Blackstone Credit & Insurance - PCS–Origination – Principal

About the role

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager with over $1.3 trillion in assets under management across global investment strategies including real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Blackstone Credit & Insurance (“BXCI”) is one of the world’s leading credit investors, spanning private investment grade, asset-based lending, public investment grade and high yield, sustainable resources, infrastructure debt, collateralized loan obligations, direct lending and opportunistic credit. BXCI also provides investment management services for insurers.

Responsibilities

• Primarily support BXCI’s Private Credit Strategies Group, focusing on providing private investment capital to publicly traded companies and private equity sponsors in connection with growth financings, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions within the Life Sciences sector.
• Utilize a flexible approach when structuring investments, which may include royalty monetization, synthetic royalties, senior debt (secured and unsecured), subordinated debt, preferred & common equity, and private equity, thus working on investments across the capital structure.
• Develop both quantitative and qualitative skills through the investment process and will have the opportunity to gain exposure to a wide range of therapeutic areas and investment types.
• Will have the opportunity to participate in all aspects of the investment process.
• Responsibilities will include transaction sourcing, business and scientific due diligence, including meeting and interacting with management teams, financial and valuation analyses, industry research, legal documentation, and drafting of investment memos for internal and external use.
• Will be expected to work on numerous projects at a time, as well as work closely with senior members of Blackstone.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field required.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of experience in job offered or related occupations required.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of experience investing in the Life Sciences sector through roles in investment banking, equity research, private credit and/or private equity.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of experience utilizing Microsoft Excel to build detailed financial models, including royalty, credit, and company operating models.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of experience utilizing Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint to develop internal and external materials and utilizing these materials to present investment ideas to internal investment committees, potential co‑investment partners, and other external clients.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of experience creating proprietary pharmaceutical revenue forecasts informed by primary research that includes clinical trial analysis, literature reviews, patent reviews, plus physician and payor interviews.
• Experience: Minimum of 4 years of experience sourcing, underwriting, conducting due diligence, and closing and negotiating royalty monetization, synthetic royalty, and debt transactions in the Life Sciences sector.
• Experience: Minimum of 4 years of experience originating investment opportunities through network of advisors and direct‑to‑corporate relationships.
• Experience: Minimum of 4 years of experience creating and running screening tools (including using Bloomberg, GlobalData, EvaluatePharma, and CapIQ) to identify new royalty and credit opportunities.
• Experience: Minimum of 4 years of experience managing third‑party dil