(Senior) Associate / Portfolio Manager - Private Equity Fund Inve | Amsterdam

APG; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8.33% year-end bonus

Attractive bonus scheme

Vitality and personal development

Grow professional network

Hybrid work (2–3 days home)

Job summary

APG Asset Management is seeking a Senior Associate / Portfolio Manager to lead and monitor private equity fund investments across Europe. You will drive defined diligence and execution workstreams and own parts of the investment process from initiation to decision.

You will collaborate with global teams in New York and Hong Kong, contribute to deal execution and portfolio management, and mentor more junior colleagues while maintaining rigorous financial modelling and reporting standards.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of relevant professional experience in private equity, M&A, or a comparable institutional investment environment.
• Demonstrated experience in private equity fund evaluation, due diligence, and execution, with ownership of workstreams from start to completion.
• Proven ability to drive diligence processes and progress investments to decision, including structuring analyses, coordinating inputs, and managing timelines and deliverables.
• Professional fluency in English, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Translate market insights and GP coverage into actionable inputs for portfolio strategy and construction discussions.
• Lead and execute defined diligence and execution workstreams, ensuring structure, progress, and quality.
• Execute and drive monitoring of private equity fund investments, including identifying issues, structuring analyses, and supporting follow-up actions.
• Participate in external interactions with General Partners and other stakeholders, building confidence and capability in representing APG and contributing to investment discussions.
• Support development of junior team members while building own leadership skills.

Skills

Financial modelling

Due diligence

Portfolio management

English fluency

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

APG Asset Management is looking to expand its Global Private Equity Fund Investments with the addition of a Senior Associate / Portfolio Manager.

Job description

As a Senior Associate / Portfolio Manager, you play a key role in the execution and monitoring of private equity fund investments within the European portfolio. You are responsible for driving defined diligence and monitoring workstreams, ensuring structured progression of investment processes and high-quality outputs that support investment decision-making.

You contribute directly to the assessment of new investment opportunities through structured analysis, drafting, and coordination, and take ownership of defined workstreams from initiation through to decision. In parallel, you are actively involved in monitoring the existing portfolio, identifying key developments and supporting follow-up actions.

You will join one of the largest and most influential private equity programs globally. The Fund Investments team works closely with colleagues in New York and Hong Kong, as well as with the broader Global Private Equity platform, including dedicated Co-Investments and Analytics teams. Within this setting, you will collaborate across shared workstreams and contribute directly to deal execution and portfolio management.

Primary Responsibilities

• Translate market insights and GP coverage into actionable inputs for portfolio strategy and construction discussions.
• Lead and execute defined diligence and execution workstreams, ensuring structure, progress, and quality.
• Execute and drive monitoring of private equity fund investments, including identifying issues, structuring analysis, and supporting follow-up actions.
• Participate in external interactions with General Partners and other stakeholders, building confidence and capability in representing APG and contributing to investment discussions.
• Support development of junior team members while building own leadership skills.

Job requirements

As a member of the Fund Investments team, you are intellectually curious and eager to learn, have strong analytical / technical skills (including financial modelling), and are able to work productively both individually and within a team setting. You work in a structured way and have clear and effective communication and presentation skills.

Additional requirements and competencies include:

• 5 to 8 years of relevant professional experience in private equity, M&A, or a comparable institutional investment environment;
• Demonstrated experience in private equity fund evaluation, due diligence, and execution, with ownership of workstreams from start to completion. Candidates must clearly demonstrate this experience in their CV.
• Proven ability to drive diligence processes and progress investments to decision, including structuring analyses, coordinating inputs, and managing timelines and deliverables;
• Strong understanding of private equity fund investing, PE strategies, and General Partner organizations;
• A strong academic record with a Master’s degree or equivalent;
• Professional fluency in English, both written and verbal.

About APG

APG is the largest pension provider in the Netherlands, managing the pension assets of approximately 4.6 million participants. With ~€600 billion in AUM, APG is one of the largest active pension investors in the world, investing across the public equity, fixed income, and alternative investments.

APG’s Global Private Equity team operates from New York, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong offices, with dedicated teams focusing on Funds & Secondary Investments and Co-Investments strategies. The European Fund Investments team consists of over ten investment professionals and is continuing to grow.

What APG has to offer

We offer you a competitive monthly salary based on 40-hours and attractive terms of employment with a focus on flexibility.

• A guaranteed year-end bonus of 8.33%;
• An attractive bonus scheme;
• Ample attention to your vitality and personal development;
• Ability to grow your professional network, internally as well as externally;
• Working from home for 2 to 3 days, and also working from one of our beautiful offices;
• And of course a well-organized pension.

For pension provider APG, pensions are about people, life and how we live together. Through careful asset management, pension administration, communication and advice, APG wants to help building a decent future in which we share our well-being and prosperity honestly and sustainably. For present and future generations. For today, tomorrow and beyond. APG is committed to serving 4.7 million people in the Netherlands. That explains the importance we attach to reflecting Dutch society. To that end, APG strives for an inclusive work environment in which everyone can be themselves and their unique qualities are embraced.

A pre-employment screening is part of the procedure. An assessment may also be included.