# Private Equity Partnerships, Associate

**Company:** [Stuut](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stuut)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Partnerships
**Experience:** 1+ years
**Skills:** Private Equity, Deal Sourcing, Business Development, Investment Banking, Transaction Services, Portfolio Research, Cold Email, LinkedIn, HubSpot, Artificial Intelligence, Workflow Automation, Accounts Receivable, Dso, CRM
**Posted:** 2026-09-02

> Own the private equity partnerships funnel by researching sponsor portfolios, identifying relevant operating and finance leaders, and generating qualified meetings through targeted outreach. The role suits a finance professional with 1–3 years of sponsor-market experience who is comfortable with analytical research, commercial development, and high-volume rejection.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Map and tier private equity sponsor books based on Stuut’s thesis and identify portfolio companies with order-to-cash and accounts receivable pain.
- Identify operating partners, portfolio operations leaders, portfolio company CFOs, and Controllers who own the relevant problems.
- Conduct cold email, LinkedIn, and warm-path outreach; write concise, specific messaging.
- Book and prepare first meetings with sponsor prospects, including written sponsor, portfolio, and opportunity briefs.
- Run initial meetings independently as ramp progresses.
- Maintain HubSpot records, portfolio-company associations, deal-sourcing attribution, and stage tracking for the private equity channel.
- Build repeatable portfolio research and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate account triage and eliminate repetitive manual research.
- Support live deals, sponsor meetings, and conference preparation with account and portfolio research.
- Analyze conversion patterns, buyer profiles, and effective outreach angles, and share findings with the team.

## Requirements
- Approximately 1–3 years of experience in private equity deal sourcing or business development, investment banking, transaction services, or selling data and services to the sponsor community.
- Understanding of fund structures, hold periods, value creation plans, and sponsor-to-portfolio-company dynamics.
- Ability to evaluate portfolio companies and identify those likely to have relevant operational problems.
- Strong concise writing skills, especially for cold outreach.
- Comfort with high-volume rejection and persistent outreach.
- Experience using AI to accelerate research and willingness to build automated workflows.
- Willingness to learn commercial skills, accept coaching, and communicate honestly about knowledge gaps.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Top-of-market salary and equity package.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for U.S.-based full-time employees.
- 401(k) with match.
- Equity.
- Flexible PTO.
- Parental leave.

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