Strategy & Corporate Development Associate

Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL) is a leading asset manager that is redefining alternatives®.

With $273 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2025, we invest across three multi-strategy platforms: Credit, GP Strategic Capital, and Real Assets. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, we provide businesses with private capital solutions to drive long-term growth and offer institutional investors, individual investors, and insurance companies differentiated alternative investment opportunities that aim to deliver strong performance, risk-adjusted returns, and capital preservation.

Together with over 1,200 experienced professionals globally, Blue Owl brings the vision and discipline to create the exceptional. To learn more, visit

This role is in office Monday to Thursday/Friday.

The Role:

The Strategy and Corporate Development group is focused on the continued growth and global expansion of Blue Owl through strategic acquisitions as well as partnerships and investments. The successful candidate will possess intellectual curiosity and strong quantitative, project management, and written and verbal communication skills. You will help support our overall firmwide strategy, leveraging your analytical, problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity skills to support the team. You will also participate in the full lifecycle of transactional execution.

Responsibilities:

Support firmwide strategic initiatives including acquisitions, strategic investments, partnerships, and other new business and growth opportunities.

Conduct extensive business due diligence to evaluate potential opportunities.

Prepare valuation, financial model, and other investment analyses.

Develop presentation materials to facilitate transaction approval, pipeline review and other governance processes.

Collaborate with all business units on transaction execution and develop relationships and knowledge of other parts of the organization.

Monitor industry trends and competitor activity across asset classes.

Support the team in managing firmwide strategy, goals and initiatives.

Manage strategic projects, develop implementation plans, and transition projects into business execution as appropriate.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics or related field.

3-4 years of experience in investment banking, private equity or GP stakes with knowledge of Alternative Asset Management industry.

Strong experience in financial modeling and valuation, with excellent command of the deal process management cycle.

Demonstrated ability to build complex financial models, diligence summaries, snapshots, and other formats to support decision-making.

Ability to analyze complex financial and strategic issues and effectively communicate findings to the management team in writing, presentations, and verbally.

Demonstrated leadership qualities, intellectual curiosity, and strong initiative.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Advanced user of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Exhibit dedication to completing tasks thoroughly and on time, including under time pressure, and outside normal working hours.

Ability to view the big picture, understand broad corporate impacts, and focus on company objectives.

It is expected that the base annual salary range for this New York City-based position will be $150,000-$160,000. Actual salaries may vary based on factors, such as skill, experience, and qualification for the role. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, based on factors such as individual and team performance.

Blue Owl is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

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