Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management - Portfolio Strategist (Private Markets) - Vice President - London
Goldman Sachs
Asset & Wealth Management Divisional Overview
A career with Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management is an opportunity to help clients across the globe realize their potential, while you discover your own. As part of one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $3.14 trillion in assets under supervision globally, you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions and building meaningful relationships with your clients. Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success. Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As the primary investment area within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors and individuals.
Goldman Sachs is one of the leading investors in alternatives globally and invests in the full spectrum of alternatives including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and sustainability. Clients access these solutions through direct strategies, customized partnerships, and open-architecture programs. The alternative investments platform is part of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which delivers investment and advisory services across public and private markets for the world’s leading institutions, financial advisors and individuals. Goldman Sachs has over $3.0 trillion in assets under supervision globally as of December 31, 2025.
Portfolio Strategy Overview
The Alternatives Portfolio Management Group is dedicated to optimizing investor performance and experience. The Portfolio Strategy team within the Portfolio Management group is focused on shaping the overall direction of Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private funds and portfolios. This includes developing insights, guiding portfolio construction, and utilizing fund modeling to optimize performance and support data-driven decisions across the platform.
Key Responsibilities and Activities:
- Lead portfolio strategy framing across private market funds, evergreen vehicles, and custom client portfolios, aligned with mandate objectives.
- Drive portfolio construction decisions through clear, decision-ready recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Lead Portfolio Strategy forum governance by surfacing key risks and trade-offs early and ensuring accountable follow-through.
- Provide subject matter leadership on investor experience (cashflows, performance drivers, liquidity and key risks) with consistent messaging across portfolio outputs.
- Partner with deal teams and internal stakeholders to align portfolio strategy with investment plans and constraints, escalating issues to resolution.
- Integrate financing and capital structure considerations into portfolio strategy and monitoring, clearly articulating investor implications.
- Support select fundraising and product development through senior-level analysis and stakeholder-ready recommendations.
- Advance Portfolio Strategy analytical frameworks and decision-support capabilities to improve consistency and scalability of portfolio decision-making.
Required Experience:
- 6–10 years of experience in investment banking, asset management, corporate finance, portfolio strategy/analytics, or a related investing/risk role; private asset experience preferred.
- Demonstrated track record of driving high-impact investment and portfolio decisions through rigorous analysis, sound judgment, and clear articulation of trade-offs and investor implications.
- Advanced portfolio and financial modeling experience, including the ability to develop, evaluate, and interpret complex models to inform portfolio decisions.
- Proven ability to operate effectively in structured decision forums—bringing strong ownership, process discipline, and the ability to identify issues early and drive closure.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver concise, decision-ready recommendations to senior stakeholders and, as needed, clients or other external stakeholders.
- High standards for analytical rigor and clarity; ability to ensure consistency and quality across high-visibility, time-sensitive deliverables.
- Strong collaboration skills across teams and seniority levels in a fast-moving environment.
- Preferred: experience advancing analytical frameworks and decision-support tools that improve consistency and scalability of portfolio decision-making.
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