Real Estate, Vice President / Principal, Institutional Client Solutions (ICS) Product Specialist, London

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Blackstone Real Estate  

Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing. Blackstone’s real estate business was founded in 1991 and has US $337 billion of investor capital under management. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, owning and operating assets across every major geography and sector, including logistics, residential, office, hospitality and retail. Our opportunistic funds seek to acquire undermanaged, well-located assets across the world. Blackstone’s Core+ business invests in substantially stabilized real estate assets globally, through both institutional strategies and strategies tailored for income-focused individual investors including Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT), a U.S. non-listed REIT, and Blackstone’s European yield-oriented strategy. Blackstone Real Estate also operates one of the leading global real estate debt businesses, providing comprehensive financing solutions across the capital structure and risk spectrum, including management of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT). 

Job Title: Real Estate, ICS, Product Specialist, Vice President / Principal

Job Description & Responsibilities:

The VP / Principal will join Blackstone Real Estate’s Product Specialist team in London. This team is responsible for capital raising, investor communications and experience, and the creation and maintenance of all marketing materials for Blackstone’s Real Estate funds. The VP / Principal will focus specifically on Blackstone Real Estate’s European funds and will spearhead multiple projects at one time employing a range of skillsets. The VP / Principal will spend significant time with members of the firm’s real estate group across the US, Europe and Asia, including the acquisitions, asset management, legal/compliance, and finance teams. The main areas of responsibility for the role include:

• Marketing Materials & Investor Communications: Work collaboratively with business leaders and various teams within Blackstone Real Estate to create and maintain presentation materials, investor reporting, and other investor communications (e.g., webinars, video content, other investor memoranda)

• New Product Launches: Lead business development initiatives and strategic planning for new fund launches (including co-investments), production of presentation materials, private placement memoranda, and handling investor due diligence

• Investor Due Diligence: oversee responses to investor queries and due diligence questionnaires

• Support Fundraising Team and Senior Leadership: Produce talking points, ad hoc presentations, and strategic projects and participate in client pitches and investor conversations

• Investor Experience: quarterback new vehicle negotiations and on-going LP problem solving in conjunction with the wider ICS and BX RE teams

• Product Knowledge: become an expert on Blackstone Real Estate’s European funds and investments

• Team Player: Serve as player-coach to analysts and associates and contribute to positive team culture

This professional will have active involvement with the senior leaders of one of the largest real estate managers in the world and will support a highly productive fundraising team.

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:

• Eight+ years of professional experience

• Prior work experience in investor relations and/or real estate private equity is preferred

• Highly motivated (a self-starter), intelligent and demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors

• Ability to multi-task and execute a wide range of assignments, against competing deadlines

• Ability to produce creative, compelling, detailed materials and information for existing and prospective investors; strong proficiency in PowerPoint, Word and Excel

• Demonstrated ability to write effectively

• Excellent attention to detail

• Superior communication skills

• Leadership and strong project management capabilities

• Candidate should be energetic and a team-oriented individual who thrives on challenge in a dynamic environment

• Strong work ethic, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a desire to learn

• Operate with the highest degree of integrity, motivation, and intellectual curiosity

Undergraduate degree is required. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or any other category protected by law.

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.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).

• 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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