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Salary: USD 215,000 - 300,000 / annual
iCapital is seeking a Head of Content Strategy to lead and scale the firm's global content vision during its next phase of growth. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on content expertise to develop a unified content strategy that strengthens iCapital's position across investment management, wealth management, and financial technology while expanding thought leadership across the platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and lead a multi-year content strategy and scalable messaging architecture positioning iCapital at the intersection of investment management, wealth management, and fintech, supporting global and regional growth.
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing content organization, including agency and external partner relationships, while establishing workflows, governance structures, and resourcing models for scale.
- Translate complex financial and business concepts into compelling, audience-centric narratives across investment management, private markets, structured investments, ETFs, annuities, life insurance, and platform capabilities.
- Develop, write, edit, and oversee content across formats including thought leadership, executive perspectives, educational content, research distribution, presentations, newsletters, podcasts, video, and digital content.
- Establish editorial standards, content governance frameworks, publication processes, editorial calendars, tone-of-voice guidelines, and audience-specific messaging to ensure consistency, quality, and regulatory compliance.
- Partner closely with executive leadership, investment professionals, subject matter experts, Product Marketing, Brand, Digital, Social, PR, Events, Compliance, and international teams to align content strategy with business priorities.
- Expand content visibility and distribution through multi-channel programs, SEO and answer engine optimization (AEO), paid, owned, and earned media, strategic partnerships, and emerging platforms.
- Represent iCapital's thought leadership strategy through conferences, partner events, media relationships, and executive presentations.
Workplace: Monday–Thursday in office, remote flexibility on Friday.
Requirements:
- 15+ years of experience leading content strategy, editorial, thought leadership, or content marketing functions within financial services, investment management, wealth management, fintech, or related industry.
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in finance, economics, journalism, communications, or related field preferred.
- Demonstrated success developing and executing enterprise-wide content strategies across multiple audiences, channels, formats, and global markets with measurable business outcomes.
- Deep understanding of financial markets and experience partnering with portfolio managers, research analysts, strategists, economists, and investment professionals to translate complex concepts for diverse audiences.
- Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, and content development capabilities across long-form, short-form, and multimedia formats; ability to operate as both strategic leader and hands-on practitioner.
- Proven ability to build and scale teams, establish content governance frameworks, manage complex projects, and lead multiple concurrent initiatives in fast-paced environments.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills with track record of advising senior executives, building trusted partnerships, and aligning cross-functional teams.
- Data-driven mindset with expertise in content performance measurement, analytics, SEO, AEO, content distribution, and optimization across digital, social, email, video, PR, paid media, and events.
