PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients’ capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world’s largest providers of traditional and nontraditional solutions for companies that need financing and investors who seek strong risk-adjusted returns.
Since 1971, our people have shaped our organization through a high-performance inclusive culture, in which we celebrate diverse thinking. We invest in our people and strive to imprint our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence. We believe each of us is here to help others succeed and this has led to PIMCO being recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients.
Position Description
PIMCO is seeking a strategic, innovative and commercially minded leader for the role of Senior Vice President, Global Creative Solutions Manager. This newly created role builds on PIMCO’s strong brand and creative foundation and is designed to transform PIMCO’s creative capability into an AI-powered model - one that unlocks breakthrough creativity, increases productivity to meet business demand, and scales high-impact creative solutions.
This role involves partnering with many stakeholders, including global Marketing leadership, senior business stakeholders across the firm and external agencies. The Creative Solutions Manager will manage a multidisciplinary team spanning creative design, UX product design, multimedia, and production – while reimagining how creative work is conceived, produced, and scaled through AI, automation, and advanced technologies.
Location
New York, NY, Austin, TX, or Newport Beach, CA
Responsibilities
The key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Define and lead a global creative vision and strategy for the firm, helping to evolve/expand the firm’s ecosystem of creative resources, tools, and metrics.
Build and rapidly execute an AI‑enabled creative model that drives long‑term transformation while delivering near‑term step‑change improvements in productivity, speed, and impact.
Balance AI‑powered transformation with the day‑to‑day delivery of high‑quality creative solutions to meet fast‑moving business needs.
Act as a thought leader and change agent, helping senior stakeholders and the broader Marketing team understand and embrace how AI is evolving modern marketing and brand-building.
Establish clear success metrics that quantify productivity gains, creative quality uplift, speed-to-market, and commercial outcomes.
Lead, inspire, and evolve a high-performing, multidisciplinary global creative team, fostering a culture of experimentation, continuous learning, and innovation - strengthening clarity, accountability, and execution across a global model.
Collaborate closely with internal teams and external agencies to develop client-centric concepts, ensuring seamless integration across all touchpoints and maintaining strong partnerships ,
Position Requirements
Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in art, communications, marketing, or another related field
Proven experience managing a holistic creative solutions model (10-15+ years) within an agency or marketing department
Strong leader who has demonstrated experience setting strategic direction, managing large (internal/external) teams and inspiring creative/design excellence
Passion and demeanor to affect change and inspire early engagement and deep partnerships
Excellent track record for developing and applying new ideas, approaches and methods with an entrepreneurial spirit and a proven ability to pitch/sell highly conceptual ideas
Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Figma plus Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and XD
Experience working across, or having other exposure to, a number of geographic markets globally
Knowledge of/experience in Financial Services is preferred but not required
Professional Skills Requirements
Strategic, innovative, and commercially oriented mindset with a bias toward action and experimentation
Strong change leadership capabilities, including the ability to bring teams and stakeholders on a transformation journey
Exceptional collaboration, communication, and storytelling skills
High integrity, sound judgment, and comfort operating in a regulated, high-performance environment
Passion for building learning cultures that continuously evolve skills at the intersection of creativity, data, and technology
Salary Range: $ 250,000.00 - $ 305,000.00
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement
PIMCO recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, military or veteran status, disability (physical or mental), any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other basis such as medical condition, or marital status under applicable laws.
Applicants with Disabilities
PIMCO is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, including veterans, in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system due to a disability and you would like to request an accommodation, you may contact us at 949-720-7744 and leave a message. This is a dedicated line designed exclusively to assist job seekers with disabilities to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be considered. A response to your request may take up to two business days.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in art, communications, marketing, or related field
- 10-15+ years managing a holistic creative solutions model within an agency or marketing department
- Experience managing large teams and inspiring creative excellence
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud
- Experience working in Financial Services preferred but not required
PIMCO Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about PIMCO and has not been reviewed or approved by PIMCO.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is described as generous, with substantial vacation at hire and additional time accruing with tenure. Time away is regarded as a highly important part of the package.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as comprehensive across medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, complemented by wellness options such as on-site fitness and health savings accounts. These offerings are consistently characterized as strong.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include 401(k) matching and Roth 401(k), with an employee stock purchase program available alongside tax-advantaged accounts. The breadth of long-term financial benefits is emphasized as a strength.
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What We Do
PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income. With our launch in 1971 in Newport Beach, California, PIMCO introduced investors to a total return approach to fixed income investing. In the 50+ years since, we have worked relentlessly to help millions of investors pursue their objectives – regardless of shifting marketing conditions. As active investors, our goal is not just to find opportunities, but to create them. To this end, we remain firmly committed to the pursuit of our mission: delivering superior investment returns, solutions, and service to our clients.
