Associate, Marketing

Job Description 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.

HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer. This position will be a hybrid work arrangement. You will receive 18 remote workdays per quarter to use at your discretion, subject to manager approval. For example, you may choose to work in the office 4 days per week and take one remote day weekly (typically 13 weeks per quarter), leaving 5 additional remote days to be used as needed.

About the Role

You will be an integral part of the Institutional Product Marketing team who will help develop our sales material by assisting in crafting impactful messaging focusing on product selling points, market themes, and key competitive advantages. The ideal candidate will be able to "connect the dots" between investor needs, market trends, and business goals to generate ideas and, ultimately, compelling content.

Responsibilities

• Support the content development for new product launches. Includes participation in product planning discussions, development and execution of communication plans, and development and production of materials.
• Support end-to-end product launch workflows by helping with the development of core launch deliverables such as the presentation, factsheet, DDQ, PPM content, and other items as needed.
• Participates in conversations with key partners to help support product messaging across all marketing collateral.
• Work closely with product specialists, investment, operations, IR, compliance, data, and legal teams.
• Aid in the development of external webcasts, events, product insights, and sales emails to facilitate communication between launches and contribute to product fundraising efforts.
• Assist with the coordination or execution of targeted GTM initiatives aligned to strategic firmwide priorities.
• Support the development of investor-facing insights, digital content, or campaign assets in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Ensure a consistent message, tone, and brand across all marketing materials.

Qualifications

• Ability to independently manage multiple competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Participate in key partner discussions to help develop messaging, marketing collateral, and investment themes.
• Demonstrates exceptional collaboration skills, working effectively across functions and with partners at all levels of the organization.
• Skilled at turning complex investment ideas into high-quality, impactful sales collateral.
• High level of initiative and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• Very detail-oriented.
• Sense of humor, great teammate, upbeat.

Skills

• Strong writing, storytelling, and presentation development skills.
• Ability to independently analyze information and solve problems.
• Knowledge of financial markets, private equity (a plus).
• Familiarity with investment concepts and high-level comfort with numbers and analysis.
• Proven business writing ability with excellent grammar, spelling, and proofreading skills, maintaining a strong attention to detail and quality control across all deliverables.

Pay

Base Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $95,000.00

This USD base salary range represents only one component of total compensation for this role and is provided in accordance with local requirements. This role is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, which is determined based on individual and overall firm performance. In addition to salary and bonus, total compensation may include eligibility for long-term reward programs and a comprehensive total rewards package that may include retirement, health, insurance, paid time off, and wellness programs.

Our total rewards offerings are influenced by several business factors, and eligibility for certain components will vary by position and geography. Please note the posted ranges do not apply outside the U.S. and should not be converted to other currencies as a proxy for compensation in other countries.