Head of Manager Selection Analytics

MIO Partners Inc. (MIO) is a global, world-class investment and advisory institution with a decades-long track record of performance for our clients through multiple market cycles. Our team of approximately 250 people provides asset management and advisory services to current and former McKinsey employees. We manage more than $20 billion in assets across public and private markets. We are headquartered in New York City, with offices in Atlanta, Georgia;  West Palm Beach, Florida; Germany; Hong Kong; Singapore; Spain; and the UK.

We provide objective advice on long-term wealth building and create distinctive investment products that deliver value relative to market-based benchmarks. We operate two core lines of business: (i) our advisory team provides advice, wealth planning, and retirement services to approximately 2500 individual clients, and (ii) our investments business consists of alpha-seeking alternative investment strategies across public and private markets. 

A defining characteristic of our business is our perfect alignment with our clients. Our extraordinary mandate as a boutique investment and advisory firm, grounded in a core set of principles, enables us to create unique products and services while keeping our clients’ interests front and center. 

Much of our success can be attributed to our insatiable intellectual curiosity. We seek to hire individuals who are passionate about our mission and values, and who always strive toward excellence. We care about fostering a culture of continual improvement, as individuals and as an organization, and are excited to work with individuals who have a similar growth mindset. We are proud to have a culture that promotes the highest ethical standards and investor-focused values, alongside a commitment to diversity and inclusivity and a highly collaborative work environment.

MIO (and related entities) is an independent, indirect, and wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Company. 

Position

MIO’s Portfolio Analytics Group seeks a Head of Manager Selection Analytics to lead a small, high-impact team responsible for advancing MIO’s manager selection and portfolio analytics capabilities. This role sits at the intersection of investments, risk, and technology, driving analytical frameworks, systems, and insights that directly inform portfolio construction and manager evaluation.

The individual will serve as a strategic thought partner to the Head of Portfolio Analytics and senior leadership (CIO, CRO, PMs), while owning the analytics and infrastructure that underpin investment decision-making across internal and external managers. 

The Group

The Portfolio Analytics Group (PAG) provides decision support to the Investment team by (i) maintaining and evolving MIO's manager selection engine and (ii) leveraging data and analytics to create an edge in our investment processes. The group delivers insights that support the CIO and portfolio managers in manager selection decisions.

PAG also serves as the center of excellence for performance and risk reporting for Risk and Advisory. The team owns MIO's attribution system, a critical component in managing investment performance and systemic risks across our portfolio.

Primary responsibilities 

Strategic Investment Partnership

• Serve as a thought partner for the Investment and Risk teams on portfolio construction and manager selection challenges


• Develop differentiated and novel investment insights through a deep understanding of the alpha landscape and MIO’s platform


• Lead and execute bespoke investment analyses to identify alpha opportunities and emerging risks

Manager Selection Analytics & Platform Ownership

• Lead the development and evolution of MIO’s manager selection analytics ecosystem


• Bring an investor’s mindset to bridge the gap between PMs, analysts, and developers


• Partner with the Head of Portfolio Analytics to maintain and enhance our world-class platform for selecting and running a portfolio of external managers


• Manage and own systems and calculations to produce analytics used in investment decision-making


• Ensure stakeholder understanding, adoption, and alignment with analytics systems

Analytics & Systems Development

• Drive the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of investment analytics, models, systems and processes


• Translate business needs into scalable analytical and system solutions


• Partner with senior management and Investment and Risk teams to define and deliver enhancements

Ad-hoc Investment Analytics

• Deliver high-quality, timely analyses to support senior management with investment decision-making


• Ensure strong conceptual rigor and integrity of analytical frameworks


• Maintain accuracy of outputs requested by senior management through robust validation, controls, and review processes

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, develop, and manage a team of 2-5 people that own investment and manager selection related analytics


• Set strategic direction, priorities, and standards for the team


• Run a deliberately developmental team and support that ethos in the broader organization

Desired background

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in finance, computer science, business administration, management information systems, mathematics, engineering, or related field


• 7+ years in an investment role, with deep expertise in alpha generation and/or manager selection


• Experience at a top-tier asset management firm, ideally with exposure to multiple asset classes


• Demonstrated success leading projects and operating in team-based environments


• Strong analytical and quantitative skills applied to investment and economic analysis


• Exceptional communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex investment analytics and present clear, actionable insights to senior stakeholders

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MIO has adopted a flexible, hybrid model that supports a blend of in-office and remote work. Our office is in New York City.

MIO Partners, Inc. (MIO) is an equal opportunity employer. MIO will consider all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.  

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