ESG Investment Product Manager, Specialist

The Vanguard Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment firm is seeking an ESG Product Specialist to provide expertise on their ESG product range. The role involves leading analysis, guiding junior team members, and presenting on ESG themes. Candidates should have experience in the investment industry, strong communication and analytical skills, and an undergraduate degree. This position offers a full-time employment model with a hybrid work option, emphasizing collaboration and flexibility.

Qualifications

• Professional work experience ideally in the investment industry with ESG focus.
• Proven relevant industry experience in a similar role or ESG investment.
• Demonstrated conceptual thinking skills and excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead product oversight analysis, ensure data integrity and credibility.
• Present on regulatory outlook and strategic analyses of investment products.
• Guide junior team members on client inquiries and present ESG offerings.
• Prepare training content and deliver support for sustainability reporting.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Collaboration skills

Conceptual thinking

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent

CFA or IMC preferred

Tools

Bloomberg

Factset

Morningstar

Job description

Be the subject matter expert on Vanguards ESG products. To provide product expertise to clients and crew with great depth of knowledge on ESG across fixed income and equity. To be a partner to the distribution businesses and investment teams to ensure the health and commercial success of Vanguards ESG product range.

Help us shape the future of investing!

In this exciting role you will be part of the ESG product specialism team and be the subject matter expert on Vanguards ESG products. You will bring your passion for environmental social and governance issues and apply your analytics skills to help further develop how Vanguard incorporates and oversees ESG considerations in our products and investment processes. You will be a critical partner to the distribution businesses and investment teams providing ESG product expertise to clients and crew ensuring the health and commercial success of Vanguards ESG product range. Join us and help us change the way the world invests!

Core Responsibilities

• Leads the product oversight analysis ensuring the accuracy integrity and credibility of the index construction and underlying ESG data. Performs company research and leads engagements with third-party index and data providers escalating issues as they arise.
• resents on regulatory outlook investment processes fund features and ESG themes to internal and external audiences; conducts and presents strategic analyses of investment product issues leveraging cross-functional teams to inform strategic decisions.
• Guide the junior team members in handling crew and client inquiries about product attributes positioning or reports and attends client meetings to present Vanguards ESG offerings and investment perspectives.
• Prepares content and delivers training for crew on products enhancing ESG investment expertise and supporting distribution marketing and regulatory initiatives.
• Supports the delivery of corporate and product sustainability reporting including inputting into reporting narratives and validation of reported ESG metrics (e.g. climate SFDR etc).
• Supports the implementation of regulatory change projects and product governance initiative as the ESG subject matter expert.
• Partners with the product research team to develop new ESG product ideas and provide ESG expertise during the research process. Assists in assessing the strength of Vanguards product offer relative to specific business lines through analysis of strategic competitive client and market trends relating to Vanguards ESG investment product line-up.
• Represents Vanguards position on ESG matters at industry association working groups and conferences.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Professional work experience ideally in the investment industry with a preference for ESG experience and roles that utilize strong communication and analytical skills
• Proven relevant industry experience either within a similar role or ESG or sustainable finance investment experience
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience
• CFA or IMC preferred
• Demonstrated conceptual thinking skills and the ability to anticipate implications of decisions
• Excellent collaboration skills to develop effective working relationships with key business stakeholders
• Exemplary interpersonal communication skills and superior written communication skills
• Experience using Bloomberg Factset and Morningstar is preferred

Special Factors

Vanguard is not offering sponsorship for this position.

Why Vanguard

Vanguard is a different kind of investment company. It was founded in the United States in 1975 on a simple but revolutionary idea : that an investment company should manage its funds solely in the interests of its clients.

This is a philosophy that has helped millions of people around the world to achieve their goals with low-cost uncomplicated investments.

Its what we stand for : value to investors.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

Employment Type: Full-Time