Vice President, Product Marketing – Global Private Wealth

Job Description Summary

For over forty years, HarbourVest has been home to a committed team of professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to deliver impactful solutions to our clients and investing partners. As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking.

In our collegial environment that’s marked by low turnover and high energy, you’ll be inspired to grow and thrive. Here, you will be encouraged to build on your strengths and acquire new skills and experiences.

We are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees. Understanding and valuing these differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm.

HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer.

This position will be a hybrid work arrangement. You will receive 18 remote workdays per quarter to use at your discretion, subject to manager approval. For example, you may choose to work in the office 4 days per week and take one remote day weekly (typically 13 weeks per quarter), leaving 5 additional remote days to be used as needed.

The Vice President, Product Marketing leads Wealth Marketing’s commercial readiness for product, platform, and distributor launches worldwide. They ensure products crafted to meet wealth audiences' needs are clearly explained and fully supported across channels. This is an outstanding chance to create a meaningful impact in a dynamic and ambitious environment!

This role manages a team of product‑aligned marketers across locations who serve as Marketing’s product subject‑matter experts, supporting fundraising and distribution through RFP and DDQ responses, distributor diligence, product launch execution, and ongoing product support. The team works closely with Product Specialists, Sales, Client Servicing, and Compliance to deliver accurate, timely, and high‑quality product materials. The VP, Product Marketing is accountable for execution, fulfilment, and governance. They ensure Marketing is ready at critical commercial moments. They also partner closely with Enabling Platforms and Content Strategy teams to support scale, consistency, and clarity.

What you will do:

• Take responsibility for Marketing’s readiness to bring products, platforms, and distributors to market, owning launch planning, timelines, dependencies, deliverables, and risk management.

• Right‑size launch approaches through clear tiering, standardisation, and selective customisation based on distributor and commercial priorities.

• Ensure sustained marketing readiness as products move from launch into active fundraising.

• Lead fulfilment of product‑related sales enablement and client‑facing requests across Global Private Wealth.

• Establish clear intake, prioritisation, and request governance to protect capacity and focus effort during critical periods.

• Lead scalable RFP, RFI, DDQ, and distributor diligence processes, coordinating technical inputs and ensuring accuracy, approval, and alignment with product positioning.

• Identify recurring diligence and enablement needs and partner to improve efficiency over time.

• Direct creation, maintenance, and distribution of client‑ready product materials and supporting documentation, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and accessibility.

• Define operating models, workflows, and team coverage that support scale across products, platforms, and regions.

• Partner across Marketing, Client Servicing, Product, and Investments to clarify ownership, handoffs, and expectations.

• Establish metrics that link activity to commercial outcomes and use insight to drive continuous improvement.

• Lead and develop a distributed team, setting clear expectations and fostering a culture of accountability, partnership, and execution excellence.

What you bring:

• Deep familiarity with products marketed to wealth audiences, including evergreen, interval, and closed‑end fund structures.

• Demonstrated success managing product marketing deliverables across platforms, distributors, and regions.

• Extensive experience managing RFP/RFI/DDQ responses and distributor diligence with clear oversight and high accuracy.

• Proven track record of translating complex investment and product concepts into clear, client‑ready materials.

• Deep product proficiency across private markets and global retail fund structures.

• Experience leading large‑scale diligence or proposal operations with measurable quality and efficiency improvements.

• Demonstrated strength in leading and developing global, distributed teams with a player‑coach leadership approach.

Education Preferred

• Bachelor of Science (B.S) or equivalent experience required; advanced degree or industry‑recognised credentials preferred.

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in product marketing, diligence/proposal leadership, sales enablement, or adjacent functions within asset or wealth management.

• Direct experience supporting wealth managers and distributor platforms strongly preferred.