AIM VP - Portfolio Management | Hybrid

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As AIM VP/AZL Director II - Portfolio Management, you are responsible for developing and implementing investment strategies and processes that support the objectives and constraints of assigned portfolios. You will serve as a named portfolio manager, as applicable, and provide guidance to team members while helping shape portfolio decisions, risk positioning, and investment outcomes. This opportunity will be primarily focused on external clients.

You will evaluate investment opportunities, external managers, market trends, and economic indicators to inform portfolio strategy and performance. You will also partner with stakeholders, external managers, and vendors to ensure portfolios remain aligned with investment objectives, regulatory requirements, and established policies and procedures.

The role will also require strategic planning and ownership of the outsourced investment advisory business for AIM. The role will own the investment solutions roadmap, tasked with developing target client segments and developing core value propositions that resonate externally.

Success in this role requires deep portfolio management expertise, strong judgment and analytical capabilities, and the ability to clearly communicate portfolio strategy, performance, risk, and recommendations to senior stakeholders. You will report into the VP, Investment Management.

• Investment Strategy & Portfolio Management:
  Develop and implement investment strategies aligned with portfolio goals and objectives. Ensure compliance with portfolio guidelines and regulatory requirements, and rebalance across asset classes and external managers as appropriate.
• Strategy and Product
  
  Roadmap:
  
  Own the end-to-end investment solutions roadmap, design scalable model portfolios and implementation playbooks that adapt to shifting macro and regulatory environments, and partner with product, research, and trading teams to industrialize and expand the solutions platform.
• Client Engagement and Advisory:
  Lead high-level external client discovery sessions, present investment solutions, and serve as the primary senior investment expert during client reviews, investment committee meetings, and quarterly reporting.
• External Manager & Vendor Oversight:
  Evaluate, select, and monitor external managers and vendors to ensure objectives are met. Support relationship management and address performance, risk, or service considerations as needed.
• Market & Performance Analysis:
  Monitor and analyze market trends, economic indicators, portfolio results, and drivers of performance to identify investment opportunities and inform portfolio decisions.
• Risk Management:
  
  Manage the portfolio’s risk profile and recommend actions that maintain alignment with investment objectives, constraints, and established risk parameters.
• Stakeholder & Investment Committee Engagement:
  Present portfolio results, insights, and recommendations to stakeholders. Participate in AIM’s Investment Committee and contribute to the development of firm views.
• Governance & Procedures:
  Develop and maintain policies and procedures related to the adviser and assigned portfolios.
• Other:
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