Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, quality, and day-to-day execution of Adams Street's global RFP, RFI, and DDQ program across all product lines and regions
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of RFP and Business Communications professionals, providing hands-on coaching on writing, business judgment, and career growth
• Set priorities and allocate resources across the team's active pipeline, balancing workload, deadlines, and business priority across a high-volume, deadline-driven request queue
• Serve as the primary point of escalation and final quality control for the most complex, highest-visibility, and largest-mandate opportunities
• Represent the function in cross-functional governance forums and drive alignment on process, roles, and standards across Investor Relations, Investment teams, and Shared Services
• Produce and edit executive-level responses for the firm's most sensitive and complex RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, and firm awards
• Clearly articulate Adams Street's investment capabilities, processes, performance, and thought leadership to institutional and wealth audiences
• Partner directly with subject matter experts, senior Investment professionals, and Partners to translate complex investment concepts into clear, persuasive, client-ready messaging
• Own governance and quality standards for the RFP and content management system, ensuring resources remain accurate, current, and consistent firmwide
• Drive continuous improvement of RFP processes, tools, and content infrastructure (including content management and AI-assisted drafting platforms), identifying and implementing efficiency gains

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications, or a finance-related field required
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in RFP/proposal management, marketing communications, or investor relations, with proven success in investment management, private markets, consulting, investment banking, or financial services
• Demonstrated people-management experience, with a track record of building, mentoring, and developing high-performing writers and analysts
• Exceptional writing and editing skills — clear, concise, persuasive, and adaptable across executive, client, and consultant audiences
• Strong executive presence and the judgment and credibility to influence senior stakeholders, including Partners and senior Investment professionals
• Proven project management skills, with the ability to prioritize a high-volume pipeline and lead a team through sustained deadline pressure
• Strategic mindset, with experience driving process improvement and adoption of RFP/content management technology (e.g., Salesforce, Loopio, or similar platforms)

Preferred

• Strong working knowledge of private markets strategies (primaries, secondaries, co-investments, private credit, growth equity) strongly preferred
• Experience partnering with Compliance/Legal on regulatory and disclosure considerations in client communications is a plus

Benefits

• We offer a competitive U.S. benefits package designed to support health, financial security, and work-life balance. Highlights include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) with immediate vesting and employer match; profit sharing; flexible spending accounts (FSA); and paid parental leave, including adoption. Employees also receive generous paid time off, commuter benefits, employer-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance, and access to additional voluntary benefits.