Talent Manager, Asset Manager

Talent Manager Asset Management, London Role Overview

We are looking for a high‑calibre Talent Manager to own and build our internal and external talent pipeline across the firm and related ventures. This role sits close to the investment engine and will focus on identifying, attracting, and assessing exceptional people and teams who can drive performance from portfolio managers and investment analysts through to specialist sales, risk, operations, quantitative technologies and top interns or graduate candidates.

You will combine classic talent‑management and recruitment skills with an investors mindset: proactively mapping the market, spotting under‑the‑radar teams and individuals and helping us capitalise on emerging opportunities in hedge funds, liquid alternatives, and private ventures.

Altana Wealth is an award‑winning Asset Management Company based in London with an affiliate company based in Monaco, backed by partners money and with a wide range of funds across multiple asset classes. The company manages assets on behalf of professional clients and eligible counter parties. Altana Wealth is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. Please visit  for further information.

Our team members are outstanding individuals coming from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures with a common focus on high performance and distinguished sources of alpha. We are constantly seeking innovative solutions that would set us apart from our competitors by offering transparency and aligning our investors with every strategy. We value our passion and commitment, and we are rewarded for our performance.

• Talent strategy and pipeline
• Develop and continuously refine a talent strategy aligned with the firms investment and business priorities (London, Monaco and affiliated vehicles).
• Build and maintain a high‑quality internal database of current and future talent (front‑office, risk, distribution, technology, operations, and key portfolio‑company roles).
• Identify individuals and teams with differentiated investment ideas, data or technology edge, or distribution capability who could operate under our regulatory umbrella or within our fund platform.
• Sourcing and market mapping
• Run proactive searches across hedge funds, asset managers, PE/VC‑backed businesses and relevant tech/quant ecosystems.
• Use Linked In, industry databases, events, direct approaches, and your own network to find and engage candidates and teams with unusual, high‑conviction ideas.
• Maintain regular dialogue with a curated set of specialist search firms and recruiters, tracking their best candidates while negotiating effectively on commercials.
• Selection, assessment and process management
• Own end‑to‑end hiring processes for priority roles: briefing stakeholders, drafting job specifications, sourcing candidates, conducting first‑round interviews, and coordinating technical and cultural assessments.
• Design and implement structured interview frameworks, case studies and practical tests tailored to front‑office, risk, distribution, and technology roles, ensuring consistency and fairness across processes.
• Collect and synthesise feedback from interviewers, challenge thinking where appropriate, and drive data‑based, timely hiring decisions.
• Internal organisation review and succession
• Partner with leadership to map current organisational strengths and gaps across strategies, functions and locations.
• Identify critical roles and potential succession risks, proposing options (internal development, external search, team lift‑outs, or tactical interim solutions).
• Provide insight and recommendations on organisational design, reporting lines, and talent allocation to support growth initiatives, new funds and new business lines.
• Performance, development, and retention
• Work with senior management to design role‑specific scorecards, onboarding plans, and development paths for key hires, ensuring clear expectations and measurable outcomes.
• Support the creation of a high‑performance culture that reinforces our values: ownership mindset, innovation, analytical rigour, transparency and alignment with investors.
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