Hybrid Vice President – Product Management, Fixed Income

at Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC

• Job title: Vice President – Product Management, Fixed Income
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $200,000 - $230,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Boston, United States

About the role

• Lead a team of Product Managers to optimize fixed income products. Collaborate with key stakeholders for competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Act in a player/coach capacity leads a team of Product Managers to act as product owners for assigned product line(s), leading product advocacy efforts to drive market share gains.
• Conduct research and analysis to understand the marketplace, competitors, and advisor/client needs and develop effective strategies to highlight and capitalize on competitive advantages.
• Represent strategies to the sales organization and the mutual fund boards through the development of written materials and delivery of messages through multiple media.
• Partner with Client Portfolio Managers and the Investment Teams in representing strategies to prospects and clients, bringing product expertise and investment acumen.
• Set performance expectations for products and assess performance results versus expectations, benchmarks, and peers.
• Evaluate and recommend product changes.
• Provide effective leadership to direct reports incorporating performance management practices through individual performance plans, periodic reviews and feedback sessions, coaching and development.

Requirements

• Financial services experience, preferably in product development and/or management for assigned product line.
• People leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (4-years) in Business, Finance, Economics or equivalent.
• Demonstrated success in influencing senior leaders across a complex matrix internal environment as well as with third parties.
• Strategic and analytical skills and the ability to solve complex problems and identify new product solutions.
• Experience with various products including understanding of compliance rules and regulations for products and industry.
• Proven track record of successfully leading large and complex projects, including planning, status and issue management.
• Excellent communication skills including proposal/presentation development and delivery, and meeting facilitation.
• Series 7 (or SIE and Series 7 top off exam) and 66 (or 63 & 65 combined) or the ability to obtain within a defined period of time.
• Preferred Series 24 MBA or CFA preferred.

Benefits

• vacation time
• sick time
• 401(k)
• health, dental and life insurances