Senior Manager - Wealth Management

About Alpha Group

Alpha Group is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry. Founded in 2003, Alpha has spent over 20 years bringing together specialists, sector-focused strategy, management consulting, and technology expertise to support the entire client transformation lifecycle. Having partnered with more than 1,200 clients worldwide across the asset and wealth management, alternatives, and insurance industries, Alpha is a trusted advisor for complex change programs.

In North America, Alpha is continuing to expand its wealth management capabilities, supporting RIAs, independent wealth firms, private banks, and advisor platforms as they modernize operating models, technology ecosystems, investment capabilities, and advisor and client experiences.

We now have over 1,200 consultants working with clients across North America, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC. In 2024, in recognition of our successful track record and strong growth prospects, Alpha was acquired by Bridgepoint, one of the world's leading quoted private asset growth investors.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Many of our team have built long and fulfilling careers with us, often staying for over a decade. Alpha offers a genuinely rewarding place to work: a meritocratic environment where your career can flourish, and a welcoming culture where you can be yourself, connect with others, and thrive.

As we look to the future, we’re excited to be looking for new Alpha colleagues, individuals who are collaborative, innovative, and ambitious. We hope you will join us and help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

Why join Alpha?

Flexibility that supports real life – We trust our team to manage their time and energy in the way that works best for them. Our hybrid and flexible working model allows you to balance client delivery with personal commitments, without sacrificing career progression.

Inclusive parental leave & family support – We offer generous parental leave for all parents alongside a truly supportive return-to-work culture. Many of our team members transition smoothly back through flexible scheduling, ramp-up periods, and ongoing mentorship.

Established yet entrepreneurial – Alpha combines the stability of a global consultancy with the agility of a high-growth firm, giving you autonomy, visibility, and the ability to shape your career.

Learning built in, not added on – You’ll receive tailored training, structured mentorship, and up to 5 paid training days each year, plus on-the-job experience that accelerates your growth.

A diverse culture and leadership team – We’re proud to have diversity within our senior leadership here at Alpha across North America and globally. We invest in developing all leaders through coaching, internal communities, and opportunities to work closely with partners.

A truly supportive environment – We’re a meritocratic culture where your impact matters more than face time. We care about results, high standards, and collaboration.

About the Role

Alpha is continuing to expand its capabilities across the RIA and independent wealth market, an increasingly important segment that includes scaled RIAs, independent private wealth firms, and the technology and platform providers that support them. We are looking for a Senior Manager who brings deep, hands-on knowledge of how these firms operate and can pair that industry expertise with strong consulting capabilities. This individual will play a leadership role across client delivery, business development, and the continued build-out of Alpha’s RIA & Independent Wealth capabilities. The role is intended for someone who can quickly become a trusted advisor to clients, lead complex transformation engagements, and bring a strong point of view on the strategic, operating model, and technology issues shaping independent wealth management. The ideal candidate will have developed this expertise either through significant consulting experience focused on the RIA and independent wealth market or through meaningful operating experience within an RIA, independent wealth manager, wealth platform, or similar organization, combined with strong transformation and problem-solving capabilities.

As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for:

Managing project execution and teams of consultants to ensure the successful delivery of client engagements, including planning the day-to-day work of the team, facilitating client interviews and workshops, structuring client deliverables, and ensuring Alpha’s standards for quality are met

Bringing deep subject matter expertise in RIAs and independent wealth firms, including their operating models, advisor and client experiences, investment platforms, technology ecosystems, and middle and back-office capabilities

Advising clients on strategic and transformational topics such as target operating model design, technology strategy and modernization, advisor productivity, client experience, investment platform transformation, managed accounts, data, workflow, and AI-enabled operating models

Acting as a senior client advisor who can connect business challenges to practical operating model and technology implications

Supporting Alpha’s business development by identifying client needs, shaping propositions, driving the creation of client proposals, authoring thought leadership, and maintaining strong relationships with past and prospective clients

Helping build Alpha’s RIA & Independent Wealth capabilities, including developing market perspectives, reusable intellectual property, propositions, target account strategies, and thought leadership

Maintaining a strong understanding of the wealth technology ecosystem, including portfolio management and trading, CRM, financial planning, advisor workspaces, reporting, data, alternatives, workflow, and orchestration capabilities

Maintaining a strong understanding of trends shaping independent wealth management, including consolidation and scale, advisor platform evolution, AI, managed accounts, alternatives, changing client expectations, and the continued modernization of wealth technology ecosystems

Creating a culture of continuous learning for the team and clients and actively mentoring team members to develop their skillsets as they progress in their careers

Collaborating across Alpha’s Wealth Management and broader Asset & Wealth Management capabilities to bring an RIA and independent wealth perspective into areas such as investments, alternatives, data, technology, operations, AI, and client experience

Contributing to the wider Alpha community by making innovative and proactive contributions to one or more of Alpha’s business management or practice areas

Experience & Skills

At Alpha FMC, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and career journeys. We value diverse perspectives, transferable skills, and non-linear paths, and we recognize that great talent comes in many forms. Even if your experience doesn’t align with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply.

For this role, we are specifically seeking someone with meaningful depth in the RIA and independent wealth market who can bring immediate subject matter expertise alongside strong consulting and leadership capabilities.

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of the following:

At least 7 years of relevant experience within wealth management consulting, an RIA, independent wealth manager, wealth technology or platform provider, or an in-house strategy, transformation, or program management role

Deep, hands-on experience with RIAs and independent wealth firms, with a demonstrated understanding of how these organizations operate across the front, middle, and back office

Sustained experience working within or advising RIAs, independent wealth firms, or closely adjacent wealth platforms, rather than limited exposure through a sm