Director of Product Governance

Company Overview

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, nurturing a global team of 22,000 professionals across 19 countries who serve over 3.5 million clients.

The Director of Product Governance will represent product management and development in firm-wide initiatives, actively participating in the product team effort to maintain and improve the product line-up. The role involves regular interaction with the heads of Investment Management, General Counsel, Operations, and Risk to facilitate changes to investment products and to serve as a structural expert in delivery vehicles, including mutual funds, variable products, ETFs, and closed‑end funds.

• Secretariat of the Columbia Threadneedle Product Advisory Committee (PAC).
• Participate in business management issues such as 15C/pricing decisions.
• Host monthly product change/new product implementation meetings and communicate changes to existing products and new fund launches.
• Maintain all Product team process documents, including Product Management and Development Routines, PAC Charter, and Committee stakeholder readiness documents.
• Prepare the Investment Oversight Committee and the Columbia Funds Board.
• Lead high‑visibility governance activities, including portfolio manager changes and product responses to regulatory action.
• Coordinate revenue impacts with finance for strategy changes or product rationalizations.
• Own the portfolio manager change process, share‑class consolidations/additions, splits/reverse splits, fund mergers, product name changes, benchmark changes, mandate modifications and ETF conversions.
• Collaborate with 5P and Investment Risk Management on fund actions such as strategy changes or modifications.
• Manage the internal seed deployment/return process for NA Product.
• Represent the Product team in the continued development and expansion of Product Master Requirements.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; experience using data to identify trends and develop solutions.
• Product experience, with a deep understanding of compliance rules and regulations for the assigned product and the ability to explain concepts to others.
• Project management experience.
• Series7 (or SIE and Series7 top‑off exam) and Series
  66 (or Series
  63&65 combined), or the ability to obtain these within a defined period.

Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not require future visa sponsorship for employment in the United States.

Base salary: $147,400–$180,100 per year, with variable pay components (bonus, commissions, long‑term incentives) and a comprehensive benefits program including vacation, sick leave, 401(k), health, dental and life insurance.

Employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in‑office time.

Columbia Threadneedle is an equal‑opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, disability status, marital status, family status, or any other basis prohibited by law. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for individuals with disabilities.