Strategic Product Manager – Asset Management

Role / Department

Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) is a trillion dollar investment management firm. The role is a seasoned strategic product manager with UK funds experience, based in London, part of a Global Product team.

Key Responsibilities

• Product design through collaboration with investment and other teams to agree end to end operating model and appropriate vehicle structure to achieve investment objectives and client requirements.
• Ensure legal documentation and regulatory compliance of key requirements of investment products.
• Work closely with Distribution Team to help position existing products or, if required, evolve existing products to meet client needs/demand.
• Drive execution by collaborating with Pooled Product Team and Operations to lead implementation of new products and update of existing products as required including documentation reviews.
• Support review of pricing requests and market pricing analysis.
• Analyze market and industry trends to inform product development and commercialization efforts.
• Identify product competitive sets/peers and the key NTAM product value drivers that are differentiators relative to the competition.
• Represent product in various internal and external forums as needed. Support sales/prospecting opportunities as needed.
• Seasoned multi-disciplinary expert with extensive technical and / or business knowledge and functional expertise.
• Carries out complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues.
• Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity.

Knowledge & Skills

• Good familiarity with UK unitised vehicles, preferably gained in the launching and lifecycle management of UK funds.
• Strong analytical and business management skills with the ability to translate strategic priorities into measurable action plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; experience developing product marketing or client-facing materials is a plus.
• Strong collaboration and influencing capabilities, with the ability to lead and align virtual and cross-functional teams.
• Proficient with investment management toolsets, project management software, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA and/or CFA preferred.
• 5 – 7 years of experience in the investment management industry, with direct responsibility for investment product management.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

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