Managing Director, Fundraising & Client Services (Chicago, Illinois)

Star Mountain is a rapidly growing, specialized private investment firm focused on the large and less competitive lower middle-market – businesses that generally have between $3 million and $50 million in annual EBITDA (“LMM”). The firm employs three complementary strategies: private credit, private equity and secondary fund investing, all focused within North America. The Firm’s track record, business model, growth trajectory and award-winning culture provide compelling career opportunities for driven and talented individuals. Culture is a core principle which includes long-term alignment of interest with 100% of employees participating in investment profits. The Firm has over $3 billion in assets under management and expects strong continued growth based on its performance, distinctive investment approach and its diversified investor base of domestic and global institutions (including public pensions, corporate pensions, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and family offices) and individuals. Star Mountain values team players with positive, solutions-based attitudes complemented by a strong work ethic and is heavily committed to long-term training and career development. The Firm is 100% employee-owned with material long-term wealth creation opportunity for dedicated, entrepreneurial professionals. Dynamic team of over 60 full-time people and 40+ Senior Advisors / Operating Partners.

The senior team has over 500 years of collective investment experience including prior leadership experience at Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Thoma Bravo, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, H.I.G., and Barings.

For the last four consecutive years, Star Mountain was recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by both Crain’s and Pensions & Investments

As an aligned executive, you will build assets, firm profitability and brand value by enhancing strategic investor relationships through a consultative fundraising model. You will provide investors with differentiated private credit, secondaries and private equity investments within the lower middle-market across multiple fund structures and separate accounts. You will cover a broad range of primarily regional investors including RIAs, family offices, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, consultants and pension plans. You must have comprehensive, long-term, trusted relationships with a strong set of investors within your region and be viewed to have valued perspectives with a consultative approach to educating and discussing investments and portfolio construction. Your relationships must include some combination of RIAs, financial planners, broker/dealers and/or family offices.

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• Maintaining activities and databases to create and maintain information on current and proposed investor relationships within CRM.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities to help build the business and brand.
• Assisting with developing and implementing business plans to execute fundraising goals.
• Working in a collaborative manner with the entire fundraising team to follow up on leads generated by team within territory.
• Travelling 2-3 days/week or as mutually agreed upon.
• Building and maintaining relationships with investors to generate capital within a specific territory.
• Assisting with educating financial advisors on the benefits of Star Mountain Products and services for their clients thought individual or group meeting presentations, including visits, seminars, conferences/trade shows.

Qualifications:

• Proven track record of growing relationships and raising capital within your region.
• 8+ years of client services/fundraising experience.
• Extensive trusted relationships with large number of investors.
• Experience working at a highly regarded asset management firm with multiple investment strategies and products preferred.
• Knowledge of fundamental concepts, principles and practices of private credit/equity.
• Series 7 and 66 (or 7, 63 and 65) licenses required.

Timing: Immediate

Location: Chicago, IL.

Compensation: Base, bonus, and equity package within a heavily aligned organizational culture.

Please visit the following links for more information about Star Mountain , the Star Mountain Charitable Foundation , Star Mountain’s Crain’s and Pensions & Investments awards, and to visit our YouTube channel.

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www.StarMountainCapital.com

Note: Detailed award eligibility requirements for Crain’s can be found here and for Pensions & Investments here .