Director, Investment Product

Job Description:

Director, Investment Product

The Director, Investment Product will be responsible for product development, management, strategy, and advocacy of Fidelity's high income and credit alternatives strategies. You will partner with the investment teams to understand and articulate product design, investment approaches and positioning across a range of strategies. This role will focus on coverage across our high income product suite, including floating rate high income, emerging markets debt, opportunistic high income, and multi-asset / hybrid strategies. You will contribute to ongoing product strategy for assigned products.

• Presenting product design, investment philosophy, process, resources, and results to internal and external clients.
• Creating and enhancing investment content for product positioning in collaboration with investment teams and marketing.
• Researching product development opportunities and developing business cases to support new high income and credit alternatives initiatives.
• Finding opportunities to reposition or enhance existing products to improve longer-term marketability.
• Contributing to the high income product roadmap to capitalize on emerging market trends and themes in collaboration with the High Income and Credit management team.
• Demonstrating leadership to propose and drive various cross-team projects.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills are critical to success.

• 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.
• Knowledge of and interest in investments; foundational knowledge of high income strategies preferred.
• Deep understanding of retail, intermediary, and institutional distribution channels and their specific client needs and competitor sets.
• Strong educational credentials: CFA, MBA or equivalent graduate degree preferred but not required.
• 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.
• Proven experience with the development and product management for mutual funds, ETFs, Indexes, separately managed accounts, and institutional vehicles.
• 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.