cycles. Our strategies include Absolute Return, Multi-Strategy, Total Portfolio Management, and Public Real Assets.

Job Title: BXMA – Total Portfolio Management, Product Strategy Associate

Job Description:

BXMA’s Total Portfolio Management business manages total portfolios on behalf of select clients (families and institutions). The portfolios are customized to client-specific objectives and aimed to outperform traditional portfolios by embracing a long-term time horizon, flexible asset allocation, and robust portfolio construction. Total Portfolio Management’s open architecture approach combines external investments, private market strategies, direct investing and the Blackstone ecosystem.

Key responsibilities will include:

• New Product Development: Contribute to the launch of new products/businesses by working across functional areas to drive execution, which requires working with portfolio managers on investment mandate, risk management, and analytics; with legal and operations on vehicle design, structure, and tax; and with sales on all marketing materials and communications collateral.

• Product Strategy: Conduct detailed analyses on existing businesses and communicate learnings with BXMA leadership.

• Content Creation: Produce best-in-class content with a focus on both thought leadership and driving commercial outcomes for specific products and client situations.

• Market Research: Enhance understanding of the multi-asset investing competitive landscape and evaluate the market opportunity for specific product initiatives.

• Investment Analytics: Understand the drivers of investment performance for BXMA businesses and synthesize them for key stakeholders and clients.

• Product Specialist: Support the sales team as a subject matter expert, including shifting to an externally-facing role when appropriate in order to engage BXMA clients and prospects.

• Cross-Business Initiatives: Contribute to creative problem solving and key initiatives across BXMA.

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition to strong analytical and time management skills, the successful candidate must meet the following qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience in investment banking, investment management, sales and trading, management consulting, or investment product development.

• Passion for both investing and business building.

• Excellent synthesis, communication, presentation, and writing skills.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Strong investment and markets acumen, with experience in structuring and executing investment, risk management, or financing transactions.

• Business building oriented, with experience utilizing frameworks to make commercial decisions.

• Effectively manages ad-hoc projects with minimal oversight.

• Strong conceptual and analytical thinking skills, and experience navigating between the two.

• Exceptional work ethic, entrepreneurial, intellectual curiosity, and desire to continually improve.

• Collaborative workplace approach that fosters strong working re