Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management - Product Strategy & Research - Vice President - London
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Goldman Sachs Asset and Wealth Management oversees $3.6 trillion in assets under supervision across a wide range of asset classes, geographies and vehicle structures to offer relevant, value-added investment solutions and strategies to our global, diverse client base.
Global Product Strategy is a growing and dynamic team located around the world who are responsible for overseeing, managing and shaping the investment product range for the Asset Management division, focused primarily on public markets. The team consists of Product Development, Product Strategy & Research, and ETF Product Strategy & Development who partner with each other and across Asset Management’s Client Solutions Group and Public Investing organisations to evaluate and shape investment strategy and design, differentiate product positioning using competitive intelligence, adhere to regulatory and governance requirements and establish go-to-market messaging and planning for new and existing products. The team serves all client segments across wealth, institutional, consultants, insurance, liquidity, and retirement channels. The team specialises in registered, pooled product vehicles mostly comprised of public securities but also helps facilitate and support initiatives for separately managed accounts, private funds, and public/private products.
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We are looking for a Vice President to support our International Product Strategy and Research efforts in London.
Responsibilities
- Product Strategy: Partner with stakeholders in sales and investment teams to prioritise the firm’s investment capabilities by channel and country, co-ordinating the firm’s product strategy to drive scale and address measurable client demand.
- Research: Leverage industry data sources to identify market opportunities and critically assess new initiatives, trends and flows.
- Client Partnership: Forge long term relationships with external clients including distributors, platforms and institutions to delivery industry insight and uncover collaboration options.
- Governance: Develop and communicating mutual fund product proposals and strategic platform updates for senior management, boards, and internal governance committees.
- Competitiveness: Facilitating ongoing product management to ensure the product suite remains competitive, is properly positioned to address commercial growth opportunities, in compliance with latest regulations.
- Industry Expertise: Keeping abreast of major developments in the industry (i.e. regulations, tax, competition, etc.) that create new opportunities or challenges to our business.
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Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, CFA or MBA preferred, 5+ years of financial industry experience with specific experience in the European mutual fund structures,
- In-depth knowledge of the mutual fund industry and experience working with client channels to identify market trends, sales opportunities and longer-term objectives for the fund range.
- Prior experience with the industry data providers and processing tools to extract and explain the nuances in datasets
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially the ability to explain complex technical concepts to clients across channels and geographies, cognisant of regional regulations and trends.
- Proactive problem solver with a strong work ethic, strategic mindset, and commercial perspective.
- Strong technical skills including high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, familiarity with industry data, vendors, operating models.
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