Vice President, Direct Equity

Join Hamilton Lane a global leader in private markets as we scale to meet the demands of our growing client base. Here youll work with ambitious highperforming teams built on integrity candor and collaboration backed by our market-leading data and technology. We invest heavily in our people and our partners giving you the platform to enrich lives safeguard futures and grow your career.

What We Do
As one of the largest private markets investment firms globally we provide innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world specializing in flexibility and full-spectrum access. We currently employ approximately 800 professionals operating in offices throughout North America Europe Asia Pacific and the Middle East and have $1.0 trillion in assets under management and supervision composed of $146.1 billion in discretionary assets and $871.5 billion in non-discretionary assets as of December 31 2025.

Your responsibilities will include:

Be responsible for the full life cycle of private equity direct and co-investments from evaluating investment opportunities through monitoring and exiting investments. As part of the Direct Equity group work on deal teams to drive the investment process. Work with the leaders of the Direct Equity Team to drive the strategy growth and evolution of the platform. Manage and execute deal processes from the sourcing stage to closing/funding. Source and evaluate prospective investments by assessing key risks/merits and developing cogent investment theses. Guide the team to perform thorough investment and business due diligence to determine risk/reward profiles of direct equity investment opportunities. Perform rigorous financial analyses to support investment decisions including valuation structure and returns. Prepare Investment Committee memoranda and present recommendations. Mentor the team while promoting collaboration across the global platform. Contribute to the ongoing management of investments to enhance value across the portfolio. Contribute to pursuing creative and optimal exit strategies to maximize returns. Keep abreast of the competitive landscape and current trends across private equity and other private markets. Leverage General Partner relationships to source direct equity opportunities in the Americas. Act as a resource to the Client Solutions Team and participate in client investor and fundraising meetings.

Your background will include:

Must-haves:

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Finance Mathematics Economics or related field required.
• Six years of experience working in a financial analysis role required. Five years of experience evaluating direct private investments required.
• Three years of investment banking or management consulting experience required.
• Five years of experience performing LBO (leveraged buyout) and M&A modeling and company valuations including discounted cash flow and comparable company analyses required.
• Five years of experience drafting investment memorandum and investment theses required.
• Three years of experience participating in sales related activities required. Three years of experience leading teams in the execution of projects and/or investment processes required.
• One year of experience working in deal and relationship management platforms including DealCloud required.
• One year of experience working with Bloomberg Reuters or other financial information systems required.
• Knowledge of investment principles financial markets and economic conditions required.
• Domestic travel required up to 10%.
• Required to be in office 4 days/week.
• Must have legal authority to work in the U.S. EEOE.

HOW TO APPLY:

E-mail resume to Please reference VP20 job title in subject line.

Vice President Direct Equity Hamilton Lane Advisors LLC 110 Washington Street Suite 1300 Conshohocken PA 19428

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Benefits

At Hamilton Lane our benefits philosophy is simple: to provide our employees with a competitive suite of benefits and services to help navigate through the complexities and challenges of working living raising a family and eventually retiring.

To do this Hamilton Lane offers the following benefits:

Enhancing Your Physical and Emotional Health

Employees have access to healthcare coverage mental health resources health & fitness reimbursement program and Wellness Rewards Program.

Developing Your Career

Tuition and certification reimbursement programs are available along with continual education and development trainings for you to grow with Hamilton Lane.

Supporting Your Family & Community

For our communities Hamilton Lane provides paid time off to volunteer and compensates for referring qualified candidates that join our team.

For growing family we offer an adoption reimbursement program paid time off for new parents and newlyweds and provide travel support for nursing parents.

Safeguarding Your Financial Wellbeing

Hamilton Lane contributes to retirement programs and offers an employee stock purchasing plan.

Hamilton Lane is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their race color creed religion sex pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship status age marital or partnership status sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability genetic predisposition veteran or military status status as a victim of domestic violence a sex offense or stalking or any other classification prohibited by applicable law.

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