Svp - Product Development

Vest81

Remote
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Capital markets expertise
Structured-product creativity
Regulatory fluency
** Vest Financial is seeking a Senior Vice President of Product Development to drive innovation in investment product design within a rapidly growing investment management firm. The ideal candidate will possess capital markets expertise, project management skills, and a strong understanding of financial advisor and client needs. **

Job Summary

  • Vest Financial is a rapidly growing investment management firm specializing in Target Outcome Strategies and has grown from managing under $500 million in 2019 to over $50 billion today.
  • The Senior Vice President, Product Development will serve as the firm’s senior-most owner of new investment product innovation—from concept formation through launch, requiring a blend of capital markets expertise, structured-product creativity, regulatory fluency, and disciplined project management.
  • This role involves guiding the Product Development team, overseeing the full multi-product pipeline, collaborating across multiple departments, and managing relationships with external partners including asset managers, index providers, insurers, administrators, and service providers.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 75

** Vest Financial is seeking a Senior Vice President of Product Development to drive innovation in investment product design within a rapidly growing investment management firm. The ideal candidate will possess capital markets expertise, project management skills, and a strong understanding of financial advisor and client needs. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • capital markets expertise
  • structured-product creativity
  • regulatory fluency
  • disciplined project management
  • product pipeline management
  • collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • investment product innovation

Nice-to-have

  • empathy for financial advisors and clients
  • experience with ETFs and mutual funds
  • strategic product roadmap development
  • relationship management with external partners

Key Requirements

  • proven product creator in financial products
  • experience with ETFs, UITs, mutual funds, closed-end funds, structured notes
  • knowledge of derivatives and capital markets instruments
  • ability to evaluate market liquidity and hedging constraints

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