Enterprise Initiatives and Governance - Assistant Vice President / Vice President

iCapital

$120K — $180K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-12 years in strategy, operations, or similar roles within financial services or tech-enabled environments.
  • Proven track record of handling complex, cross-functional projects with meticulous attention to detail.
  • Advanced PowerPoint skills for crafting executive-level presentations and decision materials.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills for influencing and engaging senior leadership.
  • Strong analytical mindset with the ability to derive insights from both quantitative and qualitative data.
  • Experience facilitating high-level forums and ensuring accountability through effective governance processes.
  • Ability to navigate fast-paced, ambiguous environments with sound judgment and ownership.

Responsibilities

  • Own the operating rhythm for executive committees, managing agendas and follow-through on commitments.
  • Enhance governance practices for decision-making committees, translating outcomes into actionable plans.
  • Generate executive-level analyses to guide enterprise decisions and resource allocation.
  • Oversee communications and information flow for leadership to ensure timely access to critical inputs.
  • Facilitate leadership meetings to align priorities and identify risks for quicker decision-making.
  • Analyze business performance metrics, diagnosing issues and highlighting opportunities for growth.
  • Execute strategic initiatives across functions, proactively addressing obstacles to meet organizational goals.

Benefits

  • Equity for all full-time employees in addition to salary.
  • Comprehensive benefits including 100% employer-paid dental and vision.
  • Employer-matched retirement plan to support long-term savings.
  • Generously subsidized healthcare with telemedicine and mental health counseling access.
  • Parental leave to support family needs.
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO) for work-life balance.
  • Hybrid work environment with in-office requirements from Monday to Thursday.
Full Job Description
About the Role

iCapital is seeking a highly analytical and execution-oriented Assistant Vice President or Vice President to help shape and run the firm's enterprise initiatives and corporate governance agenda, serving as a Chief of Staff-style partner to senior leadership and supporting the Management Committee and Operating Committee. This role is central to strengthening the firm's executive operating cadence, improving decision quality and velocity, clarifying enterprise priorities, and driving accountable follow-through. Operating at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and execution, the role partners closely with senior executives to translate strategic objectives into outcomes, elevate the issues that matter most, and ensure cross-functional alignment in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
  • Own the end-to-end operating rhythm for the Management Committee and Operating Committee shaping agendas and pre-reads, driving decision capture, and ensuring disciplined follow-through on priorities and commitments.
  • Strengthen governance for the Pricing and New Activities Committee by setting the review cadence, improving decision frameworks, and translating outcomes into clear actions and accountability.
  • Produce executive-ready analyses and insights that inform enterprise-level decisions, resource allocation, and operational performance.
  • Lead executive communications and information flow (executive reading, dashboards, calendars, weekly agendas, CEO updates, and special projects) to ensure leaders have the right inputs at the right time.
  • Design and facilitate leadership forums and committee meetings to drive alignment, surface risks and tradeoffs, and accelerate decision-making.
  • Conduct deep dives on business performance, KPIs, and operating metrics identifying trends, diagnosing root causes, and elevating opportunities to improve growth and efficiency.
  • Drive cross-functional execution of strategic initiatives and process improvements, proactively removing roadblocks and ensuring delivery against enterprise goals.
Qualifications
  • 6-12 years of experience in strategy, operations, chief of staff, finance, consulting, or related roles within financial services, fintech, or technology-enabled organizations
  • Demonstrated ability to drive complex, cross-functional work from problem definition through execution, balancing multiple priorities with strong attention to detail
  • Advanced PowerPoint proficiency, with a track record of creating crisp, executive-level narratives, dashboards, and decision materials
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including comfort influencing senior leaders, facilitating alignment, and elevating critical topics for executive focus
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities, with comfort synthesizing quantitative and qualitative inputs into actionable recommendations
  • Experience running senior-level forums, driving accountability, and improving decision quality through effective governance and operating cadence
  • High degree of ownership, sound judgment, and ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving, executive-facing environments
Benefits

The base salary range for this role is $120,000 to $180,000. iCapital offers a compensation package which includes salary, equity for all full-time employees, and an annual performance bonus. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan, generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling, parental leave, and unlimited paid time off (PTO).

We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday.

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