Alternative Investment Data Strategy Lead
Consolidated Data Services seeks an Alternative Investment Data Strategy Lead to develop scalable data solutions for alternative products in the FFIO investment lifecycle. This role provides strategic direction, drives operational efficiency, and aligns with FFIO's data strategy. You'll collaborate across business divisions to understand data needs and influence solutions across multiple domains.
- Define and own the alternative product data strategy aligned with business, technology, and regulatory needs
- Provide deep expertise in hedge funds, private markets, and portfolio transaction data
- Partner with product and domain leads to streamline data flows and enhance operations
- Establish consistent data solutions for alternative products and External Money Manager (EMM) processes
- Develop an operating model that reduces manual processes and promotes strategic data ownership
- Influence data standards and acquisition practices across external financial managers
- Maintain data governance policies including quality, metadata, lineage, and architecture
- Deliver insights through dashboards, documentation, and lifecycle management
- Collaborate across FFIO, Asset Management, and Fidelity to implement innovative solutions
- Ensure global controls and risk mitigation practices are in place
- Lead organizational change and promote a data-driven culture
Expertise and Skills You Bring
Extensive experience in financial services, data strategy, and alternative investment operationsStrong knowledge of private markets, fund accounting, and investment lifecycleProven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholdersExpertise in data governance, quality, and management principlesExcellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex conceptsStrategic problem solver with a track record of driving innovation and measurable impactNote : Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.The team is part of Consolidated Data Services (CDS), which is responsible for FFIO data strategy and governance, data management, advanced data analytics, vendor relations, research and market data services, and more. 'CDS' is part of Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (FFIO) which provides accounting and investment management support services for Fidelity mutual funds and other retail and institutional investment products.