Responsibility within Man for the product lifecycle of particular investment products. Working across any/all of Man’s investment engines on the product development and launch process for new funds and managed accounts.
This role encompasses product design, implementation, timely delivery, restructuring (commercially, operationally or legally driven) and closure of investment products. Awareness and implementation of product governance requirements is also key.
Specific responsibilities
- Liaise with senior stakeholders at Man to take the lead on discussions regarding product design and structuring for new fund and managed account launches
- Lead coordination of launches and restructurings for one or more Man investment engines
- Interact effectively with Senior Management, Portfolio Managers, Sales, Legal, Compliance, Risk, MOA, Tax and other stakeholders involved in product launches and restructurings
- Ensure each product launch correctly follows Man’s product governance process, seeking client and management company board approvals as necessary
- Complete executive summaries and term sheets for new product launches
- Hold meetings during the launch process, e.g. kick-off / periodic catch-up / pre go-live meetings as required
- Maintain and update launch checklists, procedures and controls associated with fund launches and restructures
- Review and understand fund offering documentation
- Support Sales responses to client requests around product specifications, including by drafting Product Proposals or coordinating stakeholder response to queries, where necessary
- Be ‘product champion’ within the Global Product Management team for the products that you are launching, and share with the team information in relation to product development that is underway in relation to these products
Key competencies
- Product development experience; strong technical knowledge of private markets products or UCITS
- Detailed understanding of a range of fund structures
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent academic qualifications are essential
- Strong interpersonal, stakeholder management and communication skills
- Relevant experience will have been gained with a leading asset manager
Our Culture, Values and Benefits at Man
Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equal opportunities. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business and this is embedded in our culture and values. There are a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and that encourage inclusion and diversity across our firm and the industry. Man Group is a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter and the Race at Work Charter.
Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.
We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact [email protected].
What We Do
Man Group is a global active investment management firm, which runs $127 billion* of client capital in liquid and private markets, managed by investment specialists based around the world. Headquartered in London, the firm has 15 international offices and operates across multiple jurisdictions. Our business has five specialist investment engines, which represent the range of our capabilities: Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man GLG, Man FRM and Man GPM.
These engines house numerous investment teams, working collaboratively within the framework of Man Group, with a high degree of investment autonomy. Each team benefits from the strength and resources of the firm’s single operating platform, enabling their primary focus to be seeking to generate alpha for clients. The teams invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes with highly specialised approaches, with long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis in single and multi-manager formats. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and we engage in close dialogue with our investors as strategic partners, to understand their particular needs and constraints. Man Group’s investment teams are empowered and supported by our institutional infrastructure and technology, which aims to facilitate the efficient exposure to markets and effective collaboration across the organisation.
