Asset Management
Director, Investment Product
- Boston, MA
- Smithfield, RI
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Job Description:
The Director, Investment Product will assist in the product strategy, development, management, and advocacy of Fidelity’s suite of investment products and services we make available to institutional customers. The primary focus of this role will be in support of our institutional solutions business for the Fidelity Asset Management Solutions (FAMS) business unit.
Within FAMS, the Global Institutional Solutions (GIS) team designs and manages custom multi-asset class mandates on behalf of institutional clients that choose to outsource investment discretion to an external asset manager. This OCIO (Outsourced Chief Investment Officer) model has grown increasingly more prevalent in the institutional world, predominantly on behalf of corporate defined benefit plans and nonprofit organizations such as endowments and foundations. Fidelity’s GIS team is responsible for the strategic design, active capital allocation, and underlying manager selection decisions for the portfolio, based on each clients’ unique investment objectives and constraints.
The Director, Investment Product will work to enhance and support our GIS-managed OCIO offering, a key strategic priority for Fidelity. The Director will work with the investment team to ensure the team has all the necessary building blocks and tools it needs to create or enhance both standard and customizable solutions for institutional clients. The Director will also work with institutional channel partners to help position our multi-asset solutions in the most effective way possible. Lastly, the Director will be expected to analyze and understand industry trends and incorporate channel feedback, ensuring our offering continues to meet evolving customer needs through innovation, investment vehicle availability, and competitive pricing.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Suggesting opportunities to reposition or enhance existing products and solutions to improve longer-term performance and marketability.
- Creating and enhancing investment content for product positioning in collaboration with investment teams and marketing.
- Supporting the distribution team through all phases of the sales process, including content production and review of Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
- Understanding the competitive marketplace to capitalize on emerging market trends and themes in collaboration with the GIS and broader FAMS investment teams.
- Demonstrating leadership to propose and drive various cross-functional team projects.
- Practicing excellent time management and organizational skills.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
- 7+ years of experience working in the financial services industry. Current team members have a range of investment-focused product, consulting, fund research, or client-facing backgrounds.
- Deep knowledge of investments across asset classes and investment styles, including quantitative and discretionary approaches.
- Proven experience with the development and product management for mutual funds, ETFs, index products, separately managed accounts, and private fund vehicles.
- Understanding of institutional distribution channels and their specific institutional client needs.
- Strong educational credentials: CFA, MBA or equivalent graduate degree preferred.
- Series 7 & 63 licenses (can be obtained while in role).
- Innovative and strategic problem solver with a passion for investment products and a deep understanding of the evolving competitive environment.
- Highly effective communicator with excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Exhibits a strong track record of collaborating with others and working effectively in a team environment to meet customer needs and deliver business results.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments while producing high quality work in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
The Team
The Investment Product Group plays a key role in the company, partnering closely with asset management, Fidelity’s distribution channels, and the broader organization to deliver a diverse range of investment capabilities and vehicles to meet the needs of retail, intermediary, and institutional clients.
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Company Overview
Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.
Join Us
At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.
Fidelity’s working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).
At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.
We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.
Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.
Company overview
At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.
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This is my Fidelity
Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way
401(k) with company match
Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave
Student loan assistance
Fidelity is invested in you
Committed to Professional Development
At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.
We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.
Continuing Education & Training
- Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
- Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
- Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
- Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
- A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.
Mentoring
- Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
- Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
- An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
- Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
"Fidelity believes in, and is committed to, fair and equitable treatment for every associate and customer, and to creating a safe and respectful environment, in which everyone is treated with kindness, compassion and respect." Abby Johnson | Chairman and CEO Fidelity Investments
At Fidelity, we are committed to building an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging that will attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce.
Fidelity’s ten affinity groups are self-organized groups of employees with common interests in areas such as race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, or who share similar interests based on similar sets of experiences.
These Employee Resource Groups and Special Interest Groups are models of inclusion for Fidelity. They’re also a powerful form of engagement and development and can provide a pathway to visible leadership roles. Our affinity groups make a large contribution on the business, helping to ensure our products and services are delivered in a welcoming and equitable environment.
- Over 22K employees participate in an affinity group.
- Over 1,400 affinity group members volunteered for Fidelity Cares in 2020.
- 74% increase in affinity group memberships over the last three years.
Giving Back to Our Communities
Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.
Fidelity Cares
- Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
- Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
- Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
- More than 12,000 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
- Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.
Fidelity Charitable®
- Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
- Helped deliver $7.3 billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2019.
- Supported more than 300,000 unique charities around the world.
- Since its inception, more than $42 billion has been given to public charities.
