Business Development Manager | Private Markets

Foundry Talent Partners; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundry Talent Partners in Sydney is seeking a Business Development Manager to grow capital across adviser channels in NSW. This hunter-farmer role requires building and retaining relationships with financial advisers, dealer groups, private wealth teams, and wholesale investors.

You will work with investment and product teams to translate strategy into a clear client narrative, manage a disciplined pipeline, and contribute to regional capital-raising targets.

Qualifications

• Proven distribution or business development experience within funds/wealth management.
• Strong existing network across advisers/wholesale channels.
• Commercial instinct to open doors and maintain relationships.
• Confidence presenting to sophisticated investors and explaining complex strategies.
• Self-motivation with a track record of meeting capital-raising targets.

Responsibilities

• Drive new business and capital inflows across NSW adviser market.
• Build and manage relationships with financial advisers, dealer groups, private wealth teams, and wholesale investors.
• Represent strategies with credibility through meetings, presentations, and client events.
• Collaborate with investment and product teams to translate strategy into a clear client narrative.
• Maintain a disciplined pipeline and contribute to regional capital-raising targets.

Skills

Adviser network

Business development

Relationship management

Investor presentations

Self-motivation

Job description

A well-established Australian funds management business is looking for a Business Development Manager to grow and deepen relationships across adviser market in NSW.

This is a genuine hunter-farmer role. You'll be responsible for raising and retaining capital across a suite of unlisted and alternative investment strategies, working closely with the broader distribution team to build the adviser client base.

What you'll own

• Driving new business and capital inflows across a defined territory and client segment
• Building and managing relationships with financial advisers, dealer groups, private wealth teams, and wholesale investors
• Representing the strategies with credibility — running meetings, presentations, and client events, and being a trusted point of contact
• Working alongside investment and product teams to translate strategy into a clear, compelling client narrative
• Maintaining a disciplined pipeline and contributing to the distribution team's broader capital-raising targets

What you'll bring

• Proven distribution or business development experience within funds management, wealth management, platforms, private markets, or a related asset class
• A strong existing network across the adviser and/or wholesale channel
• The commercial instinct to open doors, plus the relationship discipline to keep them open
• Confidence presenting to sophisticated investors and articulating complex strategies simply
• Self-motivation and a track record of hitting capital-raising or sales targets

This is a high-visibility seat with a firm that has real momentum in the private markets space, and genuine scope to shape your territory.