Alternatives Investment Director, Real Estate Director

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join the CIO team at Mercer. This role will be based in Atlanta, NYC, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis or St. Louis. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

In this position you will have the opportunity to work as part of our Alternatives team within the Office of the CIO, serving Mercer’s large discretionary and advisory institutional client base. The senior investment professional will bring best in class Alternatives services to clients across the real estate landscape.  Covering client strategy, asset allocation, advisory or outsourced fiduciary implementation requirements across real estate.

The role will involve working with clients (in conjunction with the real estate asset class specialist team) on mandate design, manager selection and portfolio construction within Mercer’s investment governance framework.

We will count on you to:

• Construct real estate portfolios across key client segments, including insurance, healthcare, endowments, foundations, and defined benefit.

• Be pivotal to updating clients on market trends/best ideas and any developments within the real estate space

• Be a though leader within real estate and a dependable resource to educate key internal and external stakeholders through both written papers and in-person presentations

• Help identify growth opportunities within the real estate industry and work with the broader business to explore and potentially implement these opportunities

• Collaborate with leaders across various segments (insurance, healthcare, endowment and foundations, defined benefit, etc.) to provide latest market developments/services to clients across the real estate continuum; in regards to providing advice, research, tools (inclusive of forward calendars & pipeline) and delegated solutions inclusive of bespoke client solutions

• Help create and drive real estate thought leadership via Strategic Research Teams

• Participate in all alternatives team meetings, group projects, town halls and team activities

• Actively engage in internal committees, work streams, talent development

• Become a Brand ambassador - increase Mercer’s visibility externally through thought leadership, conference presentations, new business pursuits

• Be viewed as a trusted resource across broader platform with ability to handle and run client meetings and manage a team without assistance

What you need to have:

• BA/BS degree in finance, economics, or other business-related areas

• 7+ years  of experience within Alternative Investments

• Possess strong, foundational knowledge of real estate asset class and can speak to real estate capabilities across the continuum (research, advice and solutions) to existing clients and prospects, articulating portfolio construction framework, different real estate credit sub-strategies and implementation capabilities. Investment background and highly numerate with an analytical mind-set

• Adaptable self-starter that can independently work with sophisticated clients who require bespoke portfolio implementation and advice in real estate

• Fluency in the four sub-strategies of real estate and where they sit on the risk/return spectrum

• Possess knowledge of fund structures and terms across real estate landscape

• Able to support and advise client-facing consulting colleagues on alternatives topics, support the development of intellectual capital to promote awareness internally and externally promoting the firm's capabilities in real estate

• Ability to work with a range of institutional client types (e.g. insurance companies, endowments and foundations, healthcare institutions, public and corporate pensions, insurance companies, wealth management, etc.)

What makes you stand out?

• CFA, CAIA, or FINRA 7, 63

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $144,000 to $288,000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.