Associate - Transformation Management
Position Overview
ABOUT APOLLO
Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of March 31, 2025, Apollo had approximately $785 billion of assets under management. . To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.
OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES
Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:
The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.
The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.
A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.
We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:
Outperform expectations
Challenge Convention
Champion Opportunity
Lead responsibly
Drive collaboration
As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.
OUR BENEFITS
Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
At Apollo, we’re a global team of alternative investment managers passionate about delivering uncommon value to our investors and shareholders. With over 30 years of proven expertise across Private Equity, Credit and Real Estate, regions and industries, we’re known for our integrated businesses, our strong investment performance, our value-oriented philosophy – and our people.
The Transformation Management team works across Apollo focusing on strategic advisory, project management, and process improvement. We partner cross-functionally to enable the firm to successfully execute key strategic initiatives, to problem solve for complex objectives, and to provide expertise and resourcing for program/project management and process assessment/improvement.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Own delivery of one or more workstreams, or smaller projects within broader transformation programs,against agreed scope, timeline, milestones, and KPIs.
Build and maintain detailed workplans, RAID logs, governance materials, dashboards, decision trackers, and meeting/action follow-through.
Conduct current-state assessments, process mapping, pain-point analysis, root-cause analysis, and targetstate recommendations with measurable improvement actions.
Support program and change management activities, including stakeholder mapping, communication planning, readiness tracking, and adoption support.
Develop business cases, prioritization frameworks, financial analyses, and executive-ready presentations to support decision-making.
Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders across business, operations, technology, finance, risk, and other support functions.
Surface risks, issues, and trade-offs early, and escalate with clear options and recommendations.
Support steering committee and sponsor communications through concise written updates, meeting materials, and status narratives.
Contribute to team standards, templates, and best practices for project and program delivery.
Take on ad hoc analyses and high-priority special projects as business needs evolve.
Qualifications & Experience
3–6 years of experience in management consulting, transformation, program/project management, PMO, business operations, or a similar role in a complex environment.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; postgraduate degree or MBA is a plus.
Demonstrated experience owning projects or workstreams with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
Strong quantitative, qualitative, and analytical problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distill complex issues into clear updates and decisions.
Strong presentation skills and comfort in building executive-ready materials.
High attention to detail, strong organization, and the ability to drive tasks through completion.
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to create executive-ready analysis and materials.
Practical AI/analytics fluency and willingness learn and use modern tools to improve productivity, insight generation, and decision support.
Comfort working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with a strong bias to action and follow-through
Preferred Qualifications (Good to have)
Experience in financial services, asset management, private markets, or another highly regulated and complex environment.
Experience supporting transformation initiatives involving process redesign, operating model change, systems implementation, or change management.
Understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, and how to bridge business and technology teams.
Familiarity with project delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or similar.
Exposure to middle- or back-office functions, operations, finance, or control environments.
Experience working with external vendors or consulting partners.
Exposure to dashboarding, data analysis, automation, or workflow tools.
Skills / Tools
Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; able to build trackers, analysis, and polished executive materials.
Comfortable using project/program tools for planning, issue tracking, documentation, and governance.
AI literacy with hands-on willingness to experiment with tools such as ChatGPT, Claude or similar to improve productivity and insight generation.
Ability to self-serve simple analyses, dashboards, or lightweight automations using Python, Power BI, SQL,
Excel, or similar tools; expert-level coding is not required.
Good judgment in using AI and analytics tools responsibly, including validating outputs, protecting confidentiality, and applying human review.
Apollo provides equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, veteran status, gender/sex or sexual orientation, or any other criterion or circumstance protected by applicable law, ordinance, or regulation. The above criteria are intended to be used as a guide only – candidates who do not meet all the above criteria may still be considered if they are deemed to have relevant experience/ equivalent levels of skill or knowledge to fulfil the requirements of the role. Any job offer will be conditional upon and subject to satisfactory reference and background screening checks, all necessary corporate and regulatory approvals or certifications as required from time to time, and entering into definitive contractual documentation satisfactory to Apollo.
