Job Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: 22 July 2026
Title Investment Product Manager
Department GPS Investment Solutions Team
Location UK - London
Reports To Head of GPS Investment Solutions Team
Level 5
Intro
We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.
About your team
The Global Platform Solutions Investment Solutions Team is responsible for the research, design, development and ongoing management of investment solutions used by our retail and institutional clients. The team plays an important role in shaping the investment proposition, supporting product development, improving customer outcomes and ensuring our offering remains relevant, competitive and aligned to client needs.
About your role
We are looking for a proactive and commercially minded Manager to support the strategic development and ongoing management of our investment proposition. This is a broad and visible role for someone who is a self starter, comfortable working with ambiguity and confident building trusted relationships across a wide range of stakeholders.
You will act as a bridge between investment, distribution, client, platform and operational teams, helping to turn investment expertise, market insight and client needs into clear proposition priorities and practical actions. You will support the development, enhancement and launch of investment products and solutions, using competitor analysis, client feedback, regulatory insight and product data to identify opportunities, shape product positioning and keep our offering aligned to business priorities.
The right candidate will bring structure to complex topics, communicate investment concepts clearly and confidently, and help drive initiatives forward in a changing environment. You will be curious, adaptable and keen to learn, with the confidence to challenge constructively and the judgement to bring people with you.
Key responsibilities
You will:
- Support investment related strategy discussions and help define proposition priorities across retail and institutional channels.
- Drive and support the development, management and launch of investment products and solutions.
- Prepare high quality papers, presentations and recommendations for senior stakeholders, governance forums and committee meetings.
- Translate complex investment topics into clear, practical messages for a range of audiences.
- Act as the customer voice in service design, proposition development and innovation initiatives.
- Build strong internal networks to gather input, align stakeholders and identify new opportunities for proposition development.
- Identify market, product and client trends to help inform investment proposition priorities and product road maps.
- Analyse competitor positioning, product structures, pricing, sustainability themes and client propositions.
- Review the existing investment product line up and identify opportunities for enhancement, consolidation or new product development.
- Support early stage product design, including target market, product features, vehicle considerations, commercial rationale and client demand.
- Use internal and external data sources to support analysis, prioritisation and decision making.
- Track delivery plans, milestones, risks, issues, actions and dependencies across relevant proposition initiatives.
- Own defined deliverables or workstreams, ensuring high quality outputs are delivered within agreed timeframes.
- Support communication and client facing teams to ensure the investment proposition is explained clearly and effectively.
- Maintain product specifications and support the rollout of proposition enhancements.
- Help assess proposition performance, including customer outcomes, profitability, commercial impact and ongoing suitability.
- Support compliance and governance requirements relating to the investment proposition.
About you
The successful candidate will be able to combine investment curiosity with delivery discipline, spotting what matters in the detail, connecting it to the bigger picture and bringing people with you to get things done.
Skills and experience
You will bring:
- Demonstrated experience in investment management, asset management, proposition development, product management, investment consulting or broader financial services.
- Ideally hold, or be progressing towards, a relevant professional qualification such as IMC, CFA, CAIA or equivalent.
- Good knowledge of investment products across retail and institutional markets.
- Understanding of product structures, fund vehicles, customer needs, distribution channels and commercial drivers.
- Awareness of relevant UK and European regulatory considerations relating to investment products and platforms.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret market data, client insight, competitor information and business requirements.
- Experience creating clear, engaging presentations, papers and written materials for senior stakeholders.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge constructively and build trust.
- Ability to simplify technical investment concepts for non specialist audiences.
- Strong project discipline, including the ability to manage deliverables, milestones, risks and competing priorities.
- High level of confidence using Excel and PowerPoint, with experience using investment, market or competitor data sources desirable.
- A proactive, curious and adaptable mindset, with a strong willingness to learn and develop.
The right candidate will be
- A self starter who takes ownership and follows through.
- A strong relationship builder who can work effectively across teams and senior stakeholders.
- Clear, thoughtful and confident in written and verbal communication.
- Commercially aware, customer focused and interested in improving client outcomes.
- Comfortable working with detail while keeping sight of the bigger picture.
- Curious, adaptable and willing to learn as markets, priorities and propositions evolve.
- Able to turn complex information into clear recommendations and practical actions.
- Organised, resilient and comfortable managing multiple priorities in parallel.
- Confident enough to challenge constructively and collaborative enough to bring others along.
Feel rewarded
For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
