Product Management - Private markets, Charles River Development, Assistant Vice President in London

The AVP of Product Management, Private Markets is a versatile and entrepreneurial product leader responsible for cross-cutting platform capabilities that serve multiple private markets asset classes — including private equity, private credit, real assets, and multi-strategy funds. This individual owns product areas that span the horizontal layers of our platform: data infrastructure, fund analytics, cross-asset reporting, workflow automation, and emerging capabilities such as AI-assisted due diligence and document intelligence. The AVP will operate at the intersection of investment operations, technology, and business strategy, making this an ideal role for a product manager who thrives in a fast-moving, high-complexity environment and can hold multiple stakeholder needs in tension while delivering elegant, scalable solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define and deliver the roadmap for horizontal platform capabilities serving all private markets asset classes — including core data services, cross-fund analytics, workflow automation, and API infrastructure.
• Lead initiatives in AI/ML-enabled product features, including document extraction (e.g., fund documents, LP agreements, investment memos), NLP-powered search, and intelligent alert systems.
• Own the investor data model and taxonomy — defining how fund, deal, asset, and investor-level entities relate across the platform and ensuring consistency across reporting modules.
• Partner with investment operations, middle-office, and technology teams to identify and eliminate high-friction manual workflows through automation and smart product design.
• Manage integrations with third-party data providers, fund administrators, custodians, and market data platforms to ensure data completeness and latency standards are met.
• Drive the development of cross-asset portfolio analytics, including exposure analysis, concentration risk, vintage diversification, and performance attribution across fund vintages.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape, including enterprise vendors, point solutions, and emerging AI-native platforms.
• Lead agile ceremonies, manage a prioritized backlog, and ensure timely delivery of product increments across engineering squads.
• Define and own product success metrics; build dashboards to track adoption, data quality, operational efficiency, and business impact.
• Support the Head of Product and VP-level leadership in strategic planning, OKR development, and cross-functional alignment.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of experience in product management within financial services, fintech, or enterprise software — with meaningful exposure to private markets or asset management.
• Solid understanding of private markets operations across multiple asset classes, including fund structures, capital deployment workflows, valuation processes, and investor reporting cycles.
• Demonstrated experience owning platform-level or infrastructure product workstreams with high technical complexity.
• Familiarity with data architecture concepts: data modeling, ETL pipelines, API design, and event-driven systems.
• Experience with agile development methodologies; strong proficiency with product management tools (Jira, Confluence, Productboard, or similar).
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to operate autonomously and drive results in a cross-functional environment.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA, CFA, or technical graduate degree preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience building or scaling AI/ML-powered product features — particularly in document processing, NLP, or predictive analytics.
• Familiarity with private markets technology stack and leading vendor solutions (Allvue, Efront, Dynamo, iLEVEL, Juniper Square, Canoe).
• Exposure to fund administration workflows, including capital calls, distributions, NAV calculations, and waterfall modeling.
• Knowledge of data governance, master data management, and financial data quality frameworks.
• Experience with API-first product design and developer experience (DX) programs.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Platform Thinking — able to design scalable, reusable product capabilities that serve multiple business lines and use cases.
• Technical Acumen — comfortable engaging engineers at a meaningful level on architecture, data modeling, and integration design.
• Intellectual Curiosity — continuously seeks to deepen understanding of private markets operations and emerging technology trends.
• Influence Without Authority — builds strong relationships and drives alignment across a matrixed organization.
• Prioritization Under Ambiguity — comfortable making high-quality decisions with incomplete information in a fast-paced environment.
• Entrepreneurial Drive — treats the platform as a product to be grown and improved; proactive in identifying opportunities.