Product Manager Growth Equities (Houston)

Houston, TX, United States

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Job Description

Your Team:

Invesco Growth Equities, based in the US (New York, NY & Houston, TX), includes 3 investment teams, comprised of 16 investment professionals, managing over $50 Billion in assets across 10 distinct investment strategies. The investment teams have highly experienced portfolio managers and analysts with an average of over 28 years industry experience. Our Growth capabilities cover the small, mid and large-cap market capitalizations, and the 3 teams work collaboratively to manage key growth sector funds (Technology, Health Care & Global Consumer Trends), providing clients with an array of investment choices across the growth space. Client Portfolio Managers (CPMs) and Product Managers work together in a pod structure to support the investment teams and strategies.

Your Role:

The Product Manager is responsible for supporting senior members of the team, positioning a set of investment strategies, researching product/competitive trends, and driving product management initiatives across retail and institutional channels. The Product Manager needs to be proficient at articulating a strategy’s investment process, portfolio positioning and rationale for specific holdings within the portfolio. This individual supports the CPMs and Product Director who work closely with the portfolio managers and acts as a liaison between the portfolio management team and both internal and external constituents on product-specific matters. The individual will also work as a liaison with legal, compliance, marketing and other departments to help with content and other potential issues.

Because the Product Manager acts as an extension of the CPM and portfolio management teams, this individual must have a strong understanding of the markets and be regarded as a credible source of information and perspective for both fundamental and macro-economic factors affecting equity investments. They must be viewed as a subject matter expert on investment and product issues pertaining to their strategies.

What you would be responsible for:

The Product Manager will be responsible for coverage of a set of investment strategies across geographic markets and retail and institutional channels:

Product & Investments Expertise

Work closely with the team’s portfolio managers and CPMs to become deeply knowledgeable of each product. The Product Manager must have an intimate knowledge of the investment philosophy and process of each investment product supported. This includes a detailed understanding of current investment themes within the portfolio, knowledge of portfolio holdings, risk attributes of the strategy, past and current positioning of the portfolio, near-term outlook for the strategy and performance attribution.

Represent investment teams to internal and external clients. Effectively articulate investment processes and performance and communicate the portfolio management team’s outlook and investment perspectives.

Know the competitive landscape/peer group; stay current on market trends and competitive developments in all relevant distribution channels. Be able to clearly articulate what differentiates our products from the competition.

Business Management

Act as client advocate and “general manager” with the business units, ensuring client requests and deliverables match client expectations. This includes liaising with the legal, compliance, accounting and trading functions on matters relating to the investment strategies. The Product Manager should endeavor to support portfolio managers on these matters; exercising judgment as to if/when a portfolio manager should be involved.

Assist the Product Director/Team Lead in the development and implementation of business plans to drive organic growth, profitability and asset retention. Recommend actions needed to improve our competitive positioning, enhance investment processes and optimize pricing. Partner with Product Development for new product or product rationalization initiatives.

Distribution & Marketing Support

In partnership with the Client Portfolio Managers and investment team, develop a message for clients and prospects regarding the investment capabilities of the team’s various strategies. This includes playing a prominent role in creating and reviewing marketing and meeting materials, and providing regular communications, analysis and insights to our Sales team for use with clients.

Develop and implement effective product marketing initiatives designed to build sales momentum and/or defend a critical investment franchise.

Support Distribution with training, large conferences, meeting support. Manage the ongoing internal and external experience for our products and work with Marketing to support fund specific content.

Assist Sales with custom proposals for significant business opportunities and participate in client calls/meetings as needed.

Liaise with the firm’s various marketing and RFP teams to ensure all data and responses regarding a given product are accurate and appropriate.

Assist with quarterly investment commentaries and regulatory commentary content.

The Experience You Bring:

4 - 8 years of relevant experience in financial services. Will consider candidates with 2 - 4 years relevant experience at the Associate Product Manager level.

Entrepreneurial spirit, with a focus on continuous improvement, willingness to take risks, embrace and lead change, determination to find creative solutions to problems. Strong work ethic and drive to succeed.

Technical skills, including strong investment acumen, understanding of financial markets and economics, and expertise with all Microsoft Office tools. Knowledge of Bloomberg, Factset, Morningstar Direct and PowerBI a plus.

Detail-oriented and analytical, with the ability to spot unusual or inconsistent data, as well as the confidence to question, and knowledge to verify, information provided.

Master of efficiency and time management, with ability to balance multiple tasks effectively and technological proficiency in automation and optimization to improve speed and accuracy in client reporting.

Able to simplify complex data in a visual, easy-to-understand and compelling format for clients.

Passion for the industry and capital markets is a must.

Highly developed communication skills, both written and verbal.

Good people and interpersonal skills.

May be expected travel occasionally.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office.

What’s in it for you?

Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:

Flexible paid time off

Hybrid work schedule

401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution

Health & wellbeing benefits

Parental Leave benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.

Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.

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