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Business Unit Overview:

Blackstone Multi Asset Investing (BXMA) manages approximately $84 billion across a diversified array of businesses, including a customized portfolio solutions platform, a special situations platform, an open-ended mutual fund platform, and an emerging manager seeding platform. BXMA invests across a variety of strategies, asset classes, and capital structures to create solutions for its clients. Through its focus on client objectives, rigorous due-diligence process, and access to Blackstone’s global insights, BXMA strives to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns through market cycles while mitigating downside risk during periods of volatility.

Job Title: BXMA – Strategic Initiatives, Product Strategy (Associate)

Job Description:

The Strategic Initiatives team helps set and execute on the strategic priorities of BXMA in partnership with the division’s leadership team. Our goal is to build, grow, and constantly improve BXMA’s investment business. The team covers strategic initiatives across investments & product, clients, and operations.

Key responsibilities of the Strategic Initiatives, Product Strategy (Associate) role will include:

• New Product Development: Contribute to the launch of new products/businesses by working across functional areas to drive execution, which requires working with portfolio managers on investment mandate, risk management, analytics; legal and operations on vehicle design, structure, tax; and sales on all marketing materials and communications collateral.

• Product Strategy: Conduct detailed analyses on existing businesses and communicate learnings with BXMA leadership.

• Content Creation: Produce best-in-class content with a focus on both thought leadership and driving commercial outcomes for specific products and client situations.

• Market Research: Develop a deep understanding of the multi-asset investing competitive landscape and evaluate the market opportunity for specific product initiatives.

• Investment Analytics: Understand the drivers of investment performance for BXMA businesses and synthesize for key stakeholders and clients.

• Product Specialist: Support the sales team as a subject matter expert, including flexing into an external-facing role when appropriate to engage BXMA clients and prospects.

• Cross-Business Initiatives: Contribute to creative problem solving and key initiatives across BXMA.

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition to strong analytical and time management skills, the successful candidate must have:

• 3+ years of professional experience with a background in investment banking, investment management, sales and trading, management consulting, or investment product development.

• Passion for both investing and business building.

• Superior synthesis, communication, presentation, and writing skills.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Strong investment and markets acumen, with experience in structuring and executing investment, risk management, or financing transactions.

• Business building orientation, with experience utilizing frameworks to make commercial decisions.

• Ability to manage ad-hoc projects, with minimal oversight.

• Strong conceptual and analytical thinking, with a demonstrated ability to navigate between the two.

• Exceptional work ethic, entrepreneurial spirit, intellectual curiosity, and desire to continually improve.

• Collaborative workplace approach that fosters strong working relationships.

• Motivation to thrive in a dynamic environment, often under competing deadlines.

• Unquestionable professional integrity.

• Undergraduate degree is required.

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at HR-Recruiting-Americas@Blackstone.com.

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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