Strategy & Business Management Principal - Austin Office

Apollo Management Holdings • Austin, CO

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Apollo and Athene are building a strategic growth hub in Austin, Texas, with a new office focused on incubating emerging businesses across their combined asset management and retirement solutions platform. This role is based in Austin and offers the opportunity to build from the ground up with the backing of both firms' scale. The Principal will serve as a strategic partner to the Austin Office Leadership team, providing critical support to define, evolve, and drive business growth and strategic priorities. This includes managing day-to-day business operations, coordinating initiatives across the Firm in support of the budget and 5-year plan, and ensuring diligent management of key decisions and action items. This is a two-year opportunity designed for a high-potential candidate to gain differentiated experience and perspective on the firm. The role requires deep cross-functional collaboration, exceptional relationship management, technical depth in the business model, and a strong focus on execution. The ideal candidate is adept at connecting complex issues, highly organized, detail-oriented, and operates with integrity and sound judgment. This will be a generalist role with exposure to all asset classes and businesses at Apollo.

Requirements

• At least 10 years' work experience serving as a Chief of Staff or COO to Senior Leadership at a similar Financial Services Institution
• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills with an ability to communicate complexity in Smart Brevity.
• Proven experience working across organizational teams to build relationships, influence decisions, and drive outcomes.
• Exceptional time management and organizational skills with an ability to adapt to changing demands and manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to operate independently in an ambiguous environment, anticipate issues, exercise sound judgment, and drive priorities from concept through execution.
• Confident, poised individual with natural humility with a strong executive presence.
• Strong financial acumen, commercial judgement and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to navigate complex challenges, driving large-scale initiatives forward while maintaining cross-platform relationships and bringing stakeholders along.
• Discretion, judgment and the highest degree of integrity to handle and manage the full scope of highly sensitive, confidential, and non-public information dealt with by the Austin leadership team.
• Growth mindset and strong strategic vision, with a desire to develop a broader understanding on how to operate and grow a leading alternative asset manager.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted "right-hand" advisor and project manager to Austin's Office Leaders, supporting them on all deliverables and engagements, including preparation of meeting materials, talking points, and briefing notes.
• Maintain priority lists for Austin Office Leaders and drive execution against key priorities.
• Support leaders on key business priorities, including day-to-day operations, organizational design and effectiveness, and longer-term strategic and growth initiatives.
• Engage with stakeholders across the firm (function leads, business leads, broader business) to monitor progress, drive alignment, and eliminate bottlenecks.
• Drive the continued build-out of the Austin office as a strategic growth hub, partnering across businesses and functions to advance new initiatives and ensure connectivity with the broader firm.
• Drive and support key business management processes, including business reviews, forecasting and budgeting, capital raise and deployment analysis, hiring, new business initiatives, and overall business performance.
• Support management and achievement of the budget and 5-year plan.
• Perform ad hoc analysis on business performance and key metrics for the firm.
• Manage the recurring cadence and material preparation for firm leadership meetings, including the Apollo Leadership Team, AAM and Athene Management Committees, Town Halls, Partner Meetings, and leadership offsites.
• Anticipate issues, shape agendas, and track key decisions and follow-ups for leadership meetings.
• Help drive the day-to-day operations and support collaboration and open communication across the leadership team.
• Partner with stakeholders to define and drive key culture and people initiatives, focusing on building a highly connected and effective team in Austin.
• Work with the Austin leadership team to drive community engagement as Apollo establishes its presence in the region.
• Execute on ad-hoc requests and projects on behalf of senior management, such as preparing firm-wide strategy reviews and performing new business and product analysis.

Benefits

• The base salary range for this position is listed above.
• This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance.
• Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location.
• Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed