About this role
Overview
Our client is seeking a Managing Director to help establish and lead a dedicated healthcare-focused secondaries investment platform. This individual will play a foundational role in shaping investment strategy, sourcing opportunities, building portfolio construction frameworks, and helping scale the platform globally.
The ideal candidate will bring significant private equity secondaries experience and a demonstrated ability to evaluate, execute, and manage complex secondary transactions. While healthcare investing experience is preferred, the client is primarily focused on identifying an accomplished secondaries investor with the ability to build and grow a new strategy.
This role is expected to be based in New York and will work closely with investment leadership and global team members as the platform is developed.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and execution of a healthcare-focused secondaries investment strategy.
- Source, evaluate, negotiate, and execute GP-led and LP-led secondary transactions.
- Develop investment theses, portfolio construction frameworks, and underwriting methodologies.
- Build relationships across private equity sponsors, advisors, intermediaries, institutional investors, and market participants.
- Partner with senior leadership on strategic planning, fundraising initiatives, and platform development.
- Mentor and help recruit additional investment professionals as the team expands.
- Monitor portfolio investments and provide ongoing valuation, reporting, and portfolio management oversight.
- Contribute to thought leadership and market positioning within the healthcare secondaries ecosystem.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of relevant investment experience, with substantial private equity secondaries investing experience.
- Track record executing and leading complex secondary transactions.
- Experience building, scaling, or launching investment strategies, businesses, or platforms is highly desirable.
- Strong investment judgment, underwriting capabilities, and portfolio construction experience.
- Established network across private equity sponsors, institutional investors, advisors, and intermediaries.
- Healthcare investing experience is preferred but not required.
- Strong leadership, team-building, and stakeholder management skills.
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.