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

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.