Asset & Wealth Management, Deal Execution, Life Sciences, Analyst - San Francisco at Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs Alternatives – Life Sciences
A career with Goldman Sachs Alternatives (“GS Alternatives”) is an opportunity to help clients across the globe realize their potential, while you discover your own. As part of one of the world’s leading asset managers with over $2 trillion in assets under supervision, you can expect to participate in exciting investment opportunities while collaborating with talented colleagues from all asset classes and regions, and building meaningful relationships with your clients. Working in a culture that values integrity and transparency, you will be part of a diverse team that is passionate about our craft, our clients, and building sustainable success. Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, GS Alternatives provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As primary investment areas within Goldman Sachs, we provide investment and advisory services for pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, financial advisors and individuals.

GS Alternatives invests both the firm's own capital and capital raised from outside investors in corporate equity and debt, real estate equity and debt, asset-based equity and debt, growth equity and infrastructure assets world-wide. Our business operates on a global platform, and we are one of the largest managers of private capital globally.

Life Sciences is a dedicated investing strategy within GS Alternatives. The fund invests in innovative life sciences companies developing novel medicines with the potential to transform patient outcomes. Launched in 2021, the strategy is currently investing its inaugural fund and will soon begin deploying its second fund.

Role Overview – Analyst, Life Sciences Deal Execution
This role is focused on deal execution and ongoing pipeline andportfolio management support for Life Sciences transactions. The Analyst role will serve as a day-to-day execution leader and support to the deal team—managing internal processes, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring disciplined progress from diligence through closing and into portfolio monitoring. This role will provide an opportunity to be a strategic contributor to the team through participation in team meetings, investment discussions, and direct experience working with the CIO on portfolio analysis. The role will also entail leading process-related workstreams (e.g., internal approvals, KYC requests, and other operational/compliance workflows) to support the Life Sciences deal team as well as maintaining internal databases (e.g., deal tracking). This role will interface with stakeholders across various groups within the firm and will be based in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Drive day-to-day deal execution workstreams across the transaction lifecycle, partnering closely with investing professionals and escalating key risks/issues as needed
• Own internal transaction process items and approvals (e.g., KYC, internal workflows, and related compliance/operational requests), proactively driving them to completion
• Project manage transaction execution by coordinating with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance, Operations, and other core groups; maintain trackers, timelines, and regular execution cadence to drive accountability
• Support active pipeline management including maintaining a weekly dashboard and assisting on sourcing and strategic activity analyses as needed
• Support structuring and documentation processes by coordinating inputs, tracking open items, and facilitating deal execution through signing and closing
• Lead stakeholder and pipeline workstreams including consulting agreements, CDAs, and advisor invoicing
• Partner with investing teams on post-close asset management support, including maintaining key portfolio trackers, coordinating internal reporting, and supporting periodic portfolio reviews and governance processes
• Contribute to execution best practices and process improvement (templates, trackers, playbooks), helping scale the platform and drive consistency across Life Sciences transactions

Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with strong academic and professional record
• Between 1 to 3 years of relevant experience in investment banking operations, private equity/growth equity operations, transaction management, or a similar execution-oriented role; healthcare/life sciences exposure is a plus but not required
• Demonstrated ability to own and drive complex, multi-stakeholder processes end-to-end, with excellent organization, attention to detail, and follow-through
• Comfort working with internal control functions (Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations); strong judgment and a commitment to integrity and controls
• Thrives in a fast-moving environment; able to prioritize competing deadlines and navigate ambiguity while maintaining high standards
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with comfort working with transaction materials (e.g., legal documentation)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and a team-first mindset; ability to work as an extension of the investing team and build trust through reliability and execution excellence
• Strong skills in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word); comfort building and maintaining trackers and process dashboards