Vice President – Marketing & Communications, Private Wealth

at  StepStone Group

StepStone is a rapidly growing Global Private Markets firm who provides customized investment and advisory solutions to some of the most sophisticated investors in the world. With $675 billion of total capital allocations, including more than $150 billion in AUM, we are highly diversified in the private markets across the globe and provide creative solutions to solve for the objectives of any investment program. With a culture built on entrepreneurialism, partnership and being a team within teams, our firm offers joiners the opportunity to think out loud, collaboratively.
StepStone is a rapidly growing Global Private Markets firm who provides customized investment and advisory solutions to some of the most sophisticated investors in the world. With $700 billion of total capital responsibility, including $170 billion in AUM, we are highly diversified in the private markets across the globe and provide creative solutions to solve for the objectives of any investment program. With a culture built on entrepreneurialism, partnership, and being a team within teams, our firm offers joiners the opportunity to think out loud, collaboratively.

POSITION OVERVIEW

StepStone is seeking a marketing and communications professional to develop and execute a marketing strategy and manage an existing team for the global private wealth business. The selected candidate will develop strategies and implement them to 1) improve our marketing materials, 2) develop and implement a communication strategy including podcasts, speaking opportunities, webinars, and social media. 3) create a compelling story within the constraints of a highly regulated environment and 4) create new methods/techniques to enhance our brand and reach.
This is a high-profile position in a part of StepStone Group that is primarily a sales organization. The successful candidate’s role is critical to the further growth of the business. This individual will often work directly with the senior leaders of the private wealth division, while also communicating frequently with our global business development teams, the corporate marketing team, and portfolio managers.
The position requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a proven track record in managing competing priorities. The person should have a solid understanding of private market investments with knowledge of the needs of the private wealth industry and high net worth clients.
To excel in this role, the candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment managing numerous concurrent workstreams.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Experienced manager with a track record of empowering people to be the best versions of themselves and respectfully holding the team accountable to timelines and delivering quality work.
• Team player with a strong work ethic and an interest in private markets and/or private wealth.
• Strong project management skills.
• Exceptional commitment to accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently while being a collaborative team player.
• Strong attention to detail, especially when proofreading for consistency, accuracy, and grammar.
• Highly organized and self-directed individual and can multi-task among various projects.
• Committed to meeting deadlines and progressing workstreams across multiple teams with limited supervision.
• Effective and clear communication skills, both verbally and written, with all levels of personnel, both internal and external.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities with a proven track record of leading projects and initiatives from beginning to end.
• Highly motivated, ambitious, individual with a growth mindset that flourishes in a challenging, fast-paced, and professional environment with frequent shifts of priorities as business needs dictate.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe In-Design, and other design-related systems.

EDUCATION AND/OR WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, finance, business, or other related degree.
• Minimum 7 to 10 years of marketing and communications experience.

ABOUT US

Working out of 26 offices in 15 countries, StepStone has a truly global viewpoint. As people are our biggest asset, we offer resources to help our employees reach their full potential. Our principles are based on integrity, transparency, respect and creativity, which together define how we do business.

Please refer the Job description for details