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VP Responsible Investing (ESG)
Blue Owl Capital
New York, NY
April 27, 2024

Employer: Blue Owl
Job Title: Vice President, Responsible Investing (ESG)
Location: New York, NY
                                    
Role:

Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL) is a leading asset manager that is redefining alternatives.
  
With $150 billion in assets under management, we invest across three multi-strategy platforms: Credit, GP Strategic Capital, and Real Estate. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, we provide businesses with private capital solutions to drive long-term growth and offer institutional and individual investors differentiated alternative investment opportunities that aim to deliver strong performance, risk-adjusted returns, and capital preservation.
  
Together with over 600 experienced professionals across 10 offices globally, Blue Owl brings the vision and discipline to create the exceptional.
  
To learn more, visit www.blueowl.com
  
In this role, you would be a core part of strengthening Blue Owl Capital’s Responsible Investing and ESG program and strategy.
  
Responsibilities:

  • Lead all ESG-related diligence in underwriting for the GP Strategic Capital (private equity) investment portfolio, BlueOwl’s investment platform that makes minority equity investments in GP Managers. Work closely and collaborate with these investment and portfolio management teams to deliver high quality responsible investing practice and investment decision-making.
  • Ensure effective implementation and integration of Blue Owl’s proprietary tools and processes for ESG Risk Analysis
  • Ensure high-quality ESG monitoring, reporting and data collection from GP Partner Managers within the investment portfolio, as relevant, work closely with the portfolio management team and the ESG team to coordinate a robust and consistent portfolio data management for the portfolio
  • Responsible for all investor reporting and requests for the GP Strategic Capital business line
  • Develop and manage Blue Owl’s approach to ESG value creation in portfolio management for our equity-related strategies, this includes working with investment teams, GP Partner Managers and/or other portfolio companies as needed and relevant
  • Support other ESG team projects and priorities

Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Abilities:

  • You have at least 7 years of relevant professional experience, for example in ESG for private markets, impact investing, ESG for corporates, management consulting and/or other sustainability-related roles
  • You have core skills in ESG-related due diligence in private equity, M&A, or relevant investment strategies in private markets
  • You are experienced in working and collaborating with investment teams, portfolio management teams and/or management teams of underlying businesses
  • You have familiarity and working knowledge of relevant frameworks such as EDCI, GRI, and SASB
  • You have solid communication, collaboration, interpersonal and influencing skills and have demonstrated success in managing complex projects or programs

Preferred but not required:

  • Experience in value creation, stewardship, and or adding value to investment portfolios
  • Fund of funds investment management and/or working with multi-sector investment portfolios

Salary: 

  • Commensurate with experience. The anticipated base pay range for this position is $150,000 – $200,000

To Apply:  

  • Please submit a resume by May 1, 2024 via the Apply Now button below. All submissions will be held in the strictest confidence