Position Highlights:

• Position: Senior Director – Private Markets
• Full Time/Part Time: Full-time

As the Senior Director – Private Markets at NorthShore - Edward Elmhurst Health (“NS-EEH”), you will focus on assessing the market environment and sourcing/monitoring investment manager relationships in private equity, venture capital, and other private investment areas. In this role you will be an integral part of a rapidly growing team that is committed to developing internal talent via close collaboration with the CIO and other investment team members.

What you will need:

• Education: Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science required, preferably in economics, social sciences, mathematical sciences, engineering, computer science, business or other relevant discipline
  • Preferred: Master’s degree in Business or similar discipline or progress towards. CFA and/or CAIA, or progress towards.
• Experience & Skills:
• A minimum of four (4) or more years of relevant professional experience in an asset allocator role, institutional asset management, investment consulting or other similar field
• Ten (10) or more years of relevant professional experience in an asset allocator role, institutional asset management, investment consulting or other similar field preferred
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Ability to work well within a team environment
• In-depth knowledge of capital markets
• In-depth knowledge of financial analysis
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Adobe Acrobat
• Experience with third-party database/analysis providers such as eVestment, InvestmentMetrics and Burgiss a plus

What you will do:

• Leads idea generation, sources investment manager relationships through networks, market research and analysis activities.
• Works closely with the CIO on the capital pacing model for private investments.
• Leads the due diligence process, or re-underwriting process, that results in the recommendations to add, hold or remove investment managers, as well as maintain the relationship for the manager once added to the portfolio.
• Compiles the market mapping, overviews and assessments of potential investment managers, as well as economic and market analysis.
• Maintains quantitative and qualitative analyses of manager performance and holdings.
• Organizes and leads due diligence trips to investigate new themes or review existing or potential managers.
• Collaborates with the operations team at the inception of a new investment to ensure thorough operational due diligence.
• Prepares internal reports as necessary detailing performance, exposures, concentrations, and other portfolio characteristics.
• Monitors asset class valuations and data for further research into potential new investment opportunities.

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