Vice President, Alternative Investment Project Management Lead

Job Description:

The Vice President, Alternative Investment Project Management Lead will collaborate cross functionally to establish and maintain supporting infrastructure and framework for evaluation of operational capabilities required for alternative investments and drive progress towards improving the alts operating model. The candidate will lead all aspects of this process from tactical execution to strategic design and implementation, in coordination with other team members and a broad set of organizational stakeholders.

The successful candidate will:

• Support the development of effective forums and tools to socialize the cross functional alternative product roadmap, evaluation of incremental operational alts capability requirements, including products developed in other fidelity BUs
• Identify, develop, and promote repeatable and scalable processes and frameworks needed to support alternative investments operating model enhancements
• Work closely with leaders driving new product projects, as well as front and back-office teams to understand new products, determine areas where development may be required, evaluate impacted teams, assess needs against known areas of development and support team roadmaps, and help facilitate operational readiness and infrastructure impact forums for decision-making
• Track status of known new product gaps and development areas; employ the Alts operating model framework and routines to drive
• Have significant exposure to senior management across CRBO & AM; must possess a high degree of executive presence.
• Successfully navigate the organization, build strong working relationships with key business stakeholders, and develop a strong professional network.
• Quickly learn complex business processes associated with new alternative investment and products across the product and fund lifecycle
• Be skilled in synthesizing complex ideas into easy-to-understand materials, including delivery of key concepts to a cross functional audience with varying seniority levels
• Be comfortable taking direction from multiple leaders, open to constructive feedback, and working independently and with ambiguity.

• 10+ years work experience in financial services organizations
• Excellent project management skills, top tier consulting experience is a plus
• Strong understanding of the asset management industry (working knowledge of alternative investments including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, direct lending, and structured products is a plus)
• Ability to break down sophisticated products and structures for various levels of staff
• Superb work ethic, attention to detail, team orientation, and dedication to excellence
• Consistent track record when working with uncertainty and successfully delivering large, complex, and strategic initiatives
• Outstanding collaboration skills and ability to partner and effectively influence across a variety of senior stakeholders
• MBA/CFA or other advanced degree or certification preferred.
• Flexibility and the skill to both lead and contribute to teams are musts.
• Applicants must have outstanding analytical, communication, conceptual thinking, problem-solving capabilities.