About Us

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

About the Role

The Director, Fixed Income Product Management (FIPM) serves as a senior leader within the Product Management teams at Wellington. This role functions as a strategic partner and proxy to the Head of FIPM, playing a critical role in shaping and executing business strategy, driving growth across multiple fixed income product platforms, and managing global talent. The Director will lead strategic initiatives across key product teams—ensuring alignment with firm-wide objectives and investment platform priorities. This individual will collaborate closely with investment boutiques leadership team to support long-term strategic planning, manage transitions, and coordinate communications around PM changes.

In addition, the Director will work in partnership with the Client Group to drive commercial success, ensuring that product positioning and messaging resonate with client needs and market opportunities, and to implement commercial business plans across different channels. The role also includes oversight of talent development, hiring, and performance management, with a global perspective in coordination with the EMEA/APAC Director. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker with strong business judgment, capable of navigating complex organizational dynamics and leading cross-functional initiatives. They will be action-oriented, collaborative, and adept at managing risk and change in a dynamic environment. Ideally the successful candidate understand the product management job functions and has a deep fixed income market knowledge.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Specific responsibilities include:

• Serve as a strategic proxy to the Head of FIPM on business strategy, growth, and staffing matters.
• Lead and execute strategic growth initiatives across multiple fixed income product platforms.
• Partner with investment boutiques to manage long-term strategy, team transitions, and partner withdrawal communications.
• Collaborate with Client Group stakeholders to align product strategy with commercial goals.
• Provide external thought leadership and presentation on fixed income markets and trends to support Wellington fixed income’s brand and help to identify and advance business opportunities for growth.
• Oversee global talent management, including hiring, development, and performance calibration.
• Ensure alignment of team and individual goals with broader functional and firm-wide strategies.
• Identify, escalate, and manage business risks, ensuring appropriate oversight and mitigation strategies are in place.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven ability to lead and drive business strategy across diverse product platforms.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to ensure alignment across investment and client-facing teams.
• Demonstrated experience in managing organizational risk and implementing oversight frameworks.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans.
• Experience in talent development and performance management in a global context.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion, and sound business judgment.

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.

At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:

This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.

Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)