Primary Objectives:
- Support short to long-term product strategic plans
- Manage and develop local Product Strategy & Development team
- Monitor industry and regulatory trends, anticipate business impacts/identify opportunities
- Support development of new products for Japanese clients, across asset classes, wrappers, and channels
- Execute product development initiatives on local ITM platform for retail and Institutional channels, support execution activities for Japan client sponsored launches in other domiciles
- Review profitability, adequacy and strategic fit of existing and future products
- Keep local teams appraised of progress on PS&D initiatives
- Support/maintain reports and analysis showing industry trends and AB’s products positioning
Principal Responsibilities:
- Own, maintain, syndicate mid to long term product strategy for Japan
- Lead execution of product launches, liquidations and changes/restructuring
- Communicate with key stakeholders re various initiatives’ progress
- Capture various product ideas and maintaining PS&D pipeline database
- Support and manage local PS&D team
- Build and maintain data/reports to support decisions for PS&D
Main Stakeholders:
- Senior Management of AB Japan (daily/weekly)
- Client teams (daily)
- Investment team: product specialists, portfolio managers, Heads (daily/weekly)
- Legal for product launch and reengineering (daily)
- Control Functions: Risk Management, Compliance and Audit (weekly)
- Finance Teams (weekly)
- Operations and Fund Administration (daily)
- Local Regulators (as needed)
- Clients and Consultants (as needed)
- Auditors (As needed)
- Regional/Global PS&D team stakeholders (daily)
Key Skill Areas & knowledge Required:
- Successful exposure asset management products for 8+ years, in banks or asset managers
- Successful track record in supporting investment products launches in Japan
- Perfect knowledge on Japanese Asset Management industry and regulatory framework
- Fluent in English and in Japanese
- Knowledgeable about Japanese retail distribution. Preferably, wholesale experience in Japan
- Knowledgeable on Japanese regulations and customs
- Knowledge of global asset management business and non-Japan domiciles
- Capability and desire to drive strategic product discussions and decisions
- Past exposure to ETFs/Alts products a plus
Alliance Bernstein Leadership Framework
- Performance Leadership – Executes against job responsibilities to help the team, strategic business unit and the Firm successfully meet its goals
- Commercial Leadership – Creates opportunities for commercial impact, client relationships and cost reduction, while coaching others to do the same
- People Leadership – Displays clear leadership and grows talent
- Thought Leadership – Actively influences strategy by sharing innovative ideas and perspectives
- Cultural Leadership – Influences the environment, co-leads cultural initiatives and enforces inclusivity
Tokyo, Japan
What We Do
AllianceBernstein (AB) is a leading global investment management firm that offers high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional investors, individuals, and private wealth clients in major world markets. We are one of the largest investment management firms in the world, with more than $500 billion in assets under management. We foster a diverse, connected, collaborative culture that encourages different ways of thinking and differentiated insights. We embrace innovation to address increasingly complex investing challenges. And we pursue responsibility at all levels of the firm—from how we work and act to the solutions we design for clients.
