VP - Alternative Investment Risk Management

The Vice President of Alternative Investments Risk Management is a senior leadership role responsible for establishing, enhancing, and overseeing the risk management framework across a broad range of alternative investment strategies. This leader will manage a team of risk professionals and partner closely with investment, product, treasury, finance, operations, and technology leaders to provide independent risk oversight, analytics, and strategic guidance. The role supports a diverse portfolio of liquid and illiquid alternative investments, including hedge funds and liquid alternatives, private equity, private credit, venture capital, structured credit, real estate, digital assets, and derivative-based strategies. The successful candidate will leverage advanced analytics, stress testing, scenario analysis, and emerging technologies to assess portfolio risks, identify emerging issues, strengthen decision-making, and support strategic business initiatives.

Responsibilities

Establishing, enhancing, and overseeing the risk management framework across a broad range of alternative investment strategies; Managing a team of risk professionals and partnering closely with investment, product, treasury, finance, operations, and technology leaders to provide independent risk oversight, analytics, and strategic guidance; Leveraging advanced analytics, stress testing, scenario analysis, and emerging technologies to assess portfolio risks, identify emerging issues, strengthen decision-making, and support strategic business initiatives; Ownership and ongoing enhancement of the risk management framework; Identification and oversight of emerging and tail risk exposures; Support for strategic initiatives, new product development, and business growth opportunities; Partnership with data science and technology teams to advance risk analytics, infrastructure, and modernization efforts; Data quality, model governance, and control framework responsibilities

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline; 15+ years of experience in investment risk management, quantitative analytics, alternative investments, or related disciplines, including leadership experience; Expertise across alternative investment strategies, including hedge funds, private equity, private credit, venture capital, structured credit, real estate, digital assets, and derivatives; Deep understanding of market, credit, liquidity, valuation, operational, concentration, and counterparty risks; Experience evaluating portfolio exposures, leverage, liquidity, factor sensitivities, private asset valuations, and tail-risk scenarios; Strong knowledge of risk methodologies, including stress testing, scenario analysis, factor analysis, liquidity assessment, and portfolio risk modeling; Experience developing and enhancing risk frameworks, governance processes, reporting, controls, and risk oversight programs; Familiarity with platforms such as Aladdin, MSCI RiskManager, BarraOne, Bloomberg, S&P Global, Intex, or similar risk and analytics tools; Strong technical and analytical capabilities, including Python, SQL, data visualization tools, and large financial datasets; Ability to communicate complex risk concepts and influence investment professionals, executives, and governance committees; Proven ability to lead high-performing teams, build strong cross-functional partnerships, and drive strategic initiatives across investments, finance, operations, treasury, and technology; Intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and a passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and talent development

Nice to have

Advanced degree; CFA; CAIA; FRM