Sr. Product Manager

About Company:

A leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure asset classes

An Ideal Candidate:

• + Years of product management experience.
• 3+ years of Private Markets experience in Asset Management.
• Experience in Fund-Of-Funds Secondaries is preferred.
• Experience in green field engineering initiatives is required.
• Understanding of Alternatives Investment Lifecycle and associated systems is preferred.
• Understanding of SDLC is required
• Understanding of product and system design is required
• Knowledge of modern UI/UX best practices.
• Basic understanding of modern software development stack including GitHub/GitLab, CI/CD.
• Strong understanding in streaming and messaging platforms like Kafka.
• Experience in using GenAI LLMs to accelerate ideation and content creation is required.
• Understanding of cloud computing concepts is preferred but not required
• Experience with eFront and Dynamo required

Key Competencies:

• Define and drive a comprehensive product strategy and multi-year roadmap for Ares Secondaries, ensuring alignment with firm-wide objectives and business needs.
• Establish clear OKRs to track progress and impact, continuously refining the roadmap based on stakeholder input, and firm priorities.
• Provide strategic direction across the entire product lifecycle—from ideation and development through launch and iteration—ensuring product alignment and consistency in user experience throughout the investment lifecycle.
• Foster deep partnerships with diversified stakeholders—including Investment Teams, Operations, Controllers, and Technology—to align on strategic goals, gather localized requirements, and ensure adoption of scalable, outcome-oriented solutions.
• Promote a unified product vision while accommodating business specific nuances.
• Technology and Firm-Wide Contribution: Actively contribute to Technology and company-wide priorities, offering input beyond the immediate product role to support broader firm objectives and initiatives.
• Partner with high caliber engineering teams on delivering differentiated software solutions for Ares Secondaries
• Ensure a culture of excellence, collaboration, inclusivity and accountability.