Vice President, Relationship Manager

NewEdge Wealth, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

NewEdge Family Office, a division within NewEdge Wealth, seeks a Vice President, Relationship Manager in New York, NY to serve UHNW clients alongside senior advisors, delivering the client experience end to end: deepening relationships with principals, families, and outside advisors, and coordinating the firm's resources.

You will deepen relationships with principals and families, coordinate investment, planning, and administrative resources, and mentor junior staff to uphold service standards

Qualifications

• 8+ years of wealth management or family office experience working with UHNW clients and professionals.
• Proven ability to grow and manage client relationships.
• Experience supervising client service staff.
• Strong understanding of trust, estate, investment, and tax planning concepts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for a UHNW client portfolio, building trusted relationships.
• Coordinate with internal professionals and outside advisors to align on tax, estate, and wealth planning needs.
• Oversee onboarding of new clients and investments, including documentation and compliance review.
• Anticipate client needs and resolve complex service issues with high responsiveness.
• Lead and coordinate family meetings, investment reviews, and follow-up actions.
• Navigate sensitive family dynamics with discretion and good judgment.

Skills

UHNW client relationships

Relationship management

Team leadership

Client advisory

Executive presence

Tools

Addepar

Salesforce

Claude

Job description

NewEdge Family Office is a specialized offering within NewEdge Wealth, designed to serve families with unique complexities that require comprehensive family office solutions. This dedicated group addresses the distinct challenges that can accompany significant wealth—from multi-generational planning and entity structures to coordinating across multiple advisors and managing complex assets. At NewEdge Family Office, we believe the best in every category rarely lives under one roof. Our research-driven approach is rooted in identifying, vetting, and integrating best-of-breed providers who are singularly focused on their craft. Through our three pillars of service—mission-critical services, high-value-add services, and curated access—we bring together leading specialists across investment management, estate strategy, tax optimization, and administration, and integrate them into a cohesive family office experience for our clients. Disclosure: NewEdge Wealth is a division of NewEdge Capital Group, LLC. Investment advisory services offered through NewEdge Wealth, LLC, a registered investment adviser. Securities offered through NewEdge Securities, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC.

Job Summary

The NewEdge Family Office Vice President, Relationship Manager works alongside senior advisors as a key point of contact for a book of ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) client relationships in New York, NY. This role partners with senior advisors to deliver the client experience end to end: deepening relationships with principals, families, and their outside advisors, and coordinating the firm's investment, planning, and administrative resources.

Duties/Responsibilities

Relationship Management

• Serve as a primary day-to-day contact for a portfolio of UHNW family clients, developing a deep understanding of their priorities and building trusted, long-term relationships with principals, family members, and the next-generation.
• Coordinate internal professionals and outside attorneys, CPAs, trustees, and other advisors to align on tax, estate, and wealth planning needs, maintaining accountability for implementation and follow-up.
• Oversee onboarding of new clients and investments, including documentation, account structuring, and review of requirements with compliance and operations.
• Anticipate client needs and anticipate and resolve complex service issues, ensuring responsiveness and a consistently high standard of service.
• Oversee and coordinate with support from Client Service Analysts, liquidity needs, capital calls, subscriptions, redemptions, and account activity, and applicable family office administration, including client records.
• Lead and coordinate family meetings, investment reviews, setting agendas, documenting outcomes, and driving follow-up actions to completion.
• Navigate sensitive family matters and multigenerational relationships with sound judgment and discretion.

Practice Management

• Manage the client service model, workflows, and priorities for the team, including calendars and daily, weekly, and monthly activities.
• Maintain accurate client records in CRM and contact management systems, and monitor data quality across the team.
• Ensure adherence to risk management, compliance, and regulatory requirements, and elevate issues appropriately.
• Identify and implement process improvements that raise efficiency and the client experience.

Talent Management

• Coach, and develop Client Service Associates and other team members, setting expectations and providing regular performance feedback.
• Lead onboarding and training of new team members to support successful integration into the firm.
• Pursue ongoing professional development in industry knowledge, leadership skills, and professional credentials.

Key Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant wealth management, trust, or family office experience, with meaningful experience working directly with HNW/UHNW clients and their professional advisors.
• Proven record of managing and growing client relationships.
• Prior experience supervising or mentoring client service associate-level staff.
• Strong working familiarity with trust and estate planning and a broad understanding of investment and tax planning concepts, including alternative investments and lending.
• Conscious understanding of risk management, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and proficiency with Addepar, Claude, and Salesforce is preferred.
• Exceptional communication, organization, follow-through, relationship judgement, executive presence, and the ability to advise and influence senior clients and outside professionals.
• Strong leadership, delegation, and coaching skills, with the judgment to prioritize and manage multiple client and team needs in a fast‑paced environment.
• Professionalism, discretion, and a client‑first approach.

Salary: $150,000 - $200,000, based on experience