Vice President - Investment

Selby Jennings; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings seeks a Vice President, Investments to join its investment team. The role focuses on evaluating opportunities, conducting manager due diligence, and contributing to portfolio management across a diversified mix of public and private investments.

The successful candidate will lead analysis, prepare investment memoranda, and support portfolio construction while liaising with external managers and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of relevant investment experience in institutional settings.
• Experience evaluating and monitoring external managers across asset classes.
• Strong understanding of public and private markets including PE, VC, hedge funds.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and portfolio construction capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including memoranda.
• Ability to work independently within a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis of external manager performance, portfolio positioning, risk.
• Conduct due diligence on prospective investment managers and funds.
• Source, evaluate, recommend, and monitor external managers.
• Prepare investment memoranda and investment committee materials.
• Participate in asset allocation and portfolio construction discussions.
• Maintain relationships with external managers and industry participants.
• Monitor portfolio exposures, liquidity, capital activity, and performance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Portfolio construction

Communication skills

Quantitative analysis

Independent working

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

CFA/CAIA/MBA preferred

Job description

Salary: USD150000 - USD200000 per year

Vice President, Investments

Our client is seeking an experienced and intellectually curious investment professional to join its investment team. This position offers significant exposure to manager selection, portfolio construction, and investment decision-making across a diversified portfolio of public and private market investments.

The successful candidate will play a key role in evaluating investment opportunities, conducting manager due diligence, and contributing to portfolio management discussions across multiple asset classes.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis of external manager and fund performance, portfolio positioning, asset allocation, look-through exposures, and portfolio risk.
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence on prospective investment managers and funds across public equity, fixed income, hedge funds, private equity, private credit, venture capital, and real assets.
• Source, evaluate, recommend, and monitor external investment managers.
• Prepare investment memoranda, manager recommendations, portfolio reviews, and investment committee materials.
• Participate actively in asset allocation and portfolio construction discussions.
• Maintain and develop relationships with external investment managers and industry participants.
• Monitor portfolio exposures, liquidity, capital activity, and performance across public and private market investments.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative investment data to support investment decisions.
• Support subscriptions, redemptions, capital calls, and distributions where necessary.
• Collaborate with colleagues on portfolio reporting, investment analytics, and operational initiatives.
• Present investment research and recommendations to senior stakeholders and investment committees.
• Represent the organization at manager meetings, annual meetings, conferences, and industry events.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of relevant investment experience within an allocator, OCIO, family office, endowment, foundation, investment consulting, fund-of-funds, or similar institutional investment environment.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and monitoring external investment managers across multiple asset classes.
• Strong understanding of public and private markets, including private equity, private credit, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, fixed income, and public equities.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and portfolio construction capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing investment memoranda and presentation materials.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative team environment.
• Bachelor's degree required; CFA, CAIA, MBA, or similar professional credentials preferred.
• High ethical standards, intellectual curiosity, and strong attention to detail.

This is an opportunity to join a highly collaborative investment team with broad responsibility across manager research, portfolio construction, and investment strategy. The role offers meaningful exposure to both public and private markets and the ability to directly influence investment decisions across a diversified multi-asset portfolio.