WORKPLACE LEADERSHIP IN ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
Market Insights Report 2026/27
How are Workplace, Operations and Corporate Services leadership roles evolving, and what are they worth?
As Workplace and Corporate Services functions continue to expand, bigger questions about structure, scope, seniority and reward are being asked. What does a modern leadership remit look like? Which responsibilities are moving into these roles? And how are salaries, bonuses and team structures keeping pace?
To answer those questions, we spoke confidentially with more than 100 senior Workplace, Operations and Corporate Services leaders across the alternative investment sector. We explored how their roles are evolving, how firms are building these functions, and the challenges and opportunities shaping the profession.
The result is our first Workplace & Corporate Services Leadership Market Insights Report: an exclusive snapshot of the market, packed with leadership perspectives, benchmarking insights and emerging trends to help you attract, retain and develop top talent.
Download the report to understand where the market is today and where it's heading next.
What’s inside the report?
- Compensation benchmarks, including base, total comp and bonus
- What actually drives compensation (and why firm size and headcount explain less than you'd think)
- How remits are broadening across real estate, technology, people leadership and transformation
- Where Workplace Leaders are building genuine organisational influence
- AI in practice: adoption, governance and workforce design - and the capability gap emerging within teams
- Career progression, sponsorship and the structures that haven't caught up yet
- What all of this means for employers hiring into these roles
Who's the report for?
- Workplace, Operations and Corporate Services leaders benchmarking their own role and reward
- COOs, CFOs and Partners structuring or scaling these functions
- HR and Talent teams hiring senior workplace and operational leadership
- Anyone building a business case for a broader remit