The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Asset & Wealth Management, Alternative Product Strategy Research and Development, Vice President - New York

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc$200K — $250K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • Strong knowledge of evergreen fund structures and regulatory regimes.
  • Practical experience in private assets investment strategies like private equity and real estate.
  • Understanding of legal, tax, and operational factors in fund development.
  • Experience in process improvement for enhanced fund performance.
  • Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint, knowledge of alternative data providers like Preqin.
  • CFA, CAIA or similar qualification preferred.
  • Experience with AI and data-driven technologies for product development is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Focus on developing and optimizing alternatives fund products with various stakeholders.
  • Create tailored investment strategies for private wealth and other distribution channels.
  • Conduct market research on peer offerings and regulatory influences.
  • Manage project workstreams, collaborating on fund structures and terms.
  • Analyze competitive landscapes using regulatory data to inform product design.
  • Perform financial modeling of fund platforms, including sensitivity analysis.
  • Address inquiries from senior management and sales teams about the Alternatives platform.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a strategic growth area within Asset & Wealth Management.
  • Collaborative environment with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Access to industry-leading market intelligence materials.
  • Chance to influence the development of innovative investment solutions.
  • Potential to leverage advanced technologies and AI in product development.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Alternatives Product Research and Development is part of the Client Solutions Group (CSG) within Asset & Wealth Management (AWM). We are seeking a highly driven and detail-oriented Vice President to join our growing team in New York. Alternatives Asset Management is a strategic growth area for our firm, representing a critical component of our long-term vision and commitment to providing innovative investment solutions for our clients. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic and expanding area of AWM, developing market intelligence materials and creating financial models for new and existing products.

Principal Responsibilities
  • Primary focus on alternatives product development and optimization of new and existing fund products working with a range of internal and external stakeholders across GS's alternative investment strategies.
  • Develop product solutions and tailored entry points into investment strategies to meet specific client needs, with a focus on the private wealth channel, but also other channels such as insurance and retirement solutions.
  • Market research into peer offerings and evaluation of forward-looking perspectives from regulatory and investor-demand angles.
  • Manage workstreams and consult appropriately with stakeholders to determine appropriate structures, fund mechanics, and detailed fund terms. Once a fund is approved, provide detailed support to project management teams tasked with delivering the new fund to market.
  • Research competitive landscape, including leveraging regulatory data for competitive intelligence, to help inform product design.
  • Financial modelling of fund platforms and structures including appropriate sensitivity analysis.
  • Respond to internal questions from senior management, investment and salespeople across all sales channels (private wealth, institutional, third-party distribution) related to the Alternatives platform and pipeline.

Skills & Experience
  • Excellent academic credentials including bachelor's degree, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience.
  • Detailed understanding of evergreen fund structures, relevant regulatory regimes as well as wider private markets product structures.
  • Practical experience of private assets investment strategies including private debt, private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate.
  • Pragmatic understanding of the legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, operational, liquidity, currency and distribution-driven factors that are required to be able to develop efficient and scalable fund platforms and client solutions.
  • Experience of highlighting efficiencies and making recommendations to improve processes and enhance performance.
  • Ability to translate and summarize complex product structures / features for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with alternative data providers (Preqin, Pitchbook)
  • CFA, CAIA or other equivalent qualification preferred.
  • Preferred: practical experience leveraging AI tools and data-driven technologies to support product development, market analysis, and process optimization.
  • Excellent analytical skills and intellectually curious.
  • Detailed-oriented with ability to think strategically.
  • Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
  • Effective problem solver and critical thinker.
  • Highly self-motivated and pro-active
  • Execution mindset with the ability to independently manage workload and deliver on multiple priorities.

About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services, as well as financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments concerning mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, risk management, and restructurings and spin-offs; and underwriting services comprising public offerings and private placements of a range of securities, loans, and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions. The company’s Institutional Client Services segment provides client execution services, such as fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution related to making markets in interest rate products, credit products, mortgages, currencies, and commodities; and equities related to making markets in equity products, as well as executes and clears institutional client transactions on stock, options, and futures exchanges. This segment also engages in the securities services business providing financing, securities lending, and other brokerage services to institutional clients, including hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and foundations. Its Investing and Lending segment originates longer-term loans; and invests in debt securities, loans, public and private equity securities, real estate, consolidated investment entities, distressed assets, currencies, commodities, and power generation facilities. The company’s investment management segment provides investment products and services, as well as offers wealth advisory services, including portfolio management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services.

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Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
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