Director – Secondaries

Important: Private Markets professionals only - We are seeking candidates with relevant experience within Secondaries and an established network across institutional GPs and LPs. Given the nature of the role, we will consider only applicants with relevant private markets experience.

About Global Fund Search (GFS)

Global Fund Search (GFS) is a leading institutional Manager Research and RFP platform based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since 2012, we have connected institutional investors and asset managers through our specialised platform.

In 2025 alone, more than EUR 22 billion in institutional mandates ran through the GFS platform, which today serves a network of thousands of institutional users across asset managers (GPs), institutional investors (LPs), investment consultants and advisors.

We are now expanding GFS Direct , our direct deals platform, and are looking for an entrepreneurial professional to build and lead our activities within Secondaries, with the potential to also develop opportunities across Co-investments and Capital Solutions.

The Role

As Director – Secondaries , you will take a leading role in developing GFS's Secondaries business across Europe.

This is a build-and-own opportunity rather than a role within an established secondaries team. You will be responsible for developing the strategy, building the team and developing the business area and transaction pipeline in close cooperation with the rest of the GFS team.

The successful candidate will take responsibility for the Secondaries business as a dedicated business area and be able to scale it.

The role therefore suits someone who combines strong secondaries expertise and market relationships with a genuine entrepreneurial and commercial mindset.

What we are looking for

We are seeking a motivated and commercially driven Director with the experience and network to build a European Secondaries business.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong experience within private markets secondaries, ideally with exposure to both GP-led and/or LP-led transactions.
• An established network across institutional GPs, LPs and other relevant private markets counterparties.
• Strong commercial and business development capabilities, with the ability to originate relationships and opportunities.
• The ability to assess opportunities and coordinate the relevant parties through a transaction process.
• An entrepreneurial, self-driven and strategic mindset, with the ambition to build and ultimately take ownership of a business area.
• Strong communication and relationship management skills.
• Excellent English; additional European languages are an advantage.

Experience with co-investments and/or capital solutions would be an advantage, but is not essential.

Location

The position can be based anywhere in Europe, although a location in the Nordics would be an advantage.

What we offer

We offer a competitive salary, performance-based bonus, flexible working arrangements and a unique opportunity to build a new private markets business from the ground up, leveraging GFS's established institutional network and platform.

For the right candidate, the role offers the opportunity to grow into a broader leadership position with responsibility for the Secondaries business as it develops, potentially including responsibility for a dedicated business or company.

Contact us for more information about the opportunity.