Investment Banking VP​/Director Expert

$100/hr
The rate in the listing.
From the Ethos listing, checked Nov 6.

$100/hour
Commitment:
Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)

Location:

Fully remote, work on your own schedule

Start date:

ASAP

6+ years in investment banking, currently or recently at VP level or above
Track record of owning pitch books and board materials for live mandates
Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail

Ethos is a new expert network built by a McKinsey/Soft Bank/Deep Mind team and backed by world-leading investors like General Catalyst. We connect experts with investors and consultancies for paid expert calls, speaking engagements, and advisory opportunities.

We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced investment banking vice presidents and directors who can help train their latest language model on professional presentation and slide deck tasks.
We're looking for VPs and Directors with 6+ years in investment banking who own client materials end to end to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks across core workflows: pitch narrative and structure, board presentation drafting, fairness opinion materials, buyer/target positioning pages, and quality control of analyst-produced decks.

25 days
of applying.
Within 2 weeks
~30%
Within 6 weeks
~65%
Within 3 months
~85%

Is Ethos regular AI training work like rating chatbot responses?
No. Ethos is an expert network. AI labs, investment funds and large companies pay for your domain knowledge (deal analysis, clinical reasoning, legal logic, financial modeling) in three formats: multi-week consulting engagements, 30 to 60 minute advisory calls, and research surveys. Listings like this one are the AI-lab engagements, where you write or review expert material for a model.

Do I need to keep applying for projects on Ethos?
No. When your profile is live, Ethos matches you to new projects from your career history, so companies find you. Each finished project raises your Expert Score, which brings you better-paid work.

How many hours a week is this Investment Banking VP / Director work?
Between 5 and 20 hours a week. At $100/hr that is $500 to $2,000 a week. You set your own hours.

What experience does this Investment Banking VP / Director listing ask for?
The listing asks for 6+ years in investment banking, currently or recently at VP level or above; track record of owning pitch books and board materials for live mandates; and expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail. Ethos's interviewer builds your profile from your CV, so have the roles that show this ready to talk through.

How much does this specific role pay?
This listing is posted at $100/hr, an hourly rate. Pay can change after we check the listing, so confirm the rate on the platform's application page.

What happens when I click Apply on this listing?
The link opens Ethos's sign-up. There is no form for this listing:
Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your career in a 5 to 15 minute call, builds your profile from it, and then matches you to projects like this one. Keep your CV open and cover the experience the Qualifications above ask for.

Who built Ethos and is it legitimate?
Yes. Ethos was founded in London in 2024 by James Lo (McKinsey, Soft Bank Vision Fund) and Daniel Mankowitz (Google Deep Mind research scientist and lead author of Alpha Dev). It raised a $22.75M Series A led by a16z in May 2026, with General Catalyst and XTX Markets participating, and works with AI labs, private equity firms, hedge funds and consultancies.

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