Associate Director, Search Fund Project Lead
1 month ago
We are seeking an Associate Director to lead the Stanford Search Fund Project, a unique and innovative management program at the Graduate School of Business. The successful candidate will work closely with faculty to maintain Stanford's thought leadership in the search fund industry, design and publish a biennial report on the state of the industry, and curate, plan, and host a biennial conference for search fund CEOs and investors.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the GSB's Search Fund Project strategy and develop and manage the project's budget.
- Partner with faculty to design and develop the biennial Stanford Search Fund Study, including identifying new areas to explore, designing and developing the survey, working with industry leaders to ensure strong response rates, leading the analysis of survey results, and writing insightful report(s) outlining results.
- Develop deep knowledge of the search fund model and the research Stanford has conducted on this industry to date.
- Build relationships with key industry stakeholders, including leading investors, CEOs, and searchers.
- Lead the design, planning, and implementation of the biennial Search Fund Conference, including curating content, managing attendees and sponsors, planning and implementing the vision for the event in partnership with the GSB's events team, and ensuring the conference delivers a high-quality experience.
- Design and develop other research projects or white papers to report on current issues in the Search Fund industry.
- Advise students interested in the search fund model, guiding them to resources and courses where they can deepen their learning.
- Maintain current student resources and work with faculty and students to identify and create other proprietary resources to support students.
- Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or a combination of relevant education and experience.
- Demonstrated experience in management of projects, including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to draw accurate and relevant conclusions from analyses.
- Highly effective organization skills and ability to own project timelines, work with a variety of stakeholders, and manage multiple projects at once.
- Extremely strong writing skills.
- Strong communication skills to interact with students, faculty, and senior industry leaders.
- Strong analytical skills to review and assess complex financial information.
- Comfort with technology and data management.
- Advanced degree; MBA is preferred.
- Strong experience doing analysis with tools such as R or Python that enable more rapid results and the ability to pre-code for results before survey results are received.
- Very strong preference for someone who has knowledge and understanding of the search fund industry or private equity, and specifically how returns are calculated and assessed in these industries.
- Alternatively, strong candidates may bring excellent skills in finance, even if they do not have experience in investing industries.
- Experience working with highly sensitive and secure data.
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