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About the Role
Operational Strategy brings best-in-class execution discipline and program management rigor to the firm’s most critical transformation initiatives, including M&A integration master planning, enterprise operating model evolution, corporate efficiency efforts, and governance support for senior leadership forums. The team advances high-priority strategic initiatives through disciplined solution design, enterprise coordination, strong delivery, and scalable execution.
Responsibilities
- Translate executive priorities into executable programs focusing on enterprise sequencing.
- Lead cohesive solution and operating-model design.
- Own program development, portfolio integration and execution planning.
- Drive disciplined program management and delivery.
- Drive adoption of new processes, tools, and operating models.
- Translate complex transformation concepts into clear, compelling business narratives.
- Support governance and executive decision-making.
- Track value realization and business impact.
- Advance process improvement and continuous improvement discipline.
- Bridge business strategy, technology, data, and controls.
- Lead certain M&A integration transformation workstreams.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in large-scale transformation, strategy execution, business operations, process redesign, integration, or management consulting.
- Proven ability to translate strategic priorities into actionable programs, operating models, roadmaps, and execution plans.
- Experience analyzing and redesigning business processes, systems, workflows, controls, and requirements from current state through implementation.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives across business, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, Investor Relations, Sales/Marketing, and external vendors.
- Strong knowledge of alternative investments, including Credit, Private Equity, Real Assets, and Secondaries, with familiarity across fund, investor, sales/marketing, and investment related lifecycles.
- Structured problem solver with strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and the ability to simplify complex, ambiguous issues into clear recommendations and actions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop executive-ready materials and influence stakeholders at all levels of the firm.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and results-driven, with the ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines, risks, and dependencies in a fast-paced environment.
- Proactive self-starter with a bias for action, continuous improvement mindset, and ability to balance tactical execution with the firm’s broader strategic direction.
- Demonstrated experience using program management tools and artifacts to manage highly complex, enterprise-wide programs with 10+ interconnected projects, including integrated master plans, dependency maps, RAID logs, milestone trackers, executive dashboards, and platforms such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, Asana, Monday.com, or equivalent; people management experience preferred.
- Familiarity with one or more relevant transformation domains is a plus, including client experience and investor transformation, deal pipeline management, allocation and investment workflow transformation, and treasury, banking, and liquidity operations transformation.
Skills
- Technology
- Investment
- Sales/Marketing workflows
- Alternative investment asset classes
- Executive-level communication
- Technical system design
- Integrations
- Implementation
- Leading large-scale changes
- Accountability
- Structure
- Influence
- Delivery discipline
- Microsoft Project
- Smartsheet
- Jira
- Confluence
- Asana
- Monday.com
Experience Level
- Principal
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably with a major in Accounting, Economics, Political Science, Finance, General Business or Management, and outstanding academic achievement.
Salary/Compensations
- $250,000 - $280,000 / annum
Benefits
- Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans
- 401(k) program with company match
- Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)
- Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution
- Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit
- Access to a world-class medical advisory team
- Mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry
- Mindfulness and wellbeing app
- Financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor
- New parent leave
- Reproductive and adoption assistance
- Emergency backup care
- Matching gift program
- Education sponsorship program
About the Company
- Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture.
- Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – 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.