Managing Director, Human Capital- Equity

Apollo Management Holdings•New York City, NY

2d•$450,000 - $500,000

About The Position

Managing Director, Human Capital- Equity Position Overview Apollo’s Equity business - spanning Private Equity, Real Estate Equity, and S3 - is at a genuine inflection point. The platform is integrating multiple businesses into a more coordinated whole, actively building new franchises and scaling existing ones. This is not a steady-state environment. It is a multi-year transformation that requires someone who can help architect the talent and organizational strategy behind it, not just support it from the sidelines. This role reports to the Partner, Human Capital and sits within Apollo’s firmwide HC organization — a shared services model that provides HC support across the firm’s businesses. Within that structure, this individual serves as the dedicated, senior Human Capital partner for the Equity platform. The job is the Equity business: embedded in its day-to-day rhythm, partnering directly and continuously with the Head of Equity across talent, organizational design, leadership development, and culture. Expect substantive dialogue multiple times a day and real influence on decisions that matter. The right candidate is comfortable operating in that model - accountable to a functional reporting line while being deeply integrated into a business. They want to build, not maintain. They are energized by complexity, comfortable with ambiguity, and bring the judgment and presence to earn trust with senior investment professionals quickly.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive Human Capital experience, with meaningful time supporting senior leaders in private equity, financial services, or real estate
Demonstrated success as a senior HRBP in a complex, high-performance environment — someone who has been a genuine thought partner to business leaders, not just an executor of HR process
Strong commercial judgment; able to translate insight into action quickly
Proven ability to build trust and influence with senior investment professionals — earned through substance, not title
Experience leading and developing high-performing teams
High integrity and discretion; sound decision-making in high-stakes situations
Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong bias toward execution
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and complexity; doesn’t need formal structure to be effective
Experience in matrixed, global organizations
Comfortable operating in a shared services model — accountable to a functional reporting line while serving as the primary HC presence for the business
Solid working knowledge of employment law and HC operations

Responsibilities

Serve as a primary Human Capital partner to the Head of Equity, integrated into the business at the operating level — not a functional support role
Provide clear, commercial guidance on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, and succession as the platform scales and evolves
Anticipate talent-related risks and opportunities tied to growth, integration, and new business builds
Help leaders think clearly about their teams: who is performing, who is developing, where the gaps are, and what to do about it
Lead talent practices across the Equity platform — recruiting, onboarding, performance management, development, succession, compensation, and retention
Advise senior leaders on performance and feedback with a combination of data, direct observation, and sound judgment
Bring a forward-looking approach to talent acquisition, including building pipelines for roles that don’t exist yet
Invest in people with a long-term lens, recognizing that judgment and talent are core to sustained investment performance
Partner with business leadership to sustain and evolve a high-performance culture consistent with Apollo’s standards
Lead organizational change as the platform grows — new businesses, integrations, leadership transitions
Reinforce a culture where leaders take ownership, challenge conventional thinking, collaborate across teams, and prioritize long-term outcomes
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing HC team supporting the Equity businesses
Set a high bar for the team while investing meaningfully in their development
Model the judgment, discretion, and execution standard expected across the platform
Partner with the Compensation team to evolve frameworks aligned with business strategy, performance, and market dynamics
Maintain a strong pulse on market trends, benchmarking, and internal equity
Proactively surface and address emerging compensation challenges before they become retention risks
Partner closely with COOs, Finance, and business leadership across the Equity platform
Collaborate with HC colleagues globally to share insights and drive consistency
Contribute to firmwide HC initiatives and represent the Equity business’s perspective effectively
Operate with the understanding that value at Apollo is created at intersections, not within silos