Alternative Investments Data Strategy Lead

Job Description:

The Role

Consolidated Data Services seeks an Alternative Investment Data Strategy Lead to develop scalable data solutions for alternative products in the FFIO investment lifecycle. This role provides strategic direction, drives operational efficiency, and aligns with FFIO’s data strategy. You’ll collaborate across business divisions to understand data needs and influence solutions across multiple domains.

• Define and own the alternative product data strategy aligned with business, technology, and regulatory needs
• Provide deep expertise in hedge funds, private markets, and portfolio transaction data
• Partner with product and domain leads to streamline data flows and enhance operations
• Establish consistent data solutions for alternative products and External Money Manager (EMM) processes
• Develop an operating model that reduces manual processes and promotes strategic data ownership
• Influence data standards and acquisition practices across external financial managers
• Maintain data governance policies including quality, metadata, lineage, and architecture
• Deliver insights through dashboards, documentation, and lifecycle management
• Collaborate across FFIO, Asset Management, and Fidelity to implement innovative solutions
• Ensure global controls and risk mitigation practices are in place
• Lead organizational change and promote a data-driven culture

Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Extensive experience in financial services, data strategy, and alternative investment operations
• Strong knowledge of private markets, fund accounting, and investment lifecycle
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders
• Expertise in data governance, quality, and management principles
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex concepts
• Strategic problem solver with a track record of driving innovation and measurable impact

• Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

The Team

The team is part of Consolidated Data Services (CDS), which is responsible for FFIO data strategy and governance, data management, advanced data analytics, vendor relations, research and market data services, and more. 'CDS' is part of Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (FFIO) which provides accounting and investment management support services for Fidelity mutual funds and other retail and institutional investment products.

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Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.