Associate, Investment Strategy - Artificial Intelligence

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The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Associate, Investment Strategy 

Memorial Sloan Kettering is seeking an Associate, Investment Strategy to join our Investments Office and help advance how technology and artificial intelligence are incorporated into the investment processes. This is an opportunity for an investment professional who is intellectually curious and capable about AI and excited to translate emerging capabilities into practical applications within an institutional investment organization. 

You’ll work across investment strategy, research, operations, trading and special projects while helping the team evaluate, adopt, and operationalize AI-enabled tools and new ways of working. As these capabilities become more deeply embedded across the Investment Office, you’ll gain meaningful exposure to investment decision-making while helping shape a progressive, technology-enabled investment function that continues to evolve its tools, processes, and approach. 

Role Overview 

• Help operationalize artificial intelligence and emerging technologies across investment processes, workflows, and research activities. 

• Identify practical opportunities to use AI to improve investment research, analysis, information synthesis, reporting, and decision-support processes. 

• Partner with Investment Office colleagues to understand existing workflows and determine where new tools can create efficiencies or enhance analytical capabilities. 

• Optimize investment strategy research, including market, portfolio, asset class, manager, and broader institutional investment analysis. 

• Evaluate AI-enabled tools and technologies for potential application within the Investment Office, balancing innovation with accuracy, usability, and appropriate controls. 

• Develop, test, and refine AI-supported workflows, including approaches to research synthesis, data analysis, knowledge management, and investment-related deliverables. 

• Help drive adoption of new capabilities by translating emerging technologies into tools and processes that team members can practically incorporate into their work. 

• Contribute to special projects and strategic priorities across the Investment Office as the team’s technology and investment capabilities continue to evolve. 

• Grow into broader investment strategy responsibilities over time, developing a strong understanding of the portfolio, investment processes, and strategic priorities of an institutional investment organization. 

Key Qualifications 

• Investment-related experience through professional roles, internships, graduate-level experience, or other relevant work within asset management, institutional investing, investment consulting, banking, private markets, or a related environment. 

• Demonstrated understanding of fundamental investment concepts, financial markets, portfolio analysis, and investment research. 

• Professional and/or comparable personal experience using artificial intelligence tools, with an ability to demonstrate how AI can be applied to research, analysis, productivity, and other investment-related workflows. 

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including the ability to work with financial information and synthesize complex investment topics. 

• Genuine interest in both institutional investing and the evolving application of AI and emerging technologies within the investment management industry. 

Core Skills 

• Approaches problems through an investment lens and can connect research, data, market information, and technology to investment decision-making. 

• Demonstrates curiosity and capability about AI and emerging technologies, with the ability to experiment with new capabilities and identify practical applications within an investment environment. 

• Takes existing workflows or processes, identifies opportunities for improvement, and develops thoughtful solutions that enhance efficiency, quality, or analytical capabilities. 

• Communicates investment and technology concepts clearly and collaborates effectively with colleagues who may have varying levels of experience with AI. 

• Thrives in an evolving environment, learns quickly, and is comfortable taking on new responsibilities, special projects, and broader investment strategy work as the role develops. 

Additional Information:  

• Location: Hybrid, 3+ days/week in office; 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 

• Reporting To: SVP & Chief Investment Officer 

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