About the Role
The Director of the Investment Analyst Program (IAP) is responsible for developing future investment and business professionals and ensuring the organization is strategically resourced for investment, development, and corporate priorities. This role leads the IAP, acting as a key talent developer and bridging leadership with investment professionals to foster high performance and continuous development.
Responsibilities
- Allocate analyst resources across transactions, developments, and strategic initiatives.
- Balance staffing needs across teams and geographies, ensuring business priorities and individual development goals are met.
- Maintain a dynamic view of the investment pipeline, flexing resources in real time as priorities evolve.
- Lead and continuously enhance the Investment Analyst Program.
- Mentor and coach analysts, providing technical training, career guidance, and exposure to opportunities.
- Connect analysts with Real Estate Investment, Operations, and corporate functions.
- Expand rotations, cross-functional projects, and market-facing experiences.
- Design and implement learning experiences, development programs, and career pathways.
- Partner with investment leaders to develop and standardize analytical frameworks, tools, and best practices.
- Elevate technical training through structured bootcamps and consistent standards in financial analysis, underwriting, and investment committee preparation.
- Equip teams with the latest market insights, data tools, technology solutions, and methodologies.
- Support deal activity and strategic initiatives from a regional or global perspective.
- Elevate the visibility of the Investment Analyst Program externally.
- Recruit and hire top analyst talent, partnering with Talent Acquisition.
- Deepen relationships with leading universities and other early-talent incubators.
- Position Prologis as an employer of choice for early-career talent.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in talent development, investment management, real estate, financial services, learning & development, program management, workforce planning, or related fields.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to understand financial concepts, investment processes, and business drivers.
- Demonstrated experience leading talent, learning, rotational, analyst, or early-career development programs.
- Proven ability to design and implement staffing, capability-building, or learning strategies across diverse global stakeholders.
- Strong leadership, communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to balance execution demands with people development.
- Track record of managing complexity, prioritizing effectively, and exercising sound judgment.
- Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
- Experience leading analyst, associate, rotational, leadership development, or early-career programs in a corporate, consulting, financial services or real estate environment.
- Experience in real estate, investment management, private equity, investment banking, consulting, corporate strategy, or related industries.
- Familiarity with financial modeling, underwriting, Excel, ARGUS, or other analytical and AI-enabled tools.
- Demonstrates willingness and capability to leverage emerging technology, automation, and AI tools.
- Exercises sound judgment, creative thinking, and accountability for outcomes.
- All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of background verification.
Skills
- Financial analysis
- Underwriting
- Investment decision-making
- Talent development
- Program management
- Workforce planning
- Financial modeling
- Communication
- Influencing
- Interpersonal skills
- Leadership
- Problem-solving
- Analytical skills
- Emerging technology
- Automation
- AI tools
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Full time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- $155,000 - $213,000
Benefits
- Healthcare
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Wellness benefits
- Financial benefits
- Work/lifestyle-specific benefits
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation
- Generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year
- Paid holidays
- Volunteer time
About the Company
- Prologis leads the industry with a 1.3 billion square foot portfolio and an annual throughput of approximately $3.2 trillion.
- We create the intelligent infrastructure that powers global commerce, seamlessly connecting the digital and physical worlds.
- Our ecosystems help businesses move faster, operate smarter and grow sustainably.
- With unmatched scale, innovation and expertise, Prologis is shaping the future of logistics and building what comes next.
- We are builders, thinkers and doers—creating more than space, we power global commerce.
- We foster a culture where diverse ideas fuel innovation, collaboration and excellence.
Equal Opportunity
- Prologis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
