AI Specialist - Vice President/Senior Vice President

AI Specialist – Vice President / Senior Vice President 

Department: iCapital Labs 

Location(s): New York, NY / Greenwich, CT 

 iCapital is powering the world’s alternative investment marketplace. Our financial technology platform has transformed how advisors, wealth management firms, asset managers, and banks evaluate and recommend bespoke public and private market strategies for their high-net-worth clients. iCapital services approximately $170 billion in global client assets invested in 1,392 funds, as of October 2023. 

iCapital has been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 for six consecutive years (2018 – 2023); a three-time selection by Forbes to its list of Best Startup Employers (2021-2023); and a three-time winner of MMI/Barron’s Solutions Provider award (See link below).  

About the Role 

iCapital Labs is a newly created innovation lab within iCapital. Its primary mission is to ensure that iCapital is evaluating and adopting emerging technologies and methods to advance strategic business initiatives. The primary mechanism to accomplish this mission is through rapid prototyping and the execution of POCs or research projects where we explore and analyze new technologies, methods, capabilities, limitations, technical risks, and compatibility with the ICN ecosystem.  

iCapital is looking to hire an AI Specialist who will play a pivotal role in helping to shape and execute our AI strategy as well as helping to drive associated transformative initiatives within our organization. This is all in the pursuit of offering the most innovative products and services to our clients.  

This is an excellent opportunity to help build out a greenfield strategy at an industry leading organization. This role will work directly with technology and business leaders across the firm to help define our strategy and then with various teams as we implement it.  

Responsibilities 

• Keep abreast of industry changes, trends, and the general competitive landscape.  
• Recommend POCs and experiments that iCapital can do to improve organizational knowledge. For example, explore the benefits of fine-tuning an LLM with detailed knowledge of our business and industry.  
• Work with product managers and software engineers to plan and execute these POCs.  
• Develop a good understanding of our business to help make more informed decisions about strategy and ideas.  
• Strategize with the team about the best uses of AI for iCapital and help identify opportunities for using AI across the firm.  
• Participate in industry conferences and external events as appropriate.  
• Contribute to other aspects of iCapital Labs such as publishing our work (internal and external), facilitate user discussions, and otherwise contribute to the direction of the team.  
• Contribute to the overall company mission and culture.  

 Qualifications 

• 10-15+ years of professional experience  
• Technical AI literacy with previous hands-on experience and a good grasp of AI/ML fundamentals and familiar with up-to-date methods  
• Deep understanding of the AI landscape  
• Able to work autonomously in a dynamic and fast paced environment across multiple levels of our organization.  
• Strong problem-solving skills and analytic skills; strategic mindset  
• Excellent communication skills 
• Track record of delivery  

 Benefits 

The base salary range for this role is $150,000 to $250,000 depending on level. 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. We offer most employees the flexibility to work in the office three or four days. Every department has different needs, and some positions will be designated in-office jobs, based on their function.  

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iCapital is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.