Real Estate - Innovation, Generalist

Blackstone • New York, NY

5d • $100,000 - $140,000

About The Position

Blackstone Real Estate is pursuing a multi-year transformation toward an AI-native operating model. The Innovation Generalist will help drive the Innovation team’s strategic plan across the business, develop deep expertise in current and future Real Estate workflows, and serve as a first point of contact for teams adopting new tools and workflows. The role includes supporting cross-sector projects, creating stakeholder and leadership communications, learning existing proprietary systems, leading AI training, sharing effective AI workflows, evaluating third-party tools, and communicating progress and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of experience in real estate, private markets, investment management, financial services, consulting, or a similar analytical role.
• Undergraduate degree with a strong academic record.
• Genuine interest in AI, technology, and innovation, with demonstrated initiative in learning and applying new tools.
• Hands-on fluency with enterprise AI tools, or clear evidence of the curiosity and initiative to develop that fluency quickly.
• Working knowledge of Excel-based financial modeling and comfort with data.
• Exceptional diligence and attention to detail, with a track record of owning production work end to end and delivering accurately and on time.
• Ability to think creatively and independently, share different viewpoints, and constructively challenge ideas with colleagues at all levels of seniority.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, including managing multiple workstreams across different teams simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including explaining technical concepts clearly to business stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• A technical academic background, such as Computer Science or Mathematics.
• Experience building AI agents or automations.
• Familiarity with Python or SQL.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of the Innovation team’s strategic plan across sectors, track priorities and deliverables, and drive projects to completion.
• Produce stakeholder and senior-leadership materials and communications, including updates, presentations, and training content.
• Develop expertise in current Real Estate workflows, including underwriting, valuations, and forecasting, and identify opportunities to standardize, automate, or eliminate processes.
• Become a subject matter expert in the firm’s proprietary tools and platforms, serve as a first point of contact for Real Estate users, and maintain and troubleshoot systems where relevant.
• Lead AI training sessions for the broader Real Estate team and raise AI literacy and adoption.
• Build expertise in AI workflow development and enterprise AI tools, and capture and share effective prompts, agents, and use cases.
• Help identify and evaluate third-party AI tools for potential pilots, including attending industry conferences to advise the team on the state of the art.
• Clearly communicate progress, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits.
• Paid time off.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Discretionary bonuses.
• Certain employees may be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level