Job Description:
Director, Asset Management Strategic Business Initiatives
The Role
Lead or participate in strategic programs critical to Asset Management and often central to our multi-year plan. These programs are typically supported by a cross-functional team of associates from AM and our partner organizations (e.g. Fidelity Fund & Investment Operations, Legal, Fidelity Consulting). As Director, you will assist in scoping the initial program and help lead the program to a successful outcome. Programs typically last anywhere from 3-24+ months. Recent examples of Strategic Business Initiatives work include - Asset Management ETF strategy, liquid alternatives, custom SMA program, and Active Equity Transition to QRI.
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- Experience in the asset management, wealth and/or capital markets industry
- Demonstrated experience leading or participating in large and complex programs
- Outstanding analytical, communication, conceptual thinking, and problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to synthesize complex analysis and research into strategic insights and practical recommendations
- Influence over middle to senior management, through both personal interactions as well as the creation and delivery of presentations
- Excellent engagement skills, including the ability to work across asset management as well as other Fidelity business units
- Ability to assess risk and operationalize findings - turning research into actions
- Quantify challenges and requirements related to execution
Expertise and Skills You Bring
- 10+ years of project management and/or consulting skills
- Proficiency in MS Office tools
- Ability to handle complexity and achieve results despite constantly shifting priorities
- Ability to communicate business priorities to support the achievement of business goals
- Proven strategic planning and goal setting including the ability to identify priorities and propose resource(s) and budget(s) required to implement and maintain an initiative
- Ability to communicate business priorities and translate how marketing initiatives support the achievement of business goals and their commercial implications
- Proven strategic planning and goal setting including the ability to identify priorities and propose resource(s) and budget(s) required to implement and maintain an initiative
- Financial services industry experience preferred
The Team
Strategic Business Initiatives (SBI) is a team tasked with driving the most strategic and complex programs in Asset Management. The team is highly valued by, and visible to, the AM leadership team. The thought partnership and program leadership that this team provides helps to shape the future of Asset Management.
Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position
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Business Strategy
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 every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.