Description
As one of the world’s leading asset managers, we are solely dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. If you're looking for challenging work, smart colleagues, and a global employer with a social conscience, explore your potential at Invesco.
The Department
The Business Strategy & Development team is a fully integrated team of Client Portfolio Managers (CPMs) and Product Managers, created to support and service our investment capabilities across diversified channels and regions. The team’s purpose is to maximize franchise value through best-in-class product positioning, leading as client advocates, and implementing business plans to drive organic growth, profitability, and asset retention.
Your Role
The role of the Product Manager is to support a suite of Real Asset products within the Invesco Listed Real Asset team. Real assets are defined as real estate, infrastructure, natural resources, and timber among others. The role requires exceptional skills and creativity in communications, relationship building, and analytics, as well as a passion for the investment management industry, products, competition, and the capital markets.
The Product Manager should be proficient at articulating a strategy’s investment philosophy and process, portfolio positioning, role in an investor’s portfolio and market environment. This individual works closely with the portfolio managers and CPMs to act as a liaison between the investment team and both internal and external parties on product-specific matters. The individual also acts as a business manager for their strategies collaborating closely with legal, compliance, marketing and other departments to help with content and other potential issues. Key to success in this role is demonstrating the ability to think outside of the box regarding marketing of the products, and to be nimble and re-focus quickly as business needs evolve. Because the Product Manager acts as an extension of the portfolio management team, they are viewed as a subject matter expert on investment and product issues pertaining to their strategies.
You will be responsible for:
Product/Investment Expertise
• Be an expert of assigned products and asset class – understand all aspects of the products, including pricing, structures, history, stage of life cycle, strengths & weaknesses, client exposures and sales trends, etc.
• Know the competitive landscape/peer group; stay current on market trends and competitive developments. Be able to clearly articulate what differentiates our products from the competition
• Utilize performance and risk analysis tools to clearly articulate drivers of performance, portfolio positioning and the current market environment
Distribution & Marketing Support
• Enter into a full partnership with the investment team to support them in any sales/client relationship activities including presentations and other materials
• Apply creativity to continually evolve messaging to adapt to client needs and opportunities
• Provide regular updates and product content such as commentaries and RFPs/RFIs
• Act as a conduit for feedback between Sales/clients and internal teams
• Create actionable, value-added insights on products, along with competitive and market opportunities, to our client-facing teams
• Build and maintain a line up of marketing materials to support assigned products
• Provide Sales with product expertise for client opportunities, and participate as needed in direct client-facing meetings
Business Management
• Have a business owner’s mindset - maintain a plan to support key products and act as a primary contact for product-specific requests
• Cultivate excellent relationships with investment teams, Client Portfolio Managers and other departments: Sales, Marketing, Product teams, Compliance, Legal, etc.
• Partner with Product Development for launch of new products, including product positioning, marketing materials and sales training
The experience you bring:
• 3-5 years of experience in financial services or investment management. Preference for a real estate, infrastructure or equity background
• Technical skills, including strong investment acumen, understanding of financial markets and economics. Experience with Morningstar Direct and StyleAdvisor preferred
• Exceptional Microsoft Excel / PowerPoint Skills
• Series 7 and 63 preferred
What’s in it for you?
Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:
• Flexible time off and opportunities for a flexible work schedule
• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with additional supplemental contribution
• Health & wellbeing benefits
• Parental Leave benefits
• Employee stock purchase plan
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.
Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.
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