COO, Global Transformation Management

2 days ago
Full time role
Hybrid · Manhattan, New York, NY, US... more

Position Overview

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of June 30, 2024, Apollo had approximately $696 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.

The successful candidate for the COO role will join a high-performance team of about 15 professionals responsible for leading, designing, developing, and executing change management strategies resulting in significant transformation of the organization across all business areas. The Head of Global Transformation leads business change management programs for large-scale projects impacting wide business processes, systems, technology, operational readiness.  They work collaboratively to deliver innovative and insightful solutions by designing change management strategies and approaches.   The COO role will provide support to the function’s leadership in driving the execution of the team’s target operating model as the organization materially re-sets its strategic remit to be more focused on alignment with the company’s key growth priorities.   In this role, the candidate will be heavily involved in developing and managing a broad range of priorities alongside key stakeholders across the Company and will regularly have exposure to senior management.

Primary Responsibilities

The COO will have exposure to senior leadership and will have room to grow within the organization. You will manage multiple responsibilities across the team including:

  • Business Strategy & Execution:  Support the Head of Global Transformation in all aspects of execution their Target Operating Model.  This includes setting strategic objectives and measures of success, organizational construct, project pipeline development, management and prioritization, program reporting and governance.  Key to this is developing and driving core analytics, in conjunction with technology and data, that prove the impact of investments on the Company’s strategic priorities.   Collaboration with ES and business COO’s is key to success.

  • Team Management:  Responsible for directly managing the junior talent in the team (approx 5-7 fte) ensuring a common and consistent training program, career development planning, consistent feedback, work/capacity management and prioritization.   Ensuring a cohesive, high-performance junior bench is a key priority in this role.  Driving strong culture, infusing positivity and team trust, along side the Global Head, are key priorities.     

  • Ongoing Business Reviews & Reporting: Contribute to recurring business reviews to update senior leadership on all key initiatives including growth strategy, data quality, financials/reporting, and controls.

  • Business Management :  While it is only a smaller portion of the responsibilities, the role will include basic aspects of assisting in the administration of the group.  This includes important things like operating committee agendas, training programs, budget and hiring management. 

Qualifications & Experience

  • 10+ years of relevant experience at an investment bank, consulting firm, asset manager, or in a corporate strategy role with a focus on financial reporting process improvements and project management.

  • A critical thinker with strong quantitative and analytical skills who expresses their thoughts and ideas clearly both in oral and written communications.

  • A collaborative thinker who can also work independently, multitask and prioritize competing demands to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

  • A proactive and organized self-starter with a positive attitude, powerful work ethic, strong attention to detail and advanced knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.  Proficient use of MicroStrategy, Power BI, Anaplan or Alteryx is plus.

  • A change cultivator, with a strong technology background and a focus on automation and process improvements.

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution required.

Pay Range

225,000 - 275,000

The base salary range for this position is listed above. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance. Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.