One of Wall Street’s biggest hedge fund names, Soros Fund Management, will soon have a woman at its investing helm.

Dawn Fitzpatrick, currently a senior executive at the asset-management arm of the Swiss banking giant UBS, has accepted the job of chief investment officer at Soros. The exact timing of her arrival is not yet clear.

A spokesman for Soros Fund Management confirmed the move but declined to comment further. An assistant to Ms. Fitzpatrick declined to comment when reached by phone.

Her hiring comes after George Soros, the octogenarian founder of the company, began to involve himself in day-to-day trading decisions after having stepped away to pursue his philanthropic endeavors.