Product Specialist (Credit), Associate
11 days ago
New York
Job DescriptionABOUT CIM GROUP:CIM is a community-focused real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender, and developer. Our team of experts works together to identify and create value in real assets, benefiting the communities in which we invest. Back in 1994, our three founders focused on projects in Southern California neighborhoods. Today, we are a diverse team of 1,000+ employees with projects across the Americas. Our projects have delivered jobs; created comfortable places to live, work, and relax; and provided necessary and sustainable infrastructure. Our focus on enhancing communities is unwavering, and we strive to make an even greater impact in the years to come. Join us and make an impact today! POSITION PURPOSE:CIM is seeking to hire an Associate Product Specialist to focus exclusively on the firm’s capabilities in credit which include private and liquid real estate credit and corporate credit-oriented products offered to institutional and private wealth investors. The role is tasked with becoming a subject matter expert and supporting the Senior Credit Specialist in executing business development and product strategy to maximize credit platform capital formation and franchise value. The team serves a crucial strategic role, sitting between investment and distribution teams, seeking to optimally position the credit platform with CIM’s existing LPs, prospective LPs, and the consultant community; as well as championing the business line internally across the entire firm. The Associate Product Specialist will take an active role in all aspects of credit investment product management including, but not limited to, analysis, positioning, and content relating to the existing product suite, distribution team engagement, client opportunities, competitive landscape, thought leadership, product development, and other strategic initiatives. More specifically, these efforts include contributing to the execution of marketing activities, content, materials, sales trainings, investor correspondence, fund reporting, and RFP/DDQ submissions. In doing so, the individual would work closely with Investments, Sales, Marketing, Compliance, Legal, Tax, Fund Accounting, etc. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Become a credit platform subject matter expert and partner with the Senior Credit Specialist in executing business development and product strategy., • Support institutional and private wealth marketing activities including roadshows, inbound inquiries, trainings, RFP/DDQ submissions, and pipeline., • Work closely with Investments to ensure strategy-related marketing materials are best in class, clearly articulating the CIM story and value proposition., • Conduct ongoing competitive analysis to ensure strategies are properly positioned, sales are apprised of key differentiators/updates, and help ideate product development opportunities., • Stay plugged into macro and credit-related research to facilitate content generation (thought leadership, white papers, sponsor op-eds), etc., • Partner with Senior Credit Specialist on sales training opportunities including the firm’s Sales Summit as well as new sales team individuals., • Work on other strategic initiatives and ad hoc projects to help support and drive growth of the credit platform, • Serve as a key point of contact for internal teams including Investments, Sales, Marketing, Compliance, Legal, Tax, Fund Accounting, etc. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: (including certification, licenses, etc.), • Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or related field required, • A minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience with strong knowledge of capital market concepts, particularly credit markets, • Strong work ethic, integrity, creativity, intellectual honesty and curiosity, • Outstanding oral and written communication skills with the ability to synthesize information into digestible, but impactful bites, • Strong quantitative and data-mining ability to extract key trends out of large data sets to support market views/investment approach, • Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook, • Knowledge/ability to tackle other industry-relevant research applications (e.g., Preqin, MorningstarDirect, eVestment, Green Street, MSCI RCA, etc.), • Ability to be nimble and work in a fast‐growing, dynamic environmentABOUT YOU:, • Drive: a high level of energy, a positive attitude, and a results-orientated personality. Ability to operate in a fast-paced, performance and team-based environment., • Ownership and proactive mentality: Ability to effectively and efficiently execute projects to completion while understanding context and thinking through what else may be needed., • Ability to multi-task and balance stakeholders: understand team priorities and appreciate the needs of all parties invested in outcomes., • Collaboration: a collaborative and ambitious attitude to fit with the firm’s culture and must be interested in the success of the group as a whole. #LI-ML1