VAST Data
Global Head of Hedge Fund Partnerships & Strategy
United States · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; no alternatives stated.
About the job
Build and lead VAST Data’s global hedge fund practice, connecting industry leaders with internal teams to shape strategy, product direction, partnerships, and market presence.
What you'll do
- Define the hedge fund strategy and roadmap, and establish the foundation for a future practice team.
- Build executive relationships and translate market insights into product, engineering, and business recommendations.
- Enable field teams and represent VAST at industry events and forums.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience working with or selling into hedge funds, quantitative trading firms, asset managers, or financial services organizations.
- Deep executive network across the hedge fund ecosystem.
- Proven ability to build strategic programs, partnerships, or industry practices from the ground up.
- Strong understanding of data infrastructure, AI infrastructure, HPC, quantitative research environments, or large-scale analytics platforms; experience influencing product strategy and working cross-functionally with engineering and product organizations.
Nice to have
- Former hedge fund technology, infrastructure, engineering, data platform, or quantitative research leader.
- Experience in strategic alliances, industry partnerships, business development, or market development roles; or with AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, large-scale storage, data platforms, or cloud infrastructure.
Tools
AI infrastructure, HPC, high-performance computing, large-scale storage, data platforms, cloud infrastructure
AI focus
Establish VAST as an infrastructure and AI platform partner for hedge funds and inform product capabilities and benchmarks for adoption.
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