The posting
Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram.
Business Overview
BXMA
Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA) manages $93 billion across a diversified set of businesses. We strive to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our clients across market cycles. Our strategies include Absolute Return, Multi-Strategy, Total Portfolio Management, and Public Real Assets.
Team Overview
Client Investment Strategy (CIS) is a newly created team that develops BXMA’s thought leadership and investment content platform, enabling cross-divisional investment views and strategic client engagement. CIS works closely with Investment Teams, Product Management, and ICS (sales & relationship management team) to ensure clients receive consistent, insightful, investment-credible messaging across every interaction.
Position Summary
We are seeking a Principal to be a senior level leader within CIS who combines investment expertise, exceptional communication skills, and strategic judgment. This individual will help to build the CIS team and shape BXMA’s cross platform content agenda, translate complex investment themes into compelling client narratives, and serve as a visible client-facing resource for high priority relationships. The ideal candidate is both a strategist and an operator: they will build a thought leadership engine while simultaneously producing best-in-class materials themselves.
Key Responsibilities
Content Leadership & Investment Messaging
- Lead development of BXMA’s flagship thought leadership pieces (flagship marketing decks, market outlooks, thematic insights, white papers).
- Distill complex investment themes across public and private markets into clear, differentiated narratives for institutional and wealth clients.
- Partner with investment teams to source perspectives, develop clear narratives, and ensure messaging aligns with BXMA’s investment activity and market views.
- Maintain a forward-looking content calendar aligned with fundraising priorities, market conditions, and client demand.
- Ensure consistent high-quality deliverables across the CIS organization.
Client Facing Representation
- Act as a senior level investment content voice in select client meetings.
- Support ICS in high impact fundraising and retention discussions by providing tailored investment insights and materials.
- Engage with senior level client stakeholders and sophisticated allocators to clearly articulate our investment views.
Cross Functional Partnership
- Work closely with Product Management to integrate investment narratives into deliverables (DDQs/RFPs, quarterly decks, fund updates).
- Collaborate with ICS to ensure insights map to client needs across geographies, segments, and strategies.
- Standardize content processes, templates, and messaging frameworks to ensure consistency across the platform.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in investment strategy, multi asset research, research manager, or a similar role within an asset management, alternatives, or consulting business.
- Strong multi asset expertise and experience with alternatives (public and/or private markets); synthesizes portfolio insights into concise client ready narratives.
- Exceptional writing and presentation skills; communicates complex ideas to both sophisticated and non-specialist audiences.
- Experience supporting senior level client conversations and collaborating with sales/relationship management teams.
- Operates at a Principal level: independent worker, accountable, and effectively leads initiatives from concept through delivery.
- Prior experience producing thought leadership or client facing investment content at scale.
- Comfort working in a fast moving environment with senior level stakeholders and compressed timelines.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
- Exceptional attention to detail and strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills; conveys information clearly and concisely.
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.
Expected annual base salary range:
$225,000 - $250,000
Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.
Additional compensation and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone’s sole discretion.
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Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:
- Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
- Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;
- Supervising or training securities licensed employees;
- Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and
- Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.
Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.
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