Director, SEI Ventures Fund of Funds

SEI1GLOBAL • Upper Providence Township, PA

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About The Position

At SEI we value our employees and believe in driving growth through change. Part of building brave futures is making a concerted effort to develop and challenge our employees to achieve their goals through internal job mobility.
Reporting to the Head of SEI Ventures, the Director of SEI Ventures Fund of Funds is a key leader and member of our team. This role will be focused on working with a portfolio of fund investments across the financial services firm to surface data, trends and co-investment opportunities; it's about unlocking the true commercial and strategic value of our fund investments and driving growth and learning for the organization and our LPs.
You will build a strong and diverse network of market experts, advisors and partners. You will accelerate value creation by providing ourselves and our LPs with essential tools, resources, access to talent, data, and channel partnerships. If you are a catalyst for profitable growth, highly collaborative, strategic and excel at digging deep into market trends within the financial services industry, we invite you to apply.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Finance or a related field; or equivalent experience preferred. Master's degree is a plus.
• 8-10 years of experience in operating businesses, corporate venture capital, technology or financial services funds, strategic investments, corporate development or partnerships.

Nice To Haves

• Expert at unlocking commercial opportunities, new business models and market strategies.
• Deep understanding of market innovation, startup dynamics and emerging technologies.
• Experience in creating and nurturing successful partnerships.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and execution – a catalyst who brings others with them.
• Established reputation for excellent team leadership, empowerment, and people development.

Responsibilities

• Fund Portfolio Management: SEI will be investing in a broad portfolio of specialist funds backing the future of the financial services space. It will be your role to act as a key relationship manager with those funds, arranging regular catch ups, collecting and analyzing performance data and tracking key trends, technologies and portfolio companies
• Value Realization and Growth Acceleration: Act as a key point of contact for SEI and our LPs with a particular focus on being a specialist resource for questions on tech trends in our space
• Develop and present quarterly research reports on what is happening at the forefront of our industry. Maximize learning and growth for SEI and our partners.
• See and seize opportunities for value creation and realization, grounded in what the market needs or will need.
• Build expertise, capacity and agility by creating and developing a strong external network of entrepreneurs, advisors, partners and investors.
• Organizational Collaboration and Trust Building: Lead with an enterprise mindset, as an integral part of the wider team and organization. Challenge the status quo in a way that brings others along. Anticipate and proactively address areas of potential friction.
• Build deep relationships with business, operational, people, product, technology, legal, risk, marketing and sales teams across the organization, helping them clearly see the potential of our investments and work with the wider ventures team to align with the company needs and define a plan and execute seamlessly.
• Performance Metrics and Reporting: Proactively set leading indicators and key performance metrics, and report regularly, clearly and at the right level across the organization to all stakeholders, on portfolio, strategic alignment, progress on execution and commercialization, engagement of the community, return on investment, impact, value creation, key opportunities and risks.

Benefits

• We offer our employees paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, education assistance and access to thriving employee networks.
• SEI is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees