Chief Operating Officer

A leading alternative investment manager is seeking an experienced Chief Operating Officer to join its executive leadership team in New York.

The firm manages capital on behalf of institutional investors, family offices, pension funds and sophisticated allocators across North America and Europe.

Having experienced significant growth over the past five years, the organisation is entering a new phase of scale and complexity. The Board and executive team are focused on ensuring operational maturity, governance oversight and organisational resilience continue to evolve alongside the business.

The Role

The Chief Operating Officer will play a central role in helping the firm achieve that objective.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer and working closely with the Board, investors, regulators and senior leadership team, the COO will be responsible for strengthening the firm’s operational platform while ensuring governance and control frameworks remain aligned with increasing stakeholder expectations.

You will:

• Executive ownership of operational resilience and enterprise operating controls
• Oversight of technology, cyber and data governance frameworks
• Leadership of SEC examination readiness and regulatory engagement activities
• Governance and oversight of key outsourced and third-party service providers
• Support institutional investor operational due diligence processes
• Drive scalable operating model development across the firm
• Lead executive reporting on operational, technology and risk matters
• Partner with Compliance, Finance, Technology and Risk leadership to ensure strong governance alignment
• Ensure governance maturity continues to keep pace with organisational growth

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has 15+ years of leadership experience within asset management, alternatives, hedge funds, private markets or institutional investment environments
• Has previous COO, Deputy COO, Chief Administrative Officer or equivalent executive leadership experience
• Has strong knowledge of SEC-regulated operating environments
• Has experience engaging directly with boards, investors and regulators
• Has demonstrated leadership of operational resilience, governance and risk oversight programmes
• Has the ability to communicate complex operational and technology matters at executive and board level

Particularly Relevant Experience

• Significant AUM growth
• Institutional capital raising
• New fund launches
• Regulatory examinations
• Operational due diligence reviews
• Technology modernisation initiatives
• Outsourcing and third-party governance
• AI governance and emerging technology oversight

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual performance bonus
• Long-term incentive participation
• Equity or carried interest opportunity (where applicable)
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) with employer contribution
• Executive health and wellness programme
• Generous PTO and flexible working arrangements
• Professional development and industry membership support

This role offers the opportunity to join a high-performing investment organisation at an important stage of its evolution.

The successful candidate will help shape how the firm navigates increasing expectations from investors, regulators and stakeholders while supporting continued growth and maintaining the governance discipline required of a leading institutional investment platform.

The Board is seeking an executive who combines commercial judgement with operational leadership, and who understands that long-term success depends not only on performance, but on resilience, accountability and confidence in the organisation’s ability to operate under scrutiny.