Investment Director

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

The Developed Market Credit team sits within our global Fixed Income platform, a high-performing and collaborative environment managing over £130bn in assets across a diverse range of strategies. The team delivers both traditional and innovative ESG-focused solutions across investment grade and high yield credit, supporting institutional and retail clients worldwide. With a strong focus on teamwork rather than individual ownership, you will work closely with experienced colleagues across geographies to drive consistent performance and innovation. Together, the team enables our clients to be better investors through disciplined research, partnership and forward-thinking investment strategies.

About the Role

As an Investment Director – Portfolio Manager, you will play a key role in managing Euro and Global Investment Grade Credit portfolios and potentially covering specific sectors within the European credit universe, contributing to both performance and innovation within a well-established team. This is a senior opportunity within a globally recognised investment platform, offering scope to shape portfolios, influence strategy and further develop your expertise in credit markets. You will combine top-down thematic views with bottom-up research to deliver strong client outcomes while contributing to a collaborative and inclusive culture. The role is based in London or Edinburgh with a blended working pattern and offers long-term career progression in a growth area of the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Euro and Global Investment Grade Credit portfolios, delivering strong risk-adjusted returns

• Construct portfolios using macroeconomic insights alongside fundamental credit analysis

• Actively manage duration, yield curve positioning, sector allocation and issuer exposure

• Ensure portfolios operate within mandate guidelines, risk limits and regulatory requirements

• Identify relative value opportunities across markets, sectors and instruments

• Communicate portfolio performance, positioning and investment views to clients and stakeholders

About the Candidate

• Strong experience in fixed income markets, particularly investment grade credit

• Proven experience in portfolio management or credit research with a focus on generating alpha

• Deep understanding of credit spreads, duration, curves and valuation frameworks

• Deep understanding of fundamental credit and equity analysis

• Demonstrated ability to generate alpha across the cycle and to operate effectively under market stress

• Clear and confident communication skills, both written and verbal

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.
 

Our business
 

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.
 

An inclusive way of working
 

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.
 

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.