Associate, Investor Relations

Adams Street Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Adams Street Partners seeks an Associate to join the Investor Relations team in London. You will support EMEA IR activities, collaborating with teams across Adams Street to deliver timely client communications and data-driven insights for prospective and existing clients.

The role requires strong organizational and client-servicing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities. Travel may be required to attend meetings and events across Europe.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in research, data management or client service in a professional services firm (1–2 years).
• Knowledge of private markets and institutional clients preferred.
• Strong written and verbal English; German preferred, other European languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and coordinate ad-hoc and recurring reporting for EMEA investors.
• Analyze investor portfolios using in-house tools, including cash flow and NAV planning.
• Collaborate with firm-wide teams on client communications and marketing materials.
• Serve as point person for the Investor Portal and maintain client records.
• Support RFPs, due diligence materials and presentations for marketing efforts.
• Assist market and prospect research across the EMEA region to identify opportunities.
• Manage tracking databases to identify prospective clients and track investment discussions.
• Collaborate on special projects related to client portfolios and strategic initiatives.
• Develop internal processes to ensure consistent, timely, and high-quality investor communications.
• Gather competitive intelligence and monitor industry events and trends.

Skills

English and German

Project management

Client services

Research & analytics

Education

Business-focused degree

Tools

Salesforce

MS Office

Job description

Adams Street Partners (“Adams Street”) is a global private markets investment manager that has nearly $76 billion* in assets under management. The firm is 100% employee-owned, which fosters a positive and unique culture of collaboration, intellectual rigor, integrity, and a commitment to professional development. For the eighth year in a row, Adams Street was named one of Pension & Investments’ Best Places to Work in Money Management in 2025.

Employees operate as a single global team, integrating the expertise of the firm’s investment professionals across five strategies: primary investments, secondary investments, growth equity, private credit, and co-investments. Adams Street is considered a private markets pioneer and was inducted into the Private Equity Hall of Fame in 2000.

The firm was founded more than 50 years ago, and clients include leading public and corporate pension plans, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, registered investment advisors, and high net worth individuals worldwide.

Adams Street has offices in Abu Dhabi, Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Menlo Park, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.

*As of June 30, 2026. Adams Street Partners’ methodology to calculate Assets Under Management (AUM) is based on fund net asset value (NAV), plus unfunded commitments, plus leverage, but excluding the effect of subscription lines of credit. The prior AUM methodology was based on investor commitments minus commitments to fully liquidated underlying partnerships. Such change in methodology was effective July 2026; however, for periods shown prior to December 31, 2025, Adams Street continues to use the previous methodology. This updated methodology more closely aligns with (i) the amount of assets managed on behalf of investors and (ii) the amount of capital available to make direct and/or partnership investments. Amounts stated by investment advisers in regulatory filings (“regulatory AUM”) have a prescribed methodology, which may, in some circumstances, differ from the methodology such adviser uses for other purposes, including marketing efforts. Additional information is available upon request.

Overview:

Adams Street Partners seeks to recruit an Associate to join the Investor Relations team in London. Working in a team of other Investor Relations Associates, the individual collaborates with functional teams across Adams Street to support the EMEA Investor Relations activities, specifically in the DACH region. This position will provide a superior level of service/support to our prospective and existing clients by creating and coordinating effective communications and data. Given our collaborative culture, this role requires exceptional organizational and client servicing skills, with the ability to successfully manage competing priorities. The ideal candidate is someone who naturally possesses an infectious enthusiasm for their work and exudes positivity with an insatiable desire to learn our business and support others and strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Prepare and coordinate ad-hoc & recurring reporting requests for EMEA investors in a timely manner.
• Support the review of and analyse investor portfolios using in-house quantitative tools, including cash flow & NAV planning.
• Collaborate with firmwide teams in the creation of client communications
• Serve as the point person for the Investor Portal (access to investor portal, data entry) and participation in maintenance (updating client records)
• Support the team with marketing efforts including RFPs, due diligence materials and presentations.
• Support market and prospect research across the EMEA region to identify new business opportunities.
• Manage the tracking database used to support the identification of prospective clients and monitor the status of investment discussions.
• Collaborate with teams across the firm in undertaking special projects related to existing client portfolios and/or firmwide strategic initiatives.
• Develop and organise internal processes and procedures to ensure consistency, integrity, timeliness, and quality of communications to investors.
• Gather competitive intelligence and monitor industry events and trends.

Requirements:

We seek an individual who is self-disciplined, detail-oriented, confident with quantitative tasks and supported by the following characteristics:

• Minimum 1-2 years experience in a professional services firm, preferably with an investment/wealth management firm, consulting firm, accountancy or investment bank in a research, data management or client service related role with a demonstrated capability of supporting research and analytics.
• Knowledge of private markets and the institutional client and consultant community preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and German (preferred). Preference for additional European language(s).
• Strong project management skills, ability to work under pressure and multi-task.
• Strong business writing skills and ability to clearly and accurately communicate business and financial services product information.
• Strong work ethic with exceptional attention to detail, highly organized and able to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Fluency with proprietary databases and software systems, including CRM database systems, ideally Salesforce.
• Expert knowledge of MS Office Suite products (i.e. Excel, Powerpoint).
• Strategic thinker and operates independently.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Must be willing and able to travel as part of the role. This includes domestic and international travel, sometimes at short notice, to attend client meetings, conferences, and internal events as required by the business.
• University graduate, ideally with a business focus.