Vice President – Private Debt Evergreen Portfolio Management

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📍 Zurich

About this role

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.

StepStone is a global private markets firm providing customized investment and advisory solutions to some of the world’s most sophisticated investors. With over $811 billion of total capital allocations, including more than $220 billion in assets under management, StepStone offers deep expertise across the full spectrum of private markets worldwide. StepStone Private Debt focuses on privately negotiated transactions across corporate, real estate, and infrastructure debt, leveraging a disciplined, research‑driven approach to portfolio construction and risk management.

 

Position Overview:

The Vice President will be a key member of the Private Debt Portfolio and Risk Management team, responsible for overseeing portfolio management activities, supporting investment decision‑making, and contributing to client and market‑facing initiatives.

The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial, detail‑oriented professional with strong communication skills and the ability to quickly assess complex situations, exercise sound judgment, and apply a structured, problem‑solving mindset.

 

Primary responsibilities include:

Portfolio Management

  • Supervise daily portfolio management activities for Private Debt evergreen funds
  • Review private debt investment opportunities (co‑investments, secondaries, and primaries) and assess eligibility and suitability for relevant portfolios
  • Lead ad‑hoc portfolio analyses, stress tests, and strategic projects
  • Support portfolio managers with portfolio analysis, monitoring, performance reviews, and risk assessments
  • Assist senior team members in day‑to‑day portfolio and investment‑related activities

 

Client & Business Support

  • Partner with business development and client servicing teams to support client requests, proposals, and pitches
  • Contribute to the preparation and enhancement of presentations, pitch decks, and marketing materials
  • Review presentations, marketing documents, and responses to internal and external information requests (including RFPs) to ensure accuracy, consistency, and high‑quality output
  • Contribute to the development of internal and external communications and written materials

 

Qualifications:

  • 5–7+ years of relevant experience in banking, asset management, or consulting, with a strong focus on private debt investments
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Banking, Business, Economics, or a related field

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Proven ability to represent the firm effectively in client‑facing interactions
  • Strong judgment and the ability to develop, articulate, and defend investment views with internal and external stakeholders
  • Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, with a strong focus on accuracy and execution quality
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, including the review and preparation of complex financial analyses
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, detail‑oriented environment
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Fluency in English (written and spoken); additional languages are a plus

 

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At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success.  We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure.  Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.  

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.

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