About the Role
As SVP, Wealth Strategy, you will lead business unit strategy for Orion Wealth Management’s wealth product, platform, and advisor experience organization. This role defines the strategic agenda, investment priorities, roadmap, and growth opportunities that shape Orion’s wealth offering. You will connect business objectives, advisor needs, market trends, product economics, and platform capabilities into a cohesive business unit strategy, focusing on enterprise-level priorities like product unification, revenue growth, and optimization.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the business unit strategy for Orion Wealth Management, aligning product, platform, investment, service, and operating priorities to overall growth objectives
- Establish and maintain a cohesive strategic roadmap across wealth products, platform capabilities, advisor experiences, proprietary and third-party solutions, and foundational operating capabilities
- Lead strategic planning, prioritization, and investment decision-making for high-impact initiatives, including new product opportunities, platform unification, pricing optimization, product rationalization, and new revenue opportunities
- Oversee competitive intelligence, market research, advisor insights, financial modeling, and business case development to ensure strategic recommendations are grounded in rigorous analysis and clear commercial logic
- Partner with executive leadership, product management, platform experience, investments, sales, operations, technology, finance, marketing, legal/compliance, and service teams to align on strategic priorities, trade-offs, and execution plans
- Translate business strategy into executive-level recommendations, board-ready materials, operating plans, success metrics, and governance routines that support disciplined execution
- Lead, develop, and scale the Wealth Strategy team, building a high-performing function known for strategic clarity, analytical rigor, executive influence, and measurable business impact
Requirements
- Enterprise-level strategic thinking with the ability to connect market dynamics, advisor needs, product economics, platform capabilities, operating constraints, and financial outcomes into a clear business strategy
- Strong commercial orientation, including experience driving revenue growth, pricing strategy, profitability improvement, product rationalization, and investment prioritization
- Deep understanding of wealth management, advisor platforms, managed accounts, investment products, wealth solutions, financial technology, distribution models, and advisor business economics
- Exceptional executive communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to create board-ready materials and influence senior leaders through clear, data-driven recommendations
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional strategy work in a matrixed environment, drive alignment, evaluate trade-offs, and move complex initiatives from concept to execution
- Strong analytical discipline and experience with business cases, scenario modeling, market sizing, pricing analysis, financial performance metrics, and KPI frameworks
- High judgment, intellectual curiosity, leadership presence, and ability to build a strategy function that improves the quality and speed of business decision-making
- Minimum of 15+ years of relevant experience in wealth management, asset management, product strategy, platform strategy, corporate strategy, strategic finance, consulting, fintech, broker-dealer, TAMP, or RIA environments
- Experience leading strategy for a business unit, product organization, platform business, or large-scale transformation initiative within financial services strongly preferred
- Demonstrated track record building strategic roadmaps, leading cross-functional executive initiatives, developing business cases, optimizing economics, and managing senior stakeholders
- Owns and manages relationships with stakeholders directly and works effectively with people at all levels in an organization
Skills
- Asset Allocation
- Business Case Development
- Business Cases
- Business Strategies
- Investment Products
- Investment Strategies
- Strategic Planning
- Strategic Recommendations
- Wealth Management
- Wealth Management Services
- Wealth Management Strategies
Location
- Commutable distance to an office
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 15+ years of relevant experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree required
- MBA, CFA, or related advanced degree/designation preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $202,844.00 - $334,694.00
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, and disability coverage on day one
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Pet benefits including pawternity leave and pet insurance
- Student loan repayment
About the Company
- At Orion, we achieve our best work when we support one another, staying personally accountable to each other and the clients we serve.
- We create a welcoming environment where everyone is respected, valued, and heard.
- Our commitment to create raving fans ensures we consistently exceed client expectations.
- Thinking differently is in our DNA—we innovate always, push boundaries, and reject the status quo to deliver transformative outcomes.
- Together, we support one another and see it through to success, driving our collective achievements and those of our clients.
