Associate Fund Marketing & Distribution
EQT Ventures is the early-stage venture capital strategy of EQT Group, partnering with founders building 'Generation-Defining Companies.' With 1.1 billion euro invested behind the strategy, EQT Ventures acts as an early-stage lead investor, operational advisor, and high-conviction capital provider for ambitious European founders, typically investing between 2-50M EUR.
About EQT Ventures
EQT Ventures partners with founders building Generation-Defining Companies, aiming to back ambitious visions that can become game-changing, resilient businesses. As early-stage lead investors, operational advisors, and high-conviction capital providers, the team—made up of ex-founders and operators—provides hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale fast, break through barriers with access to the global EQT platform, and build long-term resilience. EQT Ventures is domiciled in Luxembourg, with investment advisors located in Stockholm, Paris, London, New York, Berlin and Amsterdam, and is focused on European companies, having backed over 140 founding teams to date across sectors such as AI, fintech, edtech, robotics, and aerospace. The firm operates through multiple funds, including EQT Ventures I, II, and III, with clients/portfolio companies ranging from early-stage startups like Sana Labs, 1X, Payrails, Parloa, and The Exploration Company.
Skills
About the Role
You will manage end-to-end marketing registrations and third-party distributor oversight across multiple fund vehicles and jurisdictions. You will maintain regulatory records, coordinate with counsel and internal stakeholders, monitor compliance, improve processes through automation and data centralisation, and build reporting and dashboards for business partners and leadership.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional experience in fund marketing registrations, distribution oversight, or a related asset-management field.
- Experience driving and implementing process improvements, including technology or automation solutions.
- Knowledge of fund structures, distribution channels, and institutional, private wealth, and retail investor types.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills for managing complex multi-workstream projects.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
- Experience with data management systems, business intelligence tools, or automation platforms.
- Experience with multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance, including AIFMD, MiFID II, CSSF regulations, and marketing frameworks.
- Experience with UME or equivalent distributor due diligence platforms.
- Knowledge of evergreen fund structures and distribution requirements.
Responsibilities
- Manage global marketing registrations across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and evergreen fund vehicles.
- Ensure timely compliance with local regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
- Maintain a centralised registry of marketing registration statuses and resolve compliance issues.
- Coordinate with local counsel and external advisors on fund registrations.
- Lead due diligence assessments of third-party distributors and sub-distributors using the UME tool.
- Conduct ongoing compliance monitoring of distributor relationships.
- Collaborate with Sales, Legal, Compliance, and Regulatory stakeholders on distributor classification and sign-offs.
- Drive process automation and data centralisation initiatives with IT and business functions.
- Develop reporting infrastructure and dashboards for marketing and distributor data.
- Implement a single source of truth for marketing and distributor data.
- Escalate complex compliance and policy questions to senior leadership.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Wellbeing and wellness support
- Flexible working arrangements