Fund Launch Project Manager, Specialty Finance

Job description

**Position Overview**

The Onboarding Team is responsible for managing the implementation of new products, institutional client mandates, portfolio management or deal teams, and strategic offerings.

The Fund Launch Project Manager will primarily support a deal team investing in Specialty Finance (private loans, whole loans, and other specialty finance investments.

The focus is on the overall support model—managing end-to-end fund launches and deal support, liaising across internal teams (legal, finance, operations, technology, portfolio management), and coordinating all setups required to close deals and implement funds.

The Onboarding team identifies the requirements for the launches, designs solutions and coordinates across multiple departments to ensure that all project tasks are identified and completed in a timely manner to support successful implementation.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

+ Partner with internal teams to identify onboarding requirements (Product Management, Marketing, Portfolio Management, Client Services, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Technology)
+ Lead the implementation for specialty finance products, including private loans, whole loans, and related fund launches across internal teams and all external service providers
+ Participate in the review of complex fund structures to ensure the optimal support model is designed
+ Analyze the support model and manage the setups required for new types of deals
+ Develop and manage project plans, including establishing key milestones, identifying tasks and owners and documenting the areas of focus, risks, and appropriate timelines while ensuring successful execution and delivery
+ Create and maintain project documentation, workflow templates, and operating models to standardize onboarding processes and support scalability for new offerings, leveraging existing systems and capabilities across the Firm
+ Prepare management reports, track progress, and deliver presentations to senior management and key stakeholders, ensuring transparency and accountability throughout the onboarding lifecycle.
+ Ensure accounts are opened in a timely manner, both internally and externally with service providers

**Qualifications** :

+ Bachelor’s degree (finance or accounting preferred) or equivalent experience.
+ 7+ years in financial services operations, with direct exposure to specialty finance, private loans, or private credit; hands-on experience managing fund/deal implementations strongly preferred.
+ Strong project management, analytical, organizational skills, and is adept at creating and maintaining project plans, documentation, and workflows.
+ Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project); experience with Visio, Miro, and Monday.com is a plus.
+ Effective communicator, team player, and self-starter
+ Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.
+ Detail-oriented, intellectually curious, and comfortable driving change and process improvements.

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Compensation Details

The salary range for this role is $130,000-$150,000.

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.

We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future.

This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in the job posting location.

An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, business sector, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, market benchmarking data, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

This job is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, which, along with base salary and retirement contributions, is part of our total comprehensive package.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), life insurance and other benefits to eligible employees.

**Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.

The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, production, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.**

_Neuberger Berman is an equal_ _opportunity_ _employer.

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Founded in 1939, Neuberger Berman is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager.

From offices in 39 cities worldwide, the firm manages $538 billion in client assets (as of June 30, 2025) across a range of strategies—including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity and hedge funds—on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally.

Tenured, stable and long-term in focus, the firm has built a diverse team—including 760-plus investment professionals and more than 2,800 employees in total—united in their commitment to delivering client outcomes and investment excellence.

It is our people who define our culture and have enabled us to be recognized by _Pensions & Investments_ as the first or second Best Place to Work in Money Management” for last eight consecutive years (firms with 1,000+ employees).

Neuberger Berman believes strongly that all employees are entitled to be treated with respect and dignity, and to work in a professional and safe environment.

These values are the cornerstone of our firm.

We prohibit any form of harassment, whether mental, verbal or physical.

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All who wish to be employed by the firm are expected to uphold these principles.

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