Job Responsibilities
- Lead and manage strategic product initiatives, including those driven by business and regulation, requiring participation of cross-functional groups
- Coordinate the strategic initiative pipeline and related tasks for active, passive investment funds and ETFs; ensure results are delivered on-schedule while closely adhering to internal policies
- Establish and maintain relationships with fund houses, ETF providers, financial counterparties and internal stakeholders such as Advisors, Bankers and Investment teams
- Serve as a subject matter expert for the mutual fund and ETF offering
- Monitor and be aware of industry trends impacting the product palette
- Manage relationships with product stakeholders across regions and functions; provide information to business partners, operations, control teams and portfolio managers relating to product management
Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills
- Significant experience in financial services, with experience in wealth management or asset management
- Experience with EU domiciled regulated mutual funds (UCITS) and associated regulatory framework is required
- Strong organizational and project management skills; demonstrate high level of attention to detail and can manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Highly motivated team player with proven problem solving ability; able to work in a fluid environment, act independently and coordinate with team and stakeholders
- Excellent negotiation and presentation skills; strong communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment to build consensus and influence outcomes
- Highly competent with core MS Office applications – e.g. Excel and PowerPoint
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills
- Experience of working with fund distribution agreements is a plus
- Knowledge of programming language tools (i.e. Python) and business intelligence software is an advantage