Lead Consultant, Front Office

About Ridgeline Ridgeline is the first front-to-back system of record for investment managers. Founded by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday), the company was created to modernize an industry held back by outdated, disconnected technology. Powered by a single, real-time data set and embedded AI, Ridgeline helps firms automate complexity, accelerate collaboration, and deliver tailored client experiences at scale, without added headcount or risk. Ridgeline is headquartered in Lake Tahoe, with offices in New York, Reno, and the Bay Area, and is recognized by Fast Company as a "Best Workplace for Innovators," by Frost & Sullivan as a "Technology Innovation Leader," and by The Software Report as a "Top 100 Software Company." Why this role exists As a Lead Consultant on the Front Office team, you'll play a central role in helping asset managers and wealth managers bring traders and portfolio managers onto Ridgeline's platform — guiding clients through discovery, configuration, and go-live for the systems that power their day-to-day trading. This is a chance to help shape a growing part of our business, working directly with client stakeholders on some of the most complex and highest-visibility work our platform supports. What success looks like At 6 months, you're a capable resource on a live project: comfortable in Ridgeline configuration, Ridgeline workflows, and front-office workflows end to end. By 12 months, you independently own the full project lifecycle, from discovery through go-live, the way recent team members have grown into owning their own implementations. What you'll do • Own front-office implementation workstreams end-to-end, from discovery through go-live, engaging customer leaders to design and deploy workflows across the investment management lifecycle. • Configure and test Ridgeline tenants for clients, including portfolio setup, compliance rules, data migration, security master, trade and settlement, and reporting, while educating clients along the way. • Develop and apply deep expertise in the investment management domain and all aspects of Ridgeline’s software and ensure customers take full advantage of the Ridgeline product and workflows • Partner with Ridgeline’s engineering and product management teams to identify and solve product bugs, recommend new feature development, translate customer enhancement requests, and relay client feedback. • Collaborate with technical integration consultants and the project team to support efforts of designing, building, testing, and deploying customer integrations, and to iteratively build the tools and templates necessary to implement efficiently and cost effectively. • Resolve time-sensitive issues during go-live hypercare, escalating when appropriate. • Contribute to a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency, including providing mentorship and coaching to functional and integration consultants as the Consulting organization continues to scale. • Domestic travel expected: 25-30%. What we look for • 7+ years implementing investment management software in a customer-facing role, ideally with front office, trading, portfolio management, or investment operations experience (buy-side, broker-dealer, or vendor). • Solid understanding of investment instruments (equity, fixed income, multi-currency, derivatives, alternatives) and the full portfolio investment lifecycle, from trade order management through post-trade workflows like settlement and confirm/affirm. • Experience implementing scalable, repeatable processes, educating customers on best practices, and delivering tailored training. • Strong client-facing and interpersonal skills: builds relationships with internal and exter