Product Management Senior Associate

Summary

For over forty years, HarbourVest has been home to a committed team of professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to deliver impactful solutions to our clients and investing partners. As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking.

In our collegial environment that’s marked by low turnover and high energy, you’ll be inspired to grow and thrive. Here, you will be encouraged to build on your strengths and acquire new skills and experiences.

We are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees. Understanding and valuing these differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm.

HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer.

This position will be a hybrid work arrangement, which translates to 3 days minimum per week in the office.

We are seeking to hire an individual with a few years’ experience to support HarbourVest’s open ended private equity offering. The role is broad in scope and has three key elements to help support the growth of the fund: 1) project management 2) client & product operations support and 3) provide technical expertise. This role would suit someone who either has some level of fund structuring or operations experience within either private markets, open ended funds or private wealth.. Role is based in Singapore.

The ideal candidate is someone who is:

Results oriented individual with excellent organization and project management skills

Ability to work across multiple teams and different levels of seniority

Self-starter, problem-solver able to develop new processes and continuous improvement

Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple demands and projects

What you will do:

Supporting the open-ended product operations ensuring fund routines are maintained manufacturing, distribution, and operational servicing (master fund and feeders).

Working with sales, product specialist, distribution specialists to help facilitate the onboarding of local distributors, articulating regional requirements with internal partners and ensuring local requirements/practices fit into existing systems/processes

Ongoing project management to meet the fund’s needs and objectives. This could include supporting new feeder fund build outs, regional feeder support and helping create connectivity with fund/wealth platforms

Client solutioning and providing assistance where necessary to analyze/implement complex commercial or operational arrangements

Monitoring and evaluation of market and competitor developments / trends alongside new fintech platforms within a fast-moving market to ensure the product keeps up with market requirements

Evaluate regulatory developments to help the fund adapt to local regulatory needs and improvements that allow the fund to grow

Supporting budgeting process

RFP/Operational Due Diligence (ODD) support

Project lead for updates to key fund documentation (e.g., prospectus, investor forms) including compliance with ongoing fund registrations requirements.

Management and maintenance of fund data and documentation

What you bring:

Understands the mechanics and inter-dependencies of open-ended funds

Strong understanding of private markets

Strong written and oral English communication (other language skills nice to have)

Execution minded individual with excellent organization skills

Broad understanding of fund operations

Results oriented with excellent organization and analytical skills

Experience of regulated funds a plus

Understands the private wealth place including intermediary (distribution), platforms, data vendor relationships

Excellent presentation skills

Modelling experience a plus

Highly proficient with Microsoft, especially Excel and PowerPoint

Education Preferred:

Bachelor of Arts (B.A) or equivalent experience

Experience:

5-8 Years experience in alternative investment, open-ended funds, institutional or private wealth, financial sales and service, or product specialist types of roles (Senior Associate level)

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