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About the Role
Apollo and Athene are building a strategic growth hub in Austin, Texas, to incubate emerging businesses. This role offers the opportunity to build from the ground up with the backing of both firms' scale. The Principal will be a strategic partner to the Austin Office Leadership team, driving business growth, managing operations, and coordinating initiatives to support the firm's budget and 5-year plan. This is a two-year opportunity for a high-potential candidate to gain differentiated experience.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor and project manager to Austin's Office Leaders, supporting deliverables and engagements.
- Prepare meeting materials, talking points, and briefing notes.
- Maintain priority lists and drive execution against key priorities.
- Support leaders on key business priorities, including operations, organizational design, and strategic initiatives.
- Engage with stakeholders across the firm to monitor progress, drive alignment, and eliminate bottlenecks.
- Drive the build-out of the Austin office as a strategic growth hub, advancing new initiatives and ensuring connectivity with the broader firm.
- Manage key business processes, including reviews, forecasting, budgeting, capital analysis, hiring, and new business initiatives.
- Support management and achievement of the budget and 5-year plan.
- Perform ad hoc analysis on business performance and key metrics.
- Manage recurring leadership cadence and material preparation for key firm leadership meetings.
- Anticipate issues, shape agendas, and track key decisions and follow-ups.
- Partner with stakeholders to define and drive culture and people initiatives, focusing on building an effective team in Austin.
- Drive community engagement as Apollo establishes its presence in Austin.
- Execute ad-hoc requests and projects for senior management, including strategy reviews and new business analysis.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of work experience serving as a Chief of Staff or COO to Senior Leadership at a similar Financial Services Institution.
- Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate complexity concisely.
- Proven experience working across organizational teams to build relationships, influence decisions, and drive outcomes.
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills with the ability to adapt to changing demands and manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to operate independently in an ambiguous environment, anticipate issues, exercise sound judgment, and drive priorities from concept through execution.
- Confident, poised individual with natural humility and strong executive presence.
- Strong financial acumen, commercial judgment, and attention to detail.
- Proven ability to navigate complex challenges, driving large-scale initiatives forward while maintaining cross-platform relationships and bringing stakeholders along.
- Discretion, judgment, and the highest degree of integrity to handle highly sensitive, confidential, and non-public information.
- Growth mindset and strong strategic vision, with a desire to develop a broader understanding of operating and growing a leading alternative asset manager.
Skills
- Business Strategy
- Business Operations
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Organizational Design
- Financial Acumen
- Commercial Judgement
- Attention to Detail
- Relationship Management
- Communication (Verbal, Written, Presentation)
- Time Management
- Organizational Skills
- Adaptability
- Independent Operation
- Judgment
- Execution
- Discretion
- Integrity
- Strategic Vision
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Principal
- 10+ years
Salary/Compensations
- Base salary range is listed above.
- Eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance.
- Compensation ranges are based on job function, level, and geographic location.
- Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise.
About the Company
- Apollo and Athene are together building a strategic growth hub.
- Apollo is a leading asset management and retirement services platform.
Equal Opportunity
- Apollo Global Management, Inc. is committed to championing opportunity.
- The firm and its affiliates comply with applicable discrimination and equal opportunities legislation in all of its jurisdictions.
- Does not discriminate in employment or recruitment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.