Relationship Management Associate – EMEA Platforms Service and Relationship

Position: Relationship Management Associate – EMEA Platforms Service and Relationship Support
Location: City Of London

At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident.

We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business. With a career at the firm, you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. You’ll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well as compensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity.

Join us for the opportunity to grow and make a difference in ways that matter to you.

POSITION PURPOSE This position will provide servicing and relationship sales support to the EMEA Distribution efforts in building out the distribution footprint of T. Rowe Price European products (mutual funds, ETFs, private asset funds etc.) via external platforms and online brokerage firms.

The successful candidate will ideally understand the fund distribution, ETF brokerage and platform landscape in EMEA and have the skills and attributes to assist in servicing and relationship support activities.

The long-term development opportunity for this role is to take responsibility for selected platforms and to be given responsibility for developing specific distribution and proposition opportunities where appropriate.

Principal Responsibilities Platform relationship and service support

Work extensively with internal teams to deliver sales support activities including compliance, legal, client services and operations, product and pricing, marketing, investment teams. Including significant work in managing the day-to-day requirements of EMEA platforms, supporting onboarding of new platforms, onboarding new funds and ETFs to platforms with the completion of fund launch questionnaires, RFPs and Due Diligence and where relevant supporting marketing activities.

Builds a solid understanding of and relationships with key internal stakeholders supporting delivery of our funds through platforms. Uses these relationships to drive clear process and defined roles and responsibilities to our target operating model for working with platforms. Develops a strong understanding of the applicable investment vehicle structures, commercial arrangements and regulatory and market needs associated with fund/product distribution.

Data driven approach. Oversight of Salesforce including platform contacts management, pipeline and fund distribution footprint management, data quality, data and system enhancements, issues resolution for platforms and related to their underlying users/clients. Ability to interprete system data and communicate this to others, explaining the role of platform versus the clients who use their services. Provide input to how our internal tools and systems can be evolved to further develop our understanding of the role of platforms versus our clients.

Anticipating needs of relationship managers to aid sales and servicing efforts, proactively managing initiatives and ideas to help drive growth and equip relationship managers with tools/info to more effectively and efficiently do their role as it relates to their client business being directed via platforms.

Researching opportunities, staying informed about industry trends, competitor activities, and regulatory…