Over the last 20 years, Aresā success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values ā Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy ā and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
Job Description
Ares Digital Infrastructure (āADIā) is part of Ares's Real Assets platform, created to invest in high-quality digital infrastructure assets to support the growth of the ever-expanding global demand for data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Ares Digital Infrastructure has built a large portfolio of data center assets globally, recently completing its inaugural US$2.4 billion data center development fund in Japan.Ā ADI is supported by Ada Infrastructure, its wholly-owned global data center operating platform.Ā Ada Infrastructure provides development, leasing, asset management, facilities management, security, and other customer services to ADIās data center asset portfolio.
Ares is seeking to hire a Principal in the ADI Product Management and Investor Relations team to be based in London, who will work collaboratively with senior management to develop the product suite and manage the capital raising and investor relationship processes for Digital Infrastructure strategies. To succeed in this role, an individual must possess a strategic orientation combined with strong analytical skills and excellent potential for relationship management. In addition, this person will be a conceptual thinker, creative, articulate, and have the ability to understand and convey a variety of concepts at all levels. Outstanding execution and organization skills combined with excellent judgment and exemplary ethics and values are imperative.
Primary Function and Essential Responsibilities:
- Work directly with senior management and other key internal stakeholders, as well as investors and market participants, to develop product, communicate strategies, and follow through on investor/prospect inquiries.
- Develop and execute on strategic initiatives, identify market opportunities, and conduct research to determine effective product launches and formulate messaging.
- Develop marketing and due diligence materials such as private placement memorandums (PPM), pitch books, fact sheets, and due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) for investment vehicles.
- Prepare request for proposals, questionnaires, and data requests related to investor due diligence.
- Assist with monthly, quarterly, and year-end fund reporting as well as ad-hoc investor requests.
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- Work across internal Ares functions to obtain and synthesize information from the investment, reporting, and accounting teams in order to prepare communication materials.
- Create presentations and coordinate logistics for Annual General Meeting, investor meetings, and conference calls.
- Keep abreast of industry trends and conduct market and competitor research.
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Qualifications:
- Bachelorās degree required.
- 6-10+ years of work experience in an investor relations, strategy, client service, or product management role. Must have a blend of client service, investment capabilities, and commercial sense.
- Experience with investor relations/business development from a private real estate/infrastructure/digital infrastructure fund, asset manager, or private equity firm required.
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General Requirements:
- Exceptional attention to detail, placing a high priority on accuracy and organization.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and represent the Firm in a professional manner.
- Problem solver with ability to research solutions and suggest resolutions.
- Highly motivated with the ability to set priorities, multitask, and monitor own workload to meet aggressive deadlines.
- Strong work ethic and self-starter.
- Demonstrated experience working in a team environment with multiple tasks.
- Highly proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
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Head of Digital Infrastructure
There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.