Chief Investment Officer for Global Fixed Income Solutions (GFIS), EVP - State Street Global Advisors

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on State Street to help them manage risk, respond to challenges through solutions, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged professionals are essential to our success.

For nearly four decades State Street Global Advisors has been committed to helping our clients and those who rely on them achieve financial security. We partner with many of the world's largest most sophisticated investors and financial intermediaries to help them reach their goals through a rigorous investment process spanning both indexing and active disciplines. With trillions in assets our scale and global reach offer clients unique access to markets geographies and asset classes and enable us to deliver both thoughtful insights and creative solutions. SSGA is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation. For further information please visit ssga.com.

Our commitment to maintain an environment where every employee feels valued and able to meet their full potential infuses our company values. It’s also part of our commitment to inclusion, development and engagement, and corporate social responsibility. You’ll have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.   Join us.

Key Responsibilities

This Boston or London-based position will be a senior member of the Investment organization, reporting directly to the Global CIO, will work closely with the other asset class CIOs and business Heads and will collaborate closely with senior leaders in the Client Coverage Group and Chief Business Officer teams as well as with the primary support functions, including operations, technology, compliance, legal and risk. Your role will include:

• Develop and drive the vision for the GFIS team, including assessing which capabilities to prioritize, developing the narrative for the team and engaging with key stakeholders and clients
• Work collaboratively with client-facing and product leaders to develop and drive product strategy to scale the business
• Manage overall GFIS success metrics (tracking error, operating losses) and P&L in coordination with regional/business leaders (Current AUM $1.1 trillion and annual revenue of over $500 million)
• Understand and drive team wide understanding of market and industry dynamics, keeping his/her finger on the pulse of what competitors are doing, how the market is shifting and what impact these dynamics should have on product and client engagement strategy both in the short term and long term
• Drive innovation agenda through broad understanding of investment capabilities, client needs and competitor products
• Act as key Investment Team interface with significant partners, joint ventures and other external parties critical to the development of industry-leading capabilities
• Meet with institutional and retail intermediary clients, prospects, and consultants to engage in detailed discussions regarding State Street's Fixed Income heritage, vision for the future and ability to align with their objectives
• Champion critical investment team business initiatives, including leveraging global footprint, technology and harmonized operating procedures more fully
• Foster intellectual curiosity about macroeconomic and investment topics that are relevant to our global client base
• Support mobility and high performance culture as we transform the business

Value Drivers

The successful team leader should possess high-end interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication capabilities, and deep expertise across a range of investment disciplines, with a focus on fixed income related solutions.  In addition, the team leader should show real passion for investment management, intellectual curiosity and strong teaming skills.

The GFIS team will fulfill its function effectively by

• Executing on mandates and delivering exceptional outcomes for clients across a range of index and active fixed income strategies
• Engaging with key clients and their advisors on new research, developments, techniques and strategies to achieve the preferred risk/return profile
• Taking overall accountability for the end-to-end set of activities required to deliver a set of investment capabilities that are relevant to our client and market strategy
• Working closely with technology, legal, compliance, risk and other business partners to drive operational efficiency and effectiveness programs
• Staying abreast of industry trends and competitive dynamics to identify emerging threats and opportunities

Qualifications:

• 15+ years’ experience in investment leadership managing