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About the Role

The Manager, Content & Funds Strategic Advisory will develop and execute a content strategy to generate client conversations and support the Firm’s Funds Strategic Advisory (FSA) practice by delivering sophisticated advisory services to private fund sponsors and investors.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a forward-looking editorial calendar and content pipeline covering key private funds topics.
Curate and write short-form content, including market insights, timely commentary, and targeted emails that start a conversation and lead to a meeting.
Identify client targeting opportunities and craft tailored outreach, working with partners and CDE to prioritize sponsors and prospects.
Track outreach performance, including response and meeting conversion, and use the results to refine messaging and targeting.
Monitor legislative, regulatory, and market developments affecting private fund sponsors and identify opportunities for timely written commentary.
Research, draft, edit, and publish longer-form content, including client alerts, long-form articles, white papers, benchmarking reports, and market and regulatory summaries.
Translate complex legal and regulatory concepts into clear, polished, commercially oriented prose for a sophisticated readership.
Maintain rigorous editorial standards for accuracy, consistency of voice, and adherence to the Firm’s style, branding, and attorney-communication requirements.
Manage the end-to-end editorial workflow, from topic identification and outlining through drafting, attorney review, and final publication.
Provide editorial support to attorneys contributing to Firm publications, including substantive editing, structural feedback, and style coaching.
Partner with the FSA Lead Partner to execute strategic advisory engagements for private fund sponsors and investors.
Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to support recommendations for clients.
Develop financial models, market analyses, benchmarking studies, and business cases.
Synthesize complex legal, commercial, and financial information into clear, actionable insights and client-ready recommendations.
Prepare executive-level presentations and materials for client meetings.
Serve as a strategic thought partner to the FSA Lead Partner by helping frame client issues, challenge assumptions, develop hypotheses, and identify innovative approaches to complex business problems.
Analyze trends across private markets and alternative investments.
Develop analytical frameworks and decision-support models that support strategic recommendations.
Apply commercial and legal judgment to evaluate opportunities and deliver meaningful insights.
Contribute written content to pitch materials, RFP responses, and client-facing presentations that showcase the Firm’s private funds capabilities.
Collaborate with marketing and business development professionals to repurpose published content for client outreach, conference submissions, and speaking engagements.
Participate in client meetings, workshops, and presentations, and present analyses and recommendations clearly, concisely, and persuasively.
Monitor client and industry feedback on content and outreach to refine priorities.
Manage multiple content initiatives and client engagements simultaneously, meeting deadlines and maintaining a consistent publishing cadence.
Coordinate workstreams across attorneys, CDE (including marketing, communications, and design), and other internal stakeholders.
Drive project timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder communications.
Undertake additional content, advisory, and editorial projects as assigned by practice group or CDE leadership.
Develop repeatable methodologies, templates, content frameworks, analytical models, and best practices that strengthen both the content program and the Advisory offering.
Build and maintain a repository of published content, research, and reference materials, organized by topic and fund type.
Build intellectual capital and tools that support the growth and scalability of the service line, and identify opportunities to improve processes and the client experience.

Requirements

7+ years of relevant professional experience.
Strong understanding of the private funds industry and broader private markets landscape.
Demonstrated working knowledge of private fund structures, terms, and documentation and the legal and regulatory framework governing private funds.
Exceptional writing and editing skills, including the ability to produce concise, persuasive outreach and polished, publication-ready long-form content on complex legal and financial topics.
Exceptional quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with advanced financial modeling capabilities.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience developing executive-level presentations and client deliverables, and presenting to clients and senior executives.
Excellent project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet editorial deadlines.
Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy in all published work.
Effective interpersonal skills, with the ability to work productively with attorneys, business professionals, and senior Firm leadership.
Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
Familiarity with content management systems, digital publishing platforms, and editorial workflow tools is preferred.
Management consulting, investment banking, or investment consulting background (preferred).
Private equity, private credit, hedge fund, or other alternative investment firm experience (preferred).
Fund advisory or capital raising experience (preferred).

Skills

Written Communication & Executive Storytelling
Strategic Thinking
Financial Analysis & Modeling
Legal & Regulatory Fluency (Private Funds)
Commercial Acumen
Executive Presence
Client Relationship Management
Project Management
Problem Solving
Strong Business Judgement

Location

New York

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

7+ years of relevant professional experience

Education Level

Bachelors degree in relevant major such as finance, economics, accounting, commerce; and/or MBA or similar advanced degree.
Management consulting, investment banking, or investment consulting background (preferred)
Private equity, private credit, hedge fund, or other alternative investment firm experience (preferred)
Fund advisory or capital raising experience (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

The estimated base salary range for this position is $180,000 to $220,000 at the time of posting.

About the Company

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is one of the world’s leading international law firms.
The Firm was established in 1884 and has approximately 2,000 lawyers.
Headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Palo Alto, San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., the Firm provides coordinated legal advice and transactional capability to clients around the globe.

Equal Opportunity

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is committed to a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.
The Firm prohibits discrimination or harassment based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, veteran’s status or any other legally protected status.
This Policy pertains to every aspect of an individual’s relationship with the Firm, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training and development, promotion, transfer, discipline, termination, and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment.