Job Description

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Primary functions & responsibilities

Define and drive a comprehensive product strategy and multi-year roadmap for Ares Secondaries, ensuring alignment with firm-wide objectives and business needs.
Establish clear OKRs to track progress and impact, continuously refining the roadmap based on stakeholder input, and firm priorities.
Provide strategic direction across the entire product lifecycle—from ideation and development through launch and iteration—ensuring product alignment and consistency in user experience throughout the investment lifecycle.
Foster deep partnerships with diversified stakeholders—including Investment Teams, Operations, Controllers, and Technology—to align on strategic goals, gather localized requirements, and ensure adoption of scalable, outcome-oriented solutions.
Promote a unified product vision while accommodating business specific nuances.
Technology and Firm-Wide Contribution: Actively contribute to Technology and company-wide priorities, offering input beyond the immediate product role to support broader firm objectives and initiatives.
Partner with high caliber engineering teams on delivering differentiated software solutions for Ares Secondaries
Ensure a culture of excellence, collaboration, inclusivity and accountability.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering or related field is required

Experience Required

5+ Years of product management experience.
3+ years of Private Markets experience in Asset Management.
Experience in Fund-Of-Funds Secondaries is preferred.
Experience in green field engineering initiatives is required.
Understanding of Alternatives Investment Lifecycle and associated systems is preferred.
Understanding of SDLC is required
Understanding of product and system design is required
Knowledge of modern UI/UX best practices.
Basic understanding of modern software development stack including GitHub/GitLab, CI/CD.
Strong understanding in streaming and messaging platforms like Kafka.
Experience in using GenAI LLMs to accelerate ideation and content creation is required.
Understanding of cloud computing concepts is preferred but not required
Experience with eFront and Dynamo required

General Requirements

Proven product manager with strong functional and technical capabilities
Strong sense of ownership and accountability
Exceptional critical thinker and strong business judgment; Inquisitive and committed to continual improvement/learning
Change agent/leader, self-motivated, self-starter; High accuracy and detail orientation
Excellent communication (written, verbal, presentation, documentation) and client service skills; capability of interacting with key stakeholders to direct prioritization of program-related activity
Experience and ability to proactively and continuously identify and analyze problem situations to develop an effective and improved course of action for resolution
Ability to work independently within a fast-paced environment with a hands-on approach
Ability to be flexible in terms of hours to coordinate with team members across time zones
Comfortable in dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty in a dynamic environment
Dependable, great attitude, highly motivated, and a team player

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