Di Rezze Family Office is a private investment platform focused on identifying and backing exceptional businesses across public and private markets. We invest across the private and public sectors. Founded by entrepreneurs and operators, we approach investing with an operator’s mindset: focusing on business quality, management teams, market opportunity, capital allocation, and long-term value creation. We believe the best outcomes are achieved when investors support great operators rather than attempt to become them. Our philosophy centers on alignment, partnership, and providing resources that accelerate growth without disrupting what made the business successful in the first place. Details below.
Jaws is currently seeking an Associate to join its team, with a primary focus on direct investments across venture capital, growth equity, and private equity. In addition to private investments, this individual will selectively cover certain public investments and help in the underwriting process for potential new positions. This individual will work closely with the broader investment team to support diligence, deal execution, portfolio management, and ad-hoc strategic projects across the family office. The role requires strong investment judgment, analytical rigor, attention to detail, and the ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative diligence into clear recommendations. This role will be based in New York, with periodic travel to Miami and additional business travel as part of the individual’s broader responsibilities.
Relevant Experience and Skills:
Experience:
- Strong undergraduate academic record
- 2–4 years of relevant experience in investment banking, private equity, growth equity, venture capital, asset management, hedge funds, corporate development, management consulting, or a similar investment-oriented role
- Prior experience evaluating operating companies, conducting due diligence, and preparing investment memos
- Familiarity with venture capital, growth equity, private equity, and public market investing
Skills:
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including financial modeling, valuation, and company analysis
- Ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative diligence into clear investment recommendations
- Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation development skills
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
Personal:
- Professional maturity, integrity, and accountability
- Intellectual curiosity and sound investment judgment
- Self-starter with a high sense of urgency and strong follow-through
- Strong relationship-building skills with internal and external stakeholders
- Team-oriented, high-agency, and collegial approach
Message from Allocator Jobs: To help prepare you for this role, take a look at the Institutional Allocator (IA) program from our partnership organization, the Allocator Training Institute. The IA program curriculum gives you a solid foundation of investing from the allocator’s perspective. You’ll learn how to evaluate investment managers, create an ‘endowment-model’ multi-asset class portfolio, and the quantitative tools necessary to succeed in the role. The three-part program can be completed in less than one year and exams are available every quarter-end month. This is the program that will help you start and then accelerate your allocator career. Reach out if you have any questions.
