HarbourVest Partners
Private Equity · Asset Management & Funds
25open roles
$147kmedian advertised pay
Growinghiring pace, 62 of 100
Atruth index, 100 of 100
Overview
HarbourVest Partners is a global private markets investment firm and one of the long-standing managers of private equity fund-of-funds. It commits capital to venture, buyout and credit funds and invests through secondaries, direct co-investments and real assets for institutional and private wealth clients worldwide. The firm began in 1982 as the private equity team of John Hancock, became independent in 1997, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
How HarbourVest Partners hires
Truth index
A 100/100
Median time to fill
52 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
HarbourVest Partners scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 52 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Investor profile
Private equityInvestments
1
1 of them startups
Hiring now
1
21 open roles
Deals in 12 months
1
Rounds in 12 months
1
$300M raised
Focusshare of its companies
Education 100%Commerce 100%Travel & Tourism 100%Real Estate 100%Software 100%
Where its companies are
Netherlands 100%
Stage of its companies
Series C and later 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 1 investments
21 open roles at 1 of its companies 
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Sources: 2 rounds in the press that name it
Jobs
$130k – $150k per year · In office · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · Boston
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$95k – $105k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 1+ year exp · Boston
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$155k – $165k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boston
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$85k – $95k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boston
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$105k – $120k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Boston
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$90k – $100k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Boston
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$180k – $210k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boston · London
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$210k – $280k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boston
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$170k – $180k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Boston
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$160k – $165k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boston
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$147k
Typical range
$95k – $280k
Open positions
39
38
Jobs
Junior
13.2%
Middle
7.9%
Senior
39.5%
Staff
2.6%
Principal
2.6%
Architect
34.2%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 5 | $110k | $95k – $165k |
| Middle | 3 | $147k | $115k – $165k |
| Senior | 15 | $130k | $100k – $210k |
| Staff | 1 | $170k | $170k |
| Principal | 1 | $210k | $210k |
| Architect | 13 | $200k | $125k – $280k |
Highest paying role
Vice President, Quantitative Researcher
$280k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at HarbourVest Partners
By role, level and city, against the market · 39 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
2 ▲ 100%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$143k
Median offered salary
40
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Financial and investment analysts
2
In the register as Harbourvest Partners, LLC, Boston, MA
Other sponsors in the same field
Blackstone 
Neuberger Berman 
TPG 
MIO Partners Inc.
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Sep 2, 2025 · Visa details by country
1
Employment permits in 12 months
1
Open roles in Ireland
In the register as HarbourVest Partners (Ireland) Limited
Other sponsors in the same field
LGT Capital Partners 
JPMorganChase 
BNY 
State Street
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A-rated
Sponsor licence
Senior or Specialist Worker +1
Visa route
2
Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as HarbourVest Partners (UK) Limited, London
Other sponsors in the same field
Apollo 
StepStone Group
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
62/100
Growing
Open positions
50
18 opened / 11 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
50 days
faster than 27% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~15 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Product
15% ▼
Finance
15% ▲
Data Science
11%
Leadership
11%
Early Careers
9%
Administrative
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Finance (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+5 jobs in a week
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New location: Bogotá
Oct 2026
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at HarbourVest Partners over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
74
Postings analysed
36
Stack modernity
76/100AI adopter
Languages
Python69%
SQL53%
TypeScript11%
PowerShell6%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js6%
Dagster6%
Angular3%
AutoGen3%
Databases
Snowflake33%
MS SQL3%
Redis3%
Cloud & platforms
Power BI42%
Azure28%
Tableau11%
Apache Kafka8%
AI & ML
LLM3%
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HarbourVest Partners Reportedly Raises $2.4 Billion For Private Credit Secondaries Strategy
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HarbourVest Partners Appoints Industry Veteran Brian Taranto as COO, Global Private Wealth
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HarbourVest Partners unveils new private equity benchmarks highlighting long-term outperformance
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
6
Countries
6
Busiest office
Boston
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Boston
United States
HQ
Boston
41 open roles 41 posted in 90 days 24% engineering 2% remote 1000-5000 est. staff $159k Avg Salary
hires for Product, Leadership, Early Careers
Singapore
Singapore
Corporate office
Singapore
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 25% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Administrative, Finance, HR
London
United Kingdom
Sales office
Boston
3 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 200-500 est. staff $210k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Marketing, Sales
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Finance, HR
Bogotá
Colombia
Bogotá
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Finance
Dublin
Ireland
Dublin
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Product
Earlier presence
Toronto, Canada
Zurich, Switzerland