Head of Funds @ AI Financial Technology Platform

Whistler Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 350,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

Whistler Partners in New York seeks a Head of Funds to lead and expand its funds practice, guiding both the existing funds business and the fund secondaries offering. This role blends legal leadership with strategic growth, shaping the structure of the practice and directing client initiatives.

You will manage the funds team, oversee LP transfers and related private funds matters, build out the secondaries platform, develop senior client relationships, and own the P&L, working with US and UK

Qualifications

• Approximately 10+ years of experience.
• Deep experience in fund secondaries.
• Meaningful experience with LP transfers and related funds work.
• Experience operating at the Counsel, junior Partner, Partner, or equivalent level.
• Experience managing and developing lawyers; ability to hire and build a team.
• Comfort working across US and European time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead the existing funds business and the fund secondaries practice, advising on LP transfers, secondaries, and related private funds matters.
• Set the direction for the secondaries offering and determine how the funds and secondaries practices should be structured and evolve.
• Manage and develop the existing funds team, and hire and build out additional lawyers as the secondaries practice grows.
• Oversee senior client relationships and significant matters across both practices.
• Work with US and UK leadership to support growth and oversee performance and P&L of the practice.

Skills

Fund secondaries

LP transfers

Team leadership

P&L ownership

Time zones

Partner level

Hiring team

Experience 10+ yrs

Job description

Whistler Partners is working with a high-growth, AI-enabled technology company to hire a Head of Funds. This person will oversee the company’s existing funds business while building out and leading its fund secondaries practice. The role will have responsibility for the current funds team and existing client work, including a particular focus on LP transfers and related private funds matters. The Head of Funds will also lead the company’s secondaries offering, determine how the practice should be structured, and hire and build the team as the business grows.

The Role

The Head of Funds will take ownership of the company’s funds practice from both a legal and business perspective.

Responsibilities will include:

• Leading the existing funds business and the fund secondaries practice, advising on LP transfers, secondaries, and related private funds matters.
• Setting the direction for the secondaries offering and determining how the funds and secondaries practices should be structured and evolve.
• Managing and developing the existing funds team, and hiring and building out additional lawyers as the secondaries practice grows.
• Overseeing senior client relationships and significant matters across both practices.
• Working closely with legal, operational, sales, SDR, and business development leadership in the US and UK to support growth.
• Taking responsibility for the performance and P&L of the practice.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Approximately 10+ years of experience.
• Deep experience in fund secondaries.
• Meaningful experience with LP transfers and related funds work.
• Experience operating at the Counsel, junior Partner, Partner, or equivalent level.
• Experience managing and developing lawyers.The ability to hire and build a team.
• Comfort working across US and European time zones.

Location

New York is strongly preferred.

Compensation

Expected base salary is $350,000 - $375,000, depending on experience. The broader compensation package includes variable compensation / OTE, equity, and additional benefits.

TL;DR

A senior Head of Funds role overseeing the existing funds business while building out the company’s fund secondaries practice. The role includes leadership of the current funds team, LP transfer and related private funds work, fund secondaries, team building, senior client relationships, and ownership of the practice’s P&L.

$350k- 375K base + variable compensation / OTE + equity + additional benefits.

About Whistler Partners

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