Associate or Principal, Thematic Investing

Location: New York, New York, United States

Base salary: $200,000–$300,000 annually, plus a discretionary annual bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a global alternative asset manager providing capital solutions, retirement services, and investments across credit, private equity, growth equity, and related markets.

What you will do

• Lead thematic research workstreams across hirify.global’s investment verticals and develop investment theses on themes including AI disruption, data centers, future of finance, reindustrialization, quantum computing, and renewable energy.
• Lead end-to-end diligence and execution of venture equity and debt transactions in growth-stage technology companies, including underwriting, modeling, structuring, investment committee materials, and closing.
• Cover select single-name credits across large private and public companies and maintain underwriting views for hirify.global’s credit platforms.
• Build valuation models and financial frameworks and connect secular and market themes to public and private investment opportunities.
• Monitor thematic, sector, and single-name risks and surface emerging issues to senior leadership through the team’s early-warning function.
• Identify and apply data analytics and AI-based tools to improve investment processes and support broader firm adoption.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier accredited institution, ideally in Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a similar field.
• At least 4 years of experience in investment banking or buy-side investing, including private equity, private credit, or growth equity.
• Strong business acumen, industry research, analytical, financial modeling, valuation, and credit underwriting skills.
• Experience leading or supporting diligence and execution of equity and/or debt investments, including drafting investment committee materials.
• Proven ability to lead research workstreams, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and identify and distill key themes and trends.
• AI-native approach and strong curiosity are required; the role expects routine use of frontier models, building custom tools where needed, and fluency in both AI technology and its valuation.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interface directly with senior leaders.
• Exceptional presentation-drafting experience.

Nice to have

• Exposure to growth-stage technology investing.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position in New York with competitive benefits supporting employees and their families.
• Discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and firm performance.
• Culture emphasizing rigorous thinking, innovative solutions, direct communication, collaboration, and a principal mindset.
• Work on high-priority firm projects, transactions, and investment decisions alongside senior leadership.