Strategic Product Manager - Asset Management

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role/ Department:

Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) is a trillion dollar investment management firm entrusted by investors around the globe to help them navigate changing market environments, so they can confidently realise their long-term objectives.

The business is rapidly expanding and there is a need for a seasoned strategic product manager with UK funds experience.

Based in London, and part of a Global Product team, the Strategic Product Manager is responsible for executing product strategy across designated product lines, ensuring strong commercial outcomes throughout the product lifecycle. This role partners closely with investment, distribution, marketing, and finance teams to drive scalable growth, profitability, and effective market positioning.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• 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.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

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.

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.