Sales and Marketing Leadership Development Program

About Our Company Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you'll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses.

We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a Columbia Threadneedle Investments global team of 2,300 people working together. Our capability is diverse with more than 550 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements.

Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our enterprise businesses — Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and River Source Insurance and Annuities.

Job Description Please note that applications will be assessed on a rolling basis. Due to anticipated interest, the role may close earlier than the stated deadline. We recommend submitting your application promptly. The advertised closing date is October 3, 2026.At Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, and River Source, we're committed to helping early-career professionals learn, grow, and make an impact from day one.

Throughout the program, you'll gain hands-on experience, work alongside experienced colleagues, and contribute fresh perspectives to meaningful projects across our business.

Guided by our core values of putting clients first, acting with integrity, striving for excellence, and respecting individuals and our communities, you'll develop both professionally and personally. Through mentoring, networking, senior leader engagement, and community initiatives, you'll build valuable skills, expand your network and discover what's possible across a global financial organization.

About the Role As a participant in the Sales and Marketing Leadership Development Program, you'll gain hands-on experience across multiple business areas through four six-month rotations. Working alongside sales, marketing, product, and client relationship teams, you'll contribute to projects that support business growth, strengthen client engagement, and enhance the delivery of investment solutions.

Depending on your rotation, responsibilities may include developing marketing materials, supporting go-to-market campaigns, conducting market and competitor analysis, assisting with data reporting and modelling, and providing sales support. You'll also help maintain client and prospect information, prepare business insights for meetings, support institutional client relationships, and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to deliver a high level of service.

Key Responsibilities Responsibilities vary depending on current rotation and assigned projects, this could include:

Developing and maintaining marketing collateral that effectively communicates our brand, investment capabilities, and products to financial advisors and institutional investors

Supporting go-to-market marketing campaigns that effectively reach our target audience through digital, event and in-person activations

Partnering with the product team to conduct competitive marketplace analysis

Assisting colleagues with data modeling and reporting

Providing general multi-channel sales support

Supporting the sales team with prospect and opportunity analysis, and meeting preparation

Collaborating with consultant relations and relationship management teams to provide support to our institutional clients and consultant relationships

Working with sales and relationship management teams to update prospect and client profiles in the account management system

Creating target client and prospect lists for focus strategies with consultant ratings

Providing continuous inbound marketing support, sales assistance and follow-up to brokers/producers and wholesalers to maintain a high level of service to priority broker/dealers

Maintaining management software and inputs to literature orders

Required Qualifications Current Senior at a 4-year university pursing a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Economics, or related field

Graduation date of December 2026 or May/June 2027

Commitment to complete the full 24-month Leadership Development Program, starting June 2027

Commitment to obtain Series 7 (or SIE and Series 7 top-off exam) and Series 66 (or 63 & 65 combined) within a defined period

Preferred Qualifications High degree of self-motivation with strong integrity and ethics

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