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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Hybrid
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.
VP, RFP & Business Communications
Adams Street Partners is seeking an accomplished Marketing & Communications leader to head our global RFP function within the Marketing organization. This is a senior leadership role for a proven writer and people manager who can both produce the firm's most complex, highest-stakes executive RFP responses and set the strategy, standards, and team structure that allow Adams Street to compete at scale as one of the world's premier private markets investment managers.
The ideal candidate combines exceptional writing craft with strong business judgment, executive presence, and demonstrated success managing and developing a team. While executive RFPs, RFIs, and DDQs remain the core of the function, this leader will also own a broader portfolio of firmwide business communications, partnering closely with Marketing, Investor Relations, Compliance, Investment teams, and senior firm leadership, including Partners.
This is a hybrid role based in Chicago, with a flexible mix of remote and in-office work.
What You Will Do
Team & Function Leadership
Executive-Level Writing & Content Ownership
Process, Technology & Reporting
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
Essential Qualities
We offer a competitive U.S. benefits package designed to support health, financial security, and work-life balance. Highlights include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) with immediate vesting and employer match; profit sharing; flexible spending accounts (FSA); and paid parental leave, including adoption. Employees also receive generous paid time off, commuter benefits, employer-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance, and access to additional voluntary benefits.
