Vice President, Investor Relations

About Northern Trust:
Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The Vice President will support investor relations and fundraising efforts across 50 South Capital, with a primary focus on the wealth channel. This role will serve as a key point of contact for financial advisors and high net worth clients, while also contributing broadly to the firm’s investor relations, product positioning, and client communication efforts. Working closely with senior team members, the role is focused on relationship development, advisor engagement, and day-to-day execution, complemented by involvement in firmwide initiatives including product launches, investor communications, and cross-team coordination.

• Serve as a primary point of contact for financial advisors and wealth partners, both within Northern Trust and externally
• Build and maintain relationships through regular in-person engagement and travel
• Support client conversations, portfolio reviews, and education sessions

• Partner with senior team members to drive capital raising efforts across the platform
• Maintain and advance a pipeline of opportunities, while supporting broader firm fundraising initiatives
• Identify opportunities to deepen relationships across both internal and external wealth managers

• Contribute to investor relations activities across the platform, including:
• Responding to investor and internal partner requests
• Supporting client servicing efforts
• Coordinating with internal teams on ongoing initiatives
• Partner with investment, operations, and product teams to ensure consistency and accuracy of information shared with clients

• Assist in the creation and maintenance of investor presentations, commentary, and client materials
• Translate complex strategies into clear, advisor-friendly messaging
• Support ongoing communication around fund performance and market developments

• Support new product development and fund launches, including positioning and go-to-market efforts
• Develop a strong understanding of the firm’s private equity, private credit, and hedge fund offerings
• Provide feedback from the field to inform product strategy and messaging

• Help ensure a coordinated and seamless client experience across the platform
• Work closely with Investment teams, Product management, Operations and fund administrators, and Northern Trust sales and relationship teams

• ~6–10+ years of experience in investor relations, alternatives sales, or private markets fundraising
• Strong understanding of the Alternatives market, particularly private markets (private equity, credit, secondaries)
• Experience working with or covering wealth / intermediary channels
• Willingness to travel and build relationships in person
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to operate across multiple priorities and stakeholders, including a hands on approach to supporting all Investor Relations content and support

Salary Range: $164, USD Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay.

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