Vice President, Product Management and Investor Relations, Alternative Credit

About this role

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description Ares Alternative Credit focuses on asset-based finance (ABF) and tactical asset investing opportunities beyond traditional markets, such as corporate debt, real estate and private equity. This strategy seeks opportunities in large, diversified portfolios, including specialty finance, lender finance, equipment leasing, structured products, net lease, cash-flow streams (e.g., royalties, licensing, management fees) and other asset-focused investments.  As of March 31, 2026 (and inclusive of Q2 capital raises), Ares Alternative Credit managed approximately $57.3 billion in assets,  Ares is a co-founder of the Promote Giving initiative ( www.promotegiving.org) and at least 5-10% of the promote (carried interest and incentive fee) profits of Alternative Credit's flagship Pathfinder family of funds have been pledged to be donated to global health and education charitable organizations.

Ares is currently searching for a highly motivated, detail-oriented team player to join as a Vice President on the Alternative Credit (“Alt Credit”) Product Management and Investor Relations Team in the New York office.

The Vice President will be responsible for all aspects of investor relations for Alt Credit including, but not limited to, assisting with product development, marketing strategy, creation of marketing and due diligence materials for our Alt Credit business, with an emphasis on insurance-focused strategies. The Vice President will also be involved with ongoing investor relations activities for Alt Credit funds and separately managed accounts, including Alt Credit investments managed for Aspida. The individual will have the potential opportunity to gain additional investor relations responsibilities within the team over time.

The role supports key strategic priorities and provides a high degree of visibility to senior management and investors. The candidate must have strong organizational, interpersonal, quantitative and analytical skills, as well as strong writing capabilities.   Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities:  To succeed in this role, an individual must possess a strategic orientation combined with strong analytical and writing skills. In addition, this person will be a conceptual thinker, creative, articulate and have the ability to understand and convey a variety of concepts at all levels. Outstanding execution and organization skills combined with excellent judgment and exemplary ethics and values are imperative.

The successful candidate should possess the following specific competencies or attributes: • Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and represent the Firm in a professional manner; • Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written; • Detail-oriented with ability to multi-task; • Ability to meet deadlines and perform under pressure; • Highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic; • Exceptional relationship skills -- able to establish rapport and quickly engender trust and respect with a wide range of individuals representing the spectrum of institutional and retail investors as well as consultants, and other industry contacts. Must also be able to develop relationships with a variety of internal Ares’ constituents including marketing, finance and accounting, operations, legal and compliance, portfolio management and investment professionals; • Outgoing, collaborative, and inclusive style, well-developed ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment; • High energy level displayed within a culture of intensity, accessibility and availability; • Knowledge of alternative credit and the insurance industry preferred, based on banking/structuring, investment, portfolio management, and/or marketing experience.

Core responsibilities for the Vice President, Investor Relations role include: • Client Service and Relationship Management: share responsibilities to provide fundraising and portfolio updates and ensure all client deliverables including routine and ad hoc reporting and other requests are met. • Selling & Diligence: serve as a key point of contact for the business development team to demonstrate deep investment knowledge, identify and address concerns, and provide guidance through diligence. This individual will help in all aspects of developing and maintaining investment marketing and client materials.

Specific tasks will include: • Develop and maintain content for marketing and due diligence materials such as private placement memorandums (PPM), pitch books, fact sheets, and due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) for investment vehicles • Work directly with investors, business development team and various other groups to communicate strategies directly, follow-up on investor/prospect specific inquiries related to specific strategies, and develop materials for use by the business development team and others as required (e.g., request for proposals (RFPs), DDQs, track record analyses, consultant questionnaires/databases and investor requests) • Liaise across functions to obtain and synthesize information from the investment teams, performance, legal, tax, operations, finance, and accounting teams in order to prepare communication materials and respond to a broad range of investor requests including routine reporting • Conduct ongoing market and competitor research, including

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