Senior Associate, APAC Distribution Solutions & Strategy

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-27 Singapore Permanent Hybrid Banking Financial Services

Company shared salary

NA

Market rate

S$8,000–S$15,000/mo (S$96,000–S$180,000/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

HarbourVest is a global private investment firm that has served clients for over forty years, bringing entrepreneurial spirit and impactful solutions to clients and investing partners. The firm values an open door culture that encourages collaboration, diversity, and innovative thinking, and prides itself on low turnover and high energy. HarbourVest is committed to fostering inclusion and equal opportunity.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with sales, product specialists, legal, compliance, operations, and fund teams to project manage the onboarding of distributors across APAC.
  • Articulate regional market requirements to internal collaborators and ensure local practices can be accommodated within existing operating models and processes.
  • Work directly with distributors and platform partners, where appropriate, to support a seamless go-to-market experience.
  • Evaluate complex commercial and operational arrangements, helping develop solutions that are commercially attractive, operationally scalable, and legally feasible.
  • Support ongoing product and platform initiatives, including feeder fund launches, regional fund improvements, and platform integrations.
  • Research and analyze market, regulatory, competitive, and distribution trends to contribute to HarbourVest's private wealth strategy across the APAC region.
  • Uncover opportunities for growth based on market insights.
  • Collaborate with all APAC Private Wealth sales teams, including Japan, Australia, Korea, and South East Asia, to develop positive relationships and support distribution and business growth efforts.
  • Represent APAC within the larger EMEA & APAC Private Wealth Sales Strategy function, ensuring regional market insights, commercial changes, and distribution trends inform planning and decisions across the broader business.

Requirements

  • Highly organized, dedicated to completing tasks effectively, and possesses strong project management skills.
  • Able to build effective relationships across teams, functions, and levels of seniority.
  • A self starter and problem solver who enjoys developing new processes and driving continuous improvement.
  • Thrives in a fast paced environment and can prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Combines strong analytical capabilities with commercial awareness and critical thinking.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with 4 days in office per week and 5 additional remote days per quarter at manager approval.