Bilingual Senior Manager, Product Strategy & Development ; English​/Spanish

Requisition

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

This position plays a critical role in leading and managing investment product strategy initiatives for International Asset Management. The primary focus of this role is to research and develop product strategies to be distributed across the international regions as well as meeting individual country product development needs and contributing to offshore activities as required. The role is also accountable for developing and rolling out new investment products, including proprietary mutual funds, structured products (i.e. alternatives and principal protected notes).

In addition, the Manager contributes to the overall success of the Asset Management Business, ensuring that specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

• Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.

Responsible for the development of product strategies (primarily mutual funds) in various countries in support of International Asset Management business strategies by:

• Conducting comprehensive market and competitor assessments, as well as legal, regulatory and operational assessments to develop business cases that support various investment product delivery and implementation for the assigned region or country.
• Developing and implementing a disciplined approach to product strategy / development grounded in idea generation, product scoping/analysis and portfolio management/product development best practices that will result in profitable initiatives.
• Collaborating with a number of Bank subsidiaries and departments, domestically, regionally and internationally (e.g. Strategy, Risk Management, Marketing, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Scotia Asset Management, Dynamic) to ensure investment product development projects are completed within the budget and established timelines.
• Collaborating with Operations teams, middle office and other support teams regionally and domestically to facilitate the deployment of new products or services and the continuous management of the existing suite of products.
• Providing advice and counsel in the proper positioning of the Funds with marketing and sales channels and recommending and driving product enhancements to improve product quality, profitability and marketability.
• Develop clear, consistent, and compelling product positioning across a variety of communication deliverables, including market commentary, portfolio manager conference calls and commentaries, fact sheets, fund profiles, and investor communications.

Responsible for leading and influencing key product management and product development initiatives by:

• Recommending and implementing mutual fund strategies (e.g. pricing/distribution/risk management strategies) for profitable growth
• Ensuring value added key messaging and continued development of future enhancements
• Conducting regular product audits of specific opportunities across the product shelf
• Analysis and review of product pricing and profit metrics
• Supporting growth opportunities such as strategic acquisitions by participating in due diligence meetings and analysis as required
• Produce, project and manage regulatory and ongoing fund commentaries, including the Management Reports of Fund Performance on a semi-annual basis and fund commentaries on a quarterly basis, working closely with Portfolio Managers, Fund Administration, Compliance, internal stakeholders, and/or external partners.

• Developing/implementing ad hoc investment policies and procedures required to launch and sustain complicated investment product/services/ initiatives by working closely with Asset Management and Product Development Teams.
• Providing support and guidance on fund manager and product selection to ensure best-in-class…