Senior Business Development Manager | Advisers

Private Equity | Melbourne The firm

Our client is a Melbourne-based mid-market private equity manager. They take meaningful positions in quality mid-market companies and back them to grow. With their first fund fully subscribed and a second fund now launching alongside institutional investors, they're bringing an institutional-grade private equity strategy to a part of the market that has never had proper access to it.

The prospect

This is a newly created, standalone distribution role selling a genuinely differentiated product: a private equity strategy delivered through a tax-effective investment bond wrapper, purpose-built for the independent and suburban wealth adviser market.

Advisers in this channel have historically been shut out of private equity. As their clients become more tax-conscious and more interested in real diversification, that's changing quick. You'll be the person who brings this product to them, owning the channel end to end and building a distribution footprint from the ground up.

What you'll do
Own the independent and suburban wealth adviser channel for the wrapped PE product, from prospecting through to funds under advice.




Build and manage a pipeline of IFA and independent advice relationships across the country.
Educate advisers on private equity, the investment bond structure, and the tax and diversification case for their clients.
Represent the manager credibly with advisers and licensees, becoming a trusted point of contact in the channel.
Work closely with the investment team and firm leadership to shape how the product is positioned and sold.

What you'll bring
A track record in wealth or funds distribution, with established relationships across the independent and suburban adviser market.
The ability to sell a considered, structurally novel product on its merits rather than on hard sell.
Genuine comfort with technical content: PE fundamentals, investment bonds, tax effectiveness, portfolio construction.
Self-starter instincts. This is a build role, not a maintain role.
RG146 as a baseline; further qualifications (CFA, CAIA, adviser accreditations) well regarded.

What's on offer A solid base salary paired with a sizeable performance-based bonus, and the rare chance to own a channel and a product from launch. If the wrapped strategy lands the way expected, this role and the platform behind it will grow with it.

📌 Senior Business Development Manager Melbourne (Australia)
🏢 Foundry Talent Partners
📍 Australia