Job Description Summary
The Product Strategy SVP (PSSVP) will play a central role in helping chart the growth and development of the products and services we offer to our clients and partners. This is an exciting new role directly involved in the firm’s expansion. The PSSVP will be part of the Strategy, Innovation, and Execution function, which is collectively responsible for building the firm into new areas.
The ideal candidate is someone who is:
- Restlessly curious, including about the fast-changing evolution of the private equity and broader private markets space
- Entrepreneurial, creative, thoughtful, and flexible, with significant professional experience in developing, fleshing out, and launching new investment products or solutions, preferably within private markets
- Analytically rigorous, with strong attention to detail and ability to marshal evidence from a range of sources to formulate recommendations in the face of uncertainty
- Excellent at communicating complex ideas in simple terms, in writing and in person
- Experienced in working in team environments and managing others, with the ability to lead or facilitate group efforts and to influence colleagues and counterparties using a range of techniques
- Organized and effective in independently driving initiatives, with the willingness and capability to assume responsibility and ownership of outcomes
- Focused on having significant impact over both short and long time horizons
What You Will Do
The PSSVP will help drive research, analysis, innovation, and planning to define and refine HarbourVest's overall product strategy and to develop specific new products. The role will include:
- Linking HarbourVest's product portfolio to fully reflect the firm's enterprise strategy
- Identifying and integrating internal and external sources of insight as inputs into the product planning process
- Assessing current and potential attractiveness of potential new products
- Mapping the competitive landscape for such products
- Managing the central repository of product ideas
- Helping advance the process of prioritizing which products to consider in more detail
- Building and managing the Product Portfolio Planning team, responsible for periodically assessing the positioning of existing products and proposing modifications as appropriate
The role will include close collaboration with leaders of the Strategy, Innovation, and Execution function; ongoing partnership with colleagues across the firm’s strategy, finance, investment, IR, Custom Solutions, Commercial Operations, and Market Data teams; and periodic management of external resources, particularly as an input to Research activities.
What you bring:
- 10+ years of professional experience in the private equity or asset management space, focused on product strategy and related topics
- Demonstrated excellence in analytical reasoning, creativity, and written communications in team-based settings
- Strong familiarity with and interest in the private equity or broader private markets landscape
Education Preferred
- Bachelor's degree
- MBA or equivalent experience
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