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Head of Capital Formation & Investor Relations - Special Situations Credit

Posted 14 days ago

jw michaelsPortland (ME)

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Manager

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About the role

Our client is a founder-led alternative investment manager focused on complex, illiquid special situations. Led by partners from top-tier credit and special situations platforms, the firm has built a strong track record and is preparing for a significant capital raise over the next year. They are hiring their first dedicated marketing and investor relations leader: the person whose job is to market the firm and its strategies every day, drive the fundraise, and be the main point of contact for investors.
What you'll do:
  • Own the fundraise for the firm's next closed-end vehicle, from pipeline build and outreach through first and final close
  • Tell the story of a differentiated, complex strategy to LPsBuild and manage relationships with existing and prospective LPs, primarily in North America
  • Lead investor meetings, materials and follow-up, working directly with the Managing Partners
  • Direct marketing operations support (materials, data room, CRM) with a junior team member
  • What you bring
  • Hands-on fundraising experience at an alternative investment manager
  • A track record of raising closed-end, illiquid capital from start to finish
  • Comfort explaining complex credit, distressed or special situations strategies
  • Established relationships with North American institutional investors
  • Mid-level to early-senior experience: ready to own a raise, not just support one
  • Entrepreneurial, hungry and energized by building in a lean, senior team
  • A self-starter who opens doors: you build pipeline from cold outreach, not just inherited coverage
  • This is a capital-raising role, not a reporting or client-service-operations role
  • Why it's interesting
  • A rare chance to be the face of the firm to investors during a major growth phase
  • Direct partnership with experienced founders and real ownership of outcomesLOCATION IS OPEN - firm is Miami-based, but this seat can be based anywhere; regular travel

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