Head of Solutions Strategy in City of London

Overview

Job Title: Head of Solutions Strategy, Private Markets

Business: Schroders Capital

Division: Schroders Capital Solutions

Location: London, UK (M-Th in office, some weeks 5 days)

Reports to: Head and CIO of Schroders Capital Solutions

Experience level: Senior leadership role

About Schroders Capital: Schroders Capital is the private markets business of Schroders with $111bn of AUM. We specialise in bespoke solutions across private debt and credit alternatives, real estate equity, private equity and infrastructure equity, serving institutional and private wealth clients. Our team designs scalable capabilities across risk, return and sustainability objectives and collaborates with Schroders’ global private markets platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Set strategic priorities and objectives with leadership. Define and execute the roadmap for private markets solutions, aligning investment capabilities with platform capabilities, client demand and market trends, including high-potential Wealth and Institutional Client segments.
• Lead origination, development, structuring, and delivery of complex, bespoke or comingled, multi-private asset portfolios and structures (e.g., fund-of-one mandates, evergreen vehicles, thematic strategies) across all engagement channels including RFIs, strategic partnerships, and marketing campaigns.
• Represent Schroders Capital Solutions at senior levels with clients, industry bodies, and regulators.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing solutions strategy team with a commercially driven, client-centred culture.
• Cultivate, expand, and manage strategic relationships with institutional clients, consultants, and strategic partners.
• Anticipate market trends, regulatory shifts, and technology advances to ensure solutions are cutting-edge, compliant, and future-fit.
• Support Schroders Capital’s brand and Schroders Capital Solutions as a global leader in bespoke private markets portfolio construction and solutions — authoring white papers, insights, and marketing materials.
• Governance and regulatory oversight: contribute to product committees, ensuring robust governance and alignment with fiduciary and internal processes.

Required Knowledge, Experience, And Qualifications

• Recognised as a leading solutions specialist or strategist within global private markets or alternatives.
• Extensive experience (typically 12+ years) in investment solutions, portfolio construction, origination, and client delivery across a major asset manager, consultancy, or investment bank.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams, with a prestigious client network.
• Strong understanding of private markets, including private equity, private debt and credit alternatives, real estate, infrastructure, and institutional/wealth client structuring.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory standards relevant to UK, EMEA, and global institutional investors.
• Track record of thought leadership and external market influence.
• Outstanding analytical, commercial, and communication skills—able to operate credibly at C-suite and decision-maker level.
• Degree in finance, economics, business, or related field; post-graduate or professional qualifications (e.g., CFA, CAIA) preferred.

We Recognise Potential, Whoever You Are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic.

About Us

We\’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future. We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients and society prosper.