Head of Solutions Strategy

Schroders; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment management firm is seeking a Head of Solutions Strategy to guide its Private Markets division in London. The role requires 12+ years of experience in investment solutions, strong leadership skills, and a deep understanding of the private markets landscape. This is a senior leadership position focused on delivering bespoke investment strategies across multiple asset classes, fostering client relationships, and driving cross-functional collaboration.

Benefits

Inclusive culture

Diversity of thought

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in investment solutions, portfolio construction, and client delivery.
• Strong understanding of private equity, private debt, and real estate.
• Proven experience leading high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute the strategic direction of the Solutions business.
• Mentor a high-performing solutions strategy team.
• Cultivate relationships with institutional clients and consultants.

Skills

Experience in investment solutions

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Knowledge of private markets

Client management skills

Education

Degree in finance, economics, business, or related field

Post-graduate or professional qualifications (CFA, CAIA) preferred

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Head of Solutions Strategy, Private Markets

Business: Schroders Capital
Division: Schroders Capital Solutions
Location: London, UK (M-Th in office, some weeks 5 days)
Reports to: Head and CIO of Schroders Capital Solutions

Business Overview

Schroders is a leading provider of active asset management, advisory and wealth management services and is widely recognised as a leader in sustainability. Few investment managers can match the combination of capabilities and global reach that Schroders offers. This breadth of services across public and private markets allows for distinctive solutions for the diverse needs of clients, who look to Schroders to provide superior long-term investment outcomes.

Schroders Capital

Schroders Capital is the private markets business of Schroders with $111bn of AUM. We work as a global network of specialised, entrepreneurial teams. We combine a global perspective with local market expertise to serve institutional and private wealth clients. Our offering spans the private markets universe and provides access to unique capabilities across private debt and credit alternatives, real estate equity, private equity, and infrastructure equity.

The firm has deep expertise in creating bespoke solutions for clients and is committed to providing scalable capabilities across the spectrum of risk, return and sustainability and impact objectives.

Supported by the resources, experience, and institutional framework of one of the world's leading asset managers, Schroders Capital is dedicated to helping investors achieve their goals and is at the forefront of product innovation to meet the evolving needs of investors.

The Team

Schroders Capital Solutions is the multi-asset private markets advisory and portfolio management team within Schroders Capital. We specialise in designing and managing bespoke investment solutions for institutional clients, with a focus on strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction, and implementation across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and private debt and credit alternatives. The team operates at the intersection of investment strategy, structuring, implementation and client engagement-delivering high-conviction, outcome-oriented portfolios that meet complex client objectives. Our work spans evergreen and closed-ended mandates, and we are deeply embedded in Schroders' global private markets platform, leveraging both internal capabilities and external partnerships to deliver best-in-class solutions.

Position Overview

We are seeking an accomplished and visionary Head of Solutions Strategy to lead Schroders Capital Solutions' mission of delivering innovative, outcome-oriented, and multi-private asset solutions to clients globally. This is a senior leadership role accountable for shaping and executing the strategic direction of the Solutions business, driving cross-functional collaboration, external thought leadership, and delivering scalable, bespoke investment strategies across the private markets spectrum. You will chair and guide the solutions strategy team, serve as a lead ambassador with global clients, and ensure continuous enhancement of Schroders Capital's offering within an evolving and competitive landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Set strategic priorities and objectives with leadership and vision. Define and execute the roadmap for private markets solutions, aligning investment capabilities with platform capabilities, client demand and market trends, including high potential segments such as Wealth and Institutional Client segments.
• Leading the origination, development, structuring, and delivery of complex, bespoke or comingled, multi-private asset portfolios and structures, including fund-of-one mandates, evergreen vehicles, and thematic strategies across all forms of engagement including consultant led RFIs, strategic partnerships, marketing campaigns, etc.
• Represent Schroders Capital Solutions at the most senior levels with clients, industry bodies, and regulators.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing solutions strategy team, fostering a commercially driven, client-centred culture.
• Cultivate, expand, and manage strategic relationships with institutional clients, consultants, and strategic partners.
• Anticipate market trends, regulatory shifts, and technology advances, ensuring solutions are cutting-edge, compliant, and future‑fit.
• Support Schroders Capital's brand and Schroders Capital Solutions as a global leader in bespoke private markets portfolio construction and solutions - authoring white papers, insights, and marketing materials.
• Governance, risk and regulatory oversight: contribute to product committees, ensuring robust governance and alignment with fiduciary and SC processes standards.

Required Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications

• Recognised as a leading solutions specialist or strategist within global private markets or alternatives.
• Extensive experience (typically 12+ years) in investment solutions, portfolio construction, origination, and client delivery across a major asset manager, consultancy, or investment bank.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams, with a prestigious client network.
• Strong understanding of private markets, in particular private equity, private debt and credit alternative, real estate, infrastructure, and alternatives structuring for institutional and wealth clients.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory standards relevant to UK, EMEA, and global institutional investors.
• Track record of thought leadership and external market influence.
• Outstanding analytical, commercial, and communication skills – able to operate credibly at C‑suite and decision maker level.
• Degree in finance, economics, business, or related field; post‑graduate or professional qualifications (e.g., CFA, CAIA) preferred.

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio‑economic background, or any other protected characteristic.

About Us

We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.