Job Description Summary
For over forty years, HarbourVest has been home to a committed team of professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to deliver impactful solutions to our clients and investing partners. As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking.
In our collegial environment that’s marked by low turnover and high energy, you’ll be inspired to grow and thrive. Here, you will be encouraged to build on your strengths and acquire new skills and experiences.
We are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees. Understanding and valuing these differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm.
HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer.
This position will be a hybrid work arrangement. You will receive 18 remote workdays per quarter to use at your discretion, subject to manager approval. For example, you may choose to work in the office 4 days per week and take one remote day weekly (typically 13 weeks per quarter), leaving 5 additional remote days to be used as needed.
This person will be an integral part of the Institutional Product Marketing team focusing on developing our sales material by crafting impactful messaging focusing on product selling points, market themes, and key competitive advantages. The ideal candidate will be able to “connect the dots” between investor needs, market trends, and business goals to generate ideas and, ultimately, compelling content. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to join an established and strong team in a dynamic and growth driving part of the business.
The ideal candidate is someone who is:
Skilled at turning complex investment ideas into high‑quality, impactful sales collateral
Can drive conversations with key partners around messaging, marketing collateral, and investment themes
Brings strong content development and project management experience, with the ability to balance multiple priorities and consistently meet deadlines.
Demonstrates exceptional collaboration skills, working effectively across functions and with partners at all levels of the organization.
High level of initiative and comfortable in a fast past environment
Very detail oriented
Sense of humor, great teammate, upbeat
What you will do:
Create and implement marketing content for new product launches. Includes participation in product planning discussions, development and execution of communication plans, and development and production of materials. Support end‑to‑end product launch workflows by leading the development of core launch deliverables such as the presentation, factsheet, DDQ, PPM content, and other items as needed.
Drives conversations with key partners to define product messaging across all marketing collateral. Conduct competitor and market research as needed to inform product positioning and messaging.
Work closely with product specialists, investment, operations, IR, compliance, data, and legal teams
Develop content for external webcasts, events, product insights, and sales emails to facilitate communication between launches and contribute to product fundraising efforts.
Assisting in the coordination or execution of targeted GTM initiatives aligned to strategic firmwide priorities.
Contributing to messaging frameworks, archetype narratives, or insight materials.
Supporting the development of investor‑facing insights, digital content, or campaign assets in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
Ensure a consistent message, tone, and brand across all marketing materials
And other responsibilities as required
What you bring:
Experience developing marketing materials and content with an institutional asset management focus
Solid understanding of marketing communication practices and relationship management process
Demonstrated comfort delivering guidance to senior partners and investment professionals
Solid knowledge of financial markets, private equity is a plus
Familiarity with investment concepts and high level of comfort with numbers and analysis
Familiarity and understanding of nuances within private markets clients
Proven business writing ability with excellent grammar, spelling, and proofreading skills. Maintain a strong attention to detail and quality control across all deliverables.
Ability to independently analyze information and solve problems
Education Preferred:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A) or equivalent experience
Bachelor of Science (B.S) or equivalent experience
Experience:
5-8 Years experience preferred
Base Salary
$110,000.00 - $120,000.00
This USD base salary range represents only one component of total compensation for this role and is provided in accordance with local requirements. This role is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, which is determined based on individual and overall firm performance. In addition to salary and bonus, total compensation may include eligibility for long-term reward programs and a comprehensive total rewards package that may include retirement, health, insurance, paid time off, and wellness programs. Our total rewards offerings are influenced by several business factors, and eligibility for certain components will vary by position and geography. Please note the posted ranges do not apply outside the U.S. and should not be converted to other currencies as a proxy for compensation in other countries.
Skills Required
- Experience developing marketing materials and content with an institutional asset management focus
- Strong content development and project management experience with ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Solid understanding of marketing communication practices and relationship management processes
- Demonstrated comfort delivering guidance to senior partners and investment professionals
- Solid knowledge of financial markets
- Familiarity with investment concepts and strong comfort with numbers and analysis
- Familiarity and understanding of nuances within private markets clients
- Proven business writing ability with excellent grammar, spelling, and proofreading skills
- Ability to independently analyze information and solve problems
- Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) or equivalent experience
- 5-8 years of relevant experience
- Private equity experience
HarbourVest Partners Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about HarbourVest Partners and has not been reviewed or approved by HarbourVest Partners.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentives are portrayed as strong in certain teams and senior roles, with high bonus potential contributing meaningfully to total compensation. Overall packages can feel solid where variable pay is emphasized.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, EAP, wellness programs, and fitness reimbursement. U.S. coverage explicitly includes domestic partners.
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Parental & Family Support — Offerings include paid parental leave, adoption assistance, bereavement leave, paid volunteer time, and U.S. emergency back‑up childcare. These supports are positioned as competitive for the sector.
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What We Do
HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets firm with 40 years of experience and more than $92 billion assets under management as of December 31, 2021. Our interwoven platform provides clients access to global primary funds, secondary transactions, direct co-investments, real assets and infrastructure, and private credit.
