Associate / Senior Associate - Business Development

<div class="content-intro"><p><span data-teams="true"><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak">We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.</span></span></p></div><p><strong>Position Overview:</strong></p> <p>StepStone is looking for a detail-oriented individual who will work for a team that supports business development and client service activities towards Italian, Spanish, and French clients and prospects, across asset classes.  The selected candidate may be required to initially be in London or Zurich, working within the Private Equity, Infrastructure, or Private Debt team for an induction period, before moving permanently to Rome, Italy, to cover Italian clients locally as well as supporting the coverage of Spanish and French clients. The selected candidate will interact and collaborate with our clients and prospects and very closely with senior professionals across various teams including business development, research and investment across all asset classes (private debt, private equity, infrastructure and real estate), legal and compliance, monitoring and reporting, among others, to meet our client’s requirements about the firm’s service offerings and investment vehicles.</p> <p>The person should have a solid understanding of investments and ideally of private market, strong project management skills and communication skills, and a client-oriented attitude.</p> <p><strong>Primary responsibilities include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Work alongside the business development and investment team to design and implement investment solutions for private debt investments</li> <li>Create and prepare pitch books and investment proposals for institutional clients</li> <li>Critically assess the veracity and applicability of content provided by cross-functional team members for pitches/proposals</li> <li>Coordinate and lead specific implementation projects</li> <li>Assist with market research and performance analysis</li> <li>Assist and perform ad hoc projects and reviews related to the client solutions function</li> <li>Additional efforts may include creating and writing original content and analysis for new business activities (e.g., fact cards, presentations, etc.)</li> <li>Provide input on developing new and enhancing existing presentation content for marketing mate