Key Family Wealth Investment Consultant, Manager

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Job Summary
The Family Wealth Investment Consultant Manager leads a team of Portfolio Strategists responsible for managing and constructing customized investment portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth clients within a fiduciary framework. This role provides strategic, technical, and people leadership to ensure consistent investment excellence, risk management, and client outcomes across the platform. The Manager operates in a player-coach capacity, balancing team leadership responsibilities with managing a select portfolio of client relationships and providing investment advice. This role partners closely with Client Development leadership and other Family Wealth Segment stakeholders to drive high-quality client strategies, scalable processes, and strong team performance.

Essential Functions

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Family Wealth Portfolio Strategists responsible for managing large, complex discretionary portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth clients.
• Serve as lead investment advisor on a select book of complex Family Wealth client and prospect engagements.
• Develop and implement comprehensive investment strategies, including IPS development, asset allocation, and risk management for assigned relationships.
• Set clear expectations for portfolio construction, risk management, fiduciary adherence, and client service consistency across the team.
• Serve as a senior investment resource, supporting complex client scenarios, portfolio design decisions, and strategy discussions.
• Ensure portfolios are designed and managed in accordance with client investment goals, risk tolerance, investment policy statements, and Wealth Segment investment guidance.
• Oversee implementation of asset allocation strategies utilizing open architecture platforms and approved investment programs.
• Monitor portfolio performance and risk metrics at a team level; ensure timely reviews, escalations, and adjustments based on market conditions and client needs.
• Promote collaboration between Portfolio Strategists, Family Wealth Strategists, Fiduciary Advisors, and other Family Wealth partners to deliver coordinated client strategies.
• Reinforce compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies, fiduciary standards, and risk management practices.
• Provide direct management and performance oversight of a Team Lead responsible for supervising Portfolio Analysts and Associates, ensuring effective delegation, coverage, and workflow execution.
• Actively contribute to or represent the team in investment committees, governance forums, or internal working groups, as appropriate.
• Communicate effectively with Wealth leadership regarding team performance, capacity, risks, and strategic opportunities.
• Ensure strict adherence to fiduciary, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned; duties, responsibilities and/or activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice
• Complies with all KeyBank policies and procedures, including without limitation, acting professionally at all times, conducting business ethically, avoiding conflicts of interest, and acting in the best interests of Key's clients and Key.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in related field (preferred)

• OR equivalent experience (required)

Work Experience

• 10 years of investment management or advisory experience serving ultrahighnetworth clients. (required)

Licenses and Certifications

• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) (preferred)
• Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) (preferred)

Skills

• Deep expertise in sophisticated investment strategies, including alternatives.
• Proven track record as a trusted advisor with demonstrated sales and relationship growth success.
• Strong communication skills across diverse client and advisor audiences.
• Experience as a subject matter expert and presenter.
• Demonstrated success in complex new business development.
• Expert management skills in fostering, facilitating and delivering on the ultra high net worth market expectations
• Experience as subject-matter-expert to in-house and industry groups
• Demonstrated new business and/or client service accomplishments in ultra-high net worth market
• Ability to provide coaching and development to team members.

Core Competencies

• All KeyBank employees are expected to demonstrate Key's Values and abide by Key's Code of Conduct.

Physical Demands

• General Office - Prolonged sitting, ability to communicate face to face in person or on the phone with teammates and clients, frequent use of PC/laptop, occasional lifting/pushing/pulling of backpacks, computer bags up to 10 lbs.

Travel

• Occasional travel to include overnight stay.

Driving Requirements

• Ability to routinely and frequently operate a motor vehicle with a valid driver's license.

Work Location Category

• Hybrid (Sales)

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

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