Managing Director, Global Product Management and Investor Relations, Digital Infrastructure (New York)

Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE : ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of March 31, 2025, Ares Management Corporation's global platform had approximately US$546 billion of assets under management, with operations across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Ares Digital Infrastructure (ADI) is part of Ares's Real Assets platform, created to invest in high-quality digital infrastructure assets to support the growth of the ever-expanding global demand for data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Ares Digital Infrastructure has built a large portfolio of data center assets globally, recently completing its inaugural US$2.4 billion data center development fund in Japan. ADI is supported by Ada Infrastructure, its wholly-owned global data center operating platform. Ada Infrastructure provides development, leasing, asset management, facilities management, security and other customer services to ADI's data center asset portfolio.

ADI is seeking to hire a Managing Director responsible for leading the execution of its marketing and sales strategy, driving the firm's and vertical's AUM growth through global investor engagement, product development, strategy and management to help build and grow the Digital Infrastructure business. As a core member of the Digital Infrastructure leadership group, the Managing Director will take a leadership role in the development and rollout of new investment offerings across Digital Infrastructure. This executive serves as a key representative of the Digital Infrastructure Group globally interfacing with institutional investors, consultants, and major industry stakeholders. The Managing Director will leverage his or her own extensive industry knowledge and contacts, while working in collaboration with Ares Relationship Management Group to identify, contact and sell ADI's fund offerings.

Primary functions and essential responsibilities :

• Lead and directly oversee all investor relations activities including investor sourcing, fundraising and communications
• Serve as a public face for the Digital Infrastructure group, raising its profile internally and externally through investor and industry events
• Cultivate and manage relationships with institutional LPs, wealth platforms and consultants; leading role in negotiation of strategic investor partnerships
• Develop and execute product strategy and development, including creation, design and execution of new product offerings aligned with market trends and proprietary investor input
• Work collaboratively with ADI's investment team and the Ada operating platform to ensure full understanding of individual investments, market opportunities and share real-time investor objectives / interests
• Work in concert with Ares Relationship Management Group and other Ares functional groups to best position Digital Infrastructure for success

Qualifications :

Reporting Relationships : Partner

Compensation : $275,000-300,000

The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical / Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.

Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.