Product Manager, AVP - PE and Real Estate Technology (CRM and Deal Tracking)

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, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

Blackstone Technology and 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 mean 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

We are currently seeking a Product Manager for our Alternative Asset Management Technology, AAMT team who has a strong passion for building new products and democratizing data for non-technical users. As a member of the AAMT team at Blackstone, you will work closely with our Private Equity stakeholders and technology team to create best in class products enabling users to work more efficiently with unprecedented access to their data.

The AAMT Product Manager is responsible for standardizing and automating processes for Private Equity products/strategies and will be staffed on several assignments at once.  This role focuses on DealCloud and its integration with multiple supporting applications. Due to the relatively small size of the professional staff, team members can assume integral roles as part of the team.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the strategic vision for DealCloud, our Client Relationship Management (CRM) and Deal Management system.

• Proactively engage and collaborate with senior management and stakeholders to align on the platform’s roadmap and priorities.

• Stay informed on industry trends, alts data and technology providers, and artificial intelligence (AI) use cases that can inform our decision making.

• Collaborate and partner daily with a high-performing team of engineers, product managers, and quality of engineering personnel.

• Oversee API integrations with our engineering team between DealCloud and other applications that support Relationship Intelligence, Deal Sourcing, Legal and Compliance, Entity Management, and HR data and processes.

• Build expertise in the investment life cycle across all alternative asset classes to drive the product design to implement the most efficient solutions based on business requirements.

• Design, configure, and deploy low code solutions in our DealCloud application.

• Maintain and prioritize the backlog of tasks in JIRA while coordinating with investment professionals, BXTI developers, and leadership.

• Develop and maintain catalogued data sets that feed downstream reporting and analytics.

• Proactively engage with global Private Equity teams on a regular basis to document pain points and white board potential solutions to data related questions.

• Track and measure process and system improvements that lead to better adoption, data quality, governance, and reporting.

• Coordinate multiple project tasks and workstreams, developing and maintaining project timelines and status updates for senior management

• Coordinate and work directly with onshore, offshore, and affiliate teams

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