Senior Investment Manager, Private Markets

About the Role

As a leader in Opto’s investment team, you will be critical to executing Opto’s vision of empowering fiduciaries to invest confidently in private markets.  You will focus on investment research and diligence across a wide range of bespoke client mandates including overall portfolio construction and investment research/diligence both at the manager and direct investment level.   You will provide insight and guidance in further developing software and data-driven manager research for the Opto platform in partnership with its technology team.  

• Developing Opto’s overall private market views by monitoring overall market trends and demand in the alternative investment space, including private equity, venture capital, real estate, private credit, infrastructure and other asset classes
• Building multi-asset private market portfolio to fulfill client mandates 
• Qualitative and quantitative manager and investment research and due diligence
• Continuing to scale systematic processes for investment due diligence, investment performance, and ongoing risk monitoring
• Developing market research and educational materials in partnership with our content team

About You

You’re an experienced private markets allocator that is on top of industry trends and has a track record of identifying innovative strategies and managers across private markets.  You’re a strong analytical thinker able to execute quantitative and qualitative analysis. You’re independent, able to identify gaps/reorient your analytical strategies to answer the questions at hand without constant guidance, and strong at cutting through problems with incomplete information.  We can give you a question and you come back later with the best way to answer it and what answer that analysis provides. You’ve got a bit of a bent towards systematic thinking and a need to make processes more efficient. And most importantly, you’re passionate about financial markets and improving how private markets are connected to the world!

• Quantitative analysis skills (fluency in performance data, reporting, economic data, and portfolio math)
• Qualitative analysis 
• Strong communicator (written, verbal, and visual)
• Independent problem solver 
• Experience using technology to source, research and analyze private investments

• Experience building quantitative manager research tools
• Ability to code and/or build custom financial models
• CFA charterholder/CAIA  

• 5-10 years of experience in an allocator role within private markets/alternative investments 
• Bachelors Degree in business, finance, economics or related field
• Experience working with data and analysis tools 

Opto has a high bar for talent, and we are committed to building the best teams possible. Candidates are never subjected to discrimination based on race, citizenship, religion, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, sensory, mental, or physical disability, or any other characteristic.

The successful candidate for this role can expect a generous compensation and benefits package. The cash salary range for this role is $185,000-$225,000 dependent on skills, experience and expected contribution. 

All full time employees at Opto enjoy:

• Significant equity
• Health, dental, and vision
• Unlimited PTO
• Retirement savings plan (401k)
• Learning, Fitness & WFH stipends
• Paid Holidays, Including closing the week in between December 25th and January 1st