Client Capital Director

Firm Overview:

Cambridge Associates (“CA”) is a leading global investment firm. CA’s goal is to help endowments & foundations, pension plans, and ultra-high net worth private clients implement and manage custom investment portfolios that generate outperformance so that they can maximize their impact on the world. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, and investment consulting.

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, CA has offices in key markets in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Our worldwide teams ensure our clients benefit from decades of global presence, local expertise, and relationships with the top global investment managers across the world. For more information, please visit

Job Description Summary:

The Client Capital Director (CCA) will serve as a key point of contact between Research, client teams, GPs, and Compliance. This role will be responsible for liaising with CA Fund deal teams, in-house Fund Solutions, and Compliance to oversee and enforce allocation policies and procedures. This role will also orchestrate private investment fund closings, relay access and timing details, communicate subscription timelines, and organize document access in accordance with Compliance mandates, handle GP and LP inquiries within tight deadlines, and manage logistics throughout. A successful CCD will ensure ease of interaction for GPs; timely, consistent, and compliance-aligned internal communication with LPs and work to create more robust and inclusive processes for internal stakeholders. This role will have additional responsibilities liaising with CA Fund teams and Compliance to ensure allocation policies and procedures are documented and observed.

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Oversee CA Fund Allocation workflow policies are documented and followed appropriately, liaise with deal teams and/or Compliance as necessary to ensure accuracy and fidelity with regulatory requirements
• Manage communication between Transaction Compliance, MRO, and GI to validate Discretionary client investment applicability and facilitate timely investment processes
• Manage communication between GPs and prospective LPs (CA clients) by aggregating and sharing interested LP information to a GP in line with CA best practices, and relaying access and timing details to interested LPs
• Manage communication with high-level professionals at GPs to negotiate client access in partnership with CA research teams, while cultivating long-term relationships between CA and GPs
• Oversee allocation planning with Diligence teams to set and deliver information flow, ongoing administration, and timely internal/external communication to support client allocation activities
• Manage fund information workflow to all CA stakeholders, including Global Investment Services (GIS), Global Investment Research (GIR), Legal, Transaction Services, and Client Services Group (CSG)
• Full understanding of fund closing process from beginning to end
• Responsibility for accurate allocation information to be reflected in various internal systems, including Altvia, AACS, IOI, Manager Central, and Optica
• Oversight of activities and/or personnel contributing to CA Fund, fund allocation, or transaction compliance activities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 7-10 years’ professional experience
• Working knowledge of Private Investments, including Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Alternative Assets

• Highly detail-oriented, with the ability to maintain a high standard of accuracy while working in a fast-paced environment under minimal supervision
• Demonstrated ability to assign priorities to multiple concurrent, competing requests, while ensuring their integrity, accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills are required
• Understanding of Research dynamics and broad understanding of Research goals and priorities
• Ability to quickly form and maintain relationships across Research/GIS
• Understanding of broader Research goals and willingness to proactively work towards those goals
• Ability to adapt and pivot quickly, triage requests, and still produce a high-quality product
• Advanced decision-making skills based on understanding of firm goals, values, and similarly executed experiences
• Advanced understanding of Compliance and how that fits into broader research process

Base salary range for this role:

Pay Range Minimum:

143400

Pay Range Maximum:

192200

In addition to the listed salary range, this position is eligible for an annual performance-based bonus and a comprehensive, competitive benefits package. Actual placement within the stated salary range will be determined based on factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as internal equity.

The firm is committed to the concept and practice of equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status. It is expected that all employees will follow a similar policy toward their co-workers.