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Product Development Manager

Product Development Manager

William Blake GroupLondon, United Kingdom
23 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Responsibilities

  • Ensure the client is at the heart of the work and that their needs and requirements are considered at each state of the Product Lifecycle
  • Oversee and manage all aspects of fund launch, change, merger and closure processes
  • Prepare proposal papers for the Product & Distributionmittee (PDC) – presenting from time to time – plus prepare and maintain project plans and action logs
  • Set clear expectations throughout development processes with all stakeholders as it relates to documentation review, time to market, operational set up, reporting requirements, and potential issues to resolve
  • Conduct proactive assessments of products to ensure that they remainpetitive, viable and fit-for-purpose, overlaying with market intelligence to assess potential new opportunities
  • Assist with the production of annual product reviews,pleting the reporting templates for the PDC and ensuring actions are taken forward topletion
  • Assist with the annual Assessment of Value (AoV) project and produce the Board report, ensuring results are identified in a timely manner and actions agreed with internal stakeholders
  • Identify potential development opportunities ( strategies or delivery mechanisms), contributing to the Ideas Pool generation and Product Development Forum agenda
  • Co-ordinating fund country registrations, preparing evaluation reports with rmendation forernancemittees and fund boards.
  • Leading the quarterly share / unit class reviews andpleting reports for the PDC
  • Act as SME for product-related queries, answering questions that arise, representing the team in various projects and signing off on accuracy of product data
  • Contribute to the product oversight andernance framework by providing input and analysis as required, updating procedures and policies to reflect ongoing enhancements
  • Act on changes in regulation and market practice to ensure the fund vehicles arepetitive andpliant
  • Understand the impact of changing regulations on the business and the funds in the UK, Luxembourg and other relevant jurisdictions.

Experience required :

  • Product Development and / or management experience within asset management, good experience of UK and Luxembourg domiciled UCITS and non UCITS funds ( NURS, SIF).
  • An understanding of fund distribution in both UK and Internationally into multiple jurisdictions and sensitivity to pan-Europeanplexities and dependencies
  • An understanding of the asset management regulatory environment including confirmed knowledge of UK and European fund regulation ( PROD, UCITS V, AIFMD, MiFID II etc)
  • An understanding of ESG and the evolving regulatory, data and reporting requirements ( SFDR, SDR)
  • Project management ability and experience, includingplex initiatives, with the ability to manage working groups.
  • Experience co-ordinating and / or reviewing unit trust, OEIC and / or SICAV prospectuses
  • A detailed understanding of how a fund operates distributions, tax, pricing, valuations.
  • Strongmunications / stakeholder management skills
  • Analytical skills with ability to influence and use initiative
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