Enterprise Strategy Associate

Job Description Summary

For over forty years, HarbourVest has been home to a committed team of professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to deliver impactful solutions to our clients and investing partners. As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking.

In our collegial environment that’s marked by low turnover and high energy, you’ll be inspired to grow and thrive. Here, you will be encouraged to build on your strengths and acquire new skills and experiences.

We are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees. Understanding and valuing these differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm.

HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer.

This position will be a hybrid work arrangement, which translates to 2-3 days minimum per week in the office.

The Enterprise Strategy Associate (Boston) will play a central role in helping chart the growth and development of our firm strategy. This is a unique opportunity to help chart the firm’s future growth, advising the CEO and Supervisory Board on strategic direction and priorities. We hope to add a high-caliber strategic thinker to our tight, entrepreneurial team.

• Restlessly curious, including about the fast-changing evolution of the private equity and broader private markets space
• Entrepreneurial, strategic, creative, and flexible, with experience developing and launching new ideas, initiatives, or solutions
• Analytically rigorous, with strong attention to detail and ability to formulate recommendations based on analysis
• Excellent at communicating complex ideas in simple terms, in writing and in person
• Experienced in working in team environments and cross-functional groups
• 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

The Enterprise Strategy Associate will help define and refine HarbourVest’s overall firm strategy. This role will include contributing to some of the firm’s most important strategy work, helping define direction and contribute to high-priority strategic initiatives including M&A and business development. Specific efforts will vary over time, with select examples below:

• Evaluate entry into a new investment space as well as design new, preliminary shape of that business (e.g., approach to private wealth)
• Brainstorm and help execute on relevant industry partnerships
• Brainstorm and help execute on inorganic growth vectors
• Assess entrance into or exit from specific geographies
• Lead insights creation from market research on our industry, peers and relevant macro trends to ultimately provide implications for our firm and strategy on regular basis
• Perform analysis to change or enhance our investment allocation process
• And other responsibilities as required

• 2-5 years of professional experience in consulting, investment banking, private equity or other relevant asset management strategy roles  
• Demonstrated excellence in analytical reasoning, creativity, and written communications in team-based settings
• Demonstrated familiarity with and interest in the private equity or broader private markets landscape

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

• 2-5 years of experience, preferably in PE-related professional services

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