Investment Management
Target Date Funds – Portfolio Manager
- Boston, MA
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Job Description:
The Group
Fidelity is a global leader in Target Date solutions with over $600 billion in current AUM in the Fidelity Freedom Funds, 529 College Savings Plans and other related strategies. Our award-winning target date investment team is based in Boston and leverages the contributions of dozens of individuals, including four dedicated portfolio managers.
The target date team resides within the broader Fidelity Asset Management Solutions (FAMS) group, a leading provider of multi-asset class solutions for retail and institutional clients. The range of investment solutions includes target date funds, target allocations funds, income and real return strategies, world allocation funds, managed-volatility strategies and other custom institutional solutions. FAMS is also developing and managing a range of cross-asset liquid alternative strategies, including, risk parity, global macro-opportunities, arbitrage products, and option-based hedging strategies.
The Value You Deliver
We are seeking a Portfolio Manager to join in managing all investment decisions for U.S. target date funds within a team-oriented framework.
Strategic asset allocation
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Responsible for making long-term investment decisions, including determining the glide path and strategic allocations for the portfolios.
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Provides investment insight and direction to a team of multi-asset researchers focused on strategic asset allocation.
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Contributes to the ideology and philosophy related to the strategic asset allocation of the funds and FAMS more broadly.
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Understands the long-term drivers of risk, return, and diversification in global asset classes.
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Utilizes both fundamental and quantitative frameworks and decision processes.
Active asset allocation
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Responsible for active allocation decisions relative to the benchmark, emphasizing mispriced assets over shorter time horizons.
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Responsible for idea generation and implementation of alpha-generating investment decisions across the target date suite.
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Comfort with risk measurement systems and implementation of active views within a risk budget.
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Contributes to the active allocation investment process. Works closely and collaborates with the research organization to establish the research agenda supporting active asset allocation decisions.
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Applies a risk discipline consistent with managing institutional multi-asset portfolios.
Manager selection and portfolio construction
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Responsible for constructing portfolios primarily using a fund-of-funds approach, including selection of strategies and managers, supplemented by exposure to ETFs and futures.
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Collaborates with the manager research team to establish the research agenda supporting manager and mandate decisions.
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Establishes and maintains relationship with CIOs across the equity/bond organization communicating on current/future mandate needs.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
10+ years of investment experience paired with industry relevant academic and/or professional credentials. A master’s degree and/or completion of or progress towards a CFA are highly preferred. Additionally, you possess:
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Clearly defined investment process and demonstrated experience managing portfolios across and/or within global asset classes (i.e., stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, alternatives).
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Experience making strategic investment decisions in the context of lifecycle investing or other diversified portfolios.
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Experience with security selection and derivatives implementation of active views.
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Experience with multi-asset class risk frameworks and infrastructure, utilizing returns-based and holdings-based information.
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Experience with multivariate statistics, actuarial mathematics, and data science.
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Experience representing investment products with clients, consultants, media, and other institutional audiences.
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Strong leadership skills.
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High attention to detail.
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Track record of working in high functioning teams.
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Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
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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 hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.
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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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.
