Senior Manager, CIT Platform
Listed on 2026-08-02
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Management
Risk Manager/Analyst, Corporate Strategy, Change Management
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ABOUT THE ROLE:The Senior Manager, CIT Platform is responsible for leading the strategy, growth, and retention of Fifth Third’s Collective Investment Trust (CIT) platform within Institutional Services. This role provides enterprise-level ownership of the CIT business, ensuring alignment with institutional client needs, market opportunities, and the bank’s broader strategic priorities.
As a platform leader, this role is accountable for the design, oversight, and continuous improvement of CIT-related processes, systems, governance, and external vendor relationships. The position partners closely with Investment Management, Fiduciary Services, Institutional Sales, Risk, Legal, and Operations to deliver scalable, compliant, and high-performing solutions.
This role plays a critical part in driving platform growth, enhancing the institutional client experience, and strengthening Fifth Third’s competitive position in the institutional marketplace.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:CIT Platform Strategy & Growth: Leads the enterprise strategy for the CIT platform, driving growth, retention, and expansion of CIT capabilities aligned to institutional client needs and business objectives.
Platform Oversight & Governance: Establishes and oversees governance frameworks to ensure CIT platform integrity, including regulatory alignment, fiduciary standards, and internal risk management practices.
Operational Design & Process Ownership: Leads the design and continuous improvement of CIT operational processes to ensure efficiency, scalability, and consistency across the platform.
Systems & Infrastructure Leadership: Oversees the effectiveness of systems and technology supporting the CIT platform, partnering with technology teams to enhance functionality, integration, and performance.
Vendor & Provider Management: Manages relationships with external vendors and service providers supporting the CIT platform, ensuring service quality, alignment with business needs, and adherence to contractual obligations.
Market & Competitive Positioning: Evaluates institutional market trends, regulatory developments, and competitive offerings to inform platform strategy and identify opportunities for growth and differentiation.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Partners across Investment Management, Fiduciary, Sales, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Operations to ensure alignment and successful execution of platform initiatives.
Client & Sales Enablement: Serves as a subject matter expert on CIT capabilities, supporting institutional sales efforts, client engagements, and complex solution development.
Performance & Business Management: Monitors platform performance, including asset growth, client retention, and profitability, and drives initiatives to improve outcomes.
Stakeholder Influence & Alignment: Builds strong relationships across senior leadership to influence strategy, drive alignment, and advance platform priorities in a matrixed environment.
Talent & Team Leadership: Provides leadership, mentorship, and development across team members supporting the CIT platform, contributing to organizational capability and succession planning.
Other Duties: Performing other duties as assigned, adapting to new tasks or shifts in priorities as necessary to support your team’s and the company’s mission.
Bachelor’s degree required.
10+ years of experience in institutional investment management, trust/custody, retirement services, or related financial services.
5+ years of experience in strategy, platform management, product management, or related leadership roles.
Experience working with Collective Investment Trusts (CITs) or similar institutional investment vehicles preferred.
Institutional Platform Expertise: Deep understanding of CITs, institutional investment structures, and retirement or trust delivery models
Strategic Leadership: Ability to define and execute enterprise platform strategy aligned to growth and client needs
Operational & Governance Oversight: Strong…
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