Portfolio Management Associate Director

Pacific Life; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Life in Newport Beach, CA, invites a Portfolio Management Associate Director to join the Investment Grade Public Bond Team. You will blend public fixed‑income insight with advanced quantitative, data, and AI capabilities to enhance risk assessment, market evaluation, portfolio construction, and investment opportunities.

You'll develop analytical tools, data infrastructure, and AI‑enabled workflows to improve the quality and timeliness of insights, empowering Portfolio Managers to

Qualifications

• 5+ years in quantitative fixed income investing or related field.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL with experience building investment analytics.
• Ability to translate questions into quantitative analyses.
• Strong problem‑solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain quantitative models, optimization frameworks, and analytical applications for risk assessment, portfolio construction, and decision making.
• Build and maintain data infrastructure, dashboards, and platforms integrating market, portfolio, trading, and research data.
• Develop frameworks and monitoring tools to detect risks, credit deterioration, and market dislocations.
• Lead AI‑driven capabilities to automate information gathering, synthesize research, and surface relative‑value opportunities.

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative finance / financial engineering / CS

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

We believe in giving you ongoing opportunities to advance your career. Whether you want to take on broader responsibilities or grow in new directions, you are in the right place. Here at Pacific Life, we want to help you embrace your potential so you can achieve your personal best doing purposeful work - every day.

Job Description

Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most. It’s a big ask, but it’s one that we have the power to deliver when we work together. We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Pacific Life is more than a job, it’s a career with purpose. It’s a career where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own.

We’re actively seeking a talented Portfolio Management Associate Director to join our Investment Grade Public Bond Team in Newport Beach, CA.

As a Portfolio Management Associate Director, you’ll move Pacific Life, and your career, forward by combining a strong understanding of public fixed‑income investing with advanced quantitative, data, and AI capabilities to enhance the Public Bond Group’s ability to assess risk, evaluate markets, construct portfolios, and identify investment opportunities. Through the development of analytical tools, data infrastructure, portfolio models, and AI‑enabled workflows, this individual will improve the quality, consistency, and timeliness of investment insights, enabling Portfolio Managers to make better‑informed decisions and respond more effectively to changing market conditions.

How You’ll Help Move Us Forward

• Design and maintain quantitative models, optimization frameworks, and analytical applications that help Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Analysts evaluate risk, identify opportunities, assess portfolio positioning, and make more informed allocation decisions. These capabilities will strengthen the team's ability to construct scaled portfolios that better balance return objectives, risk constraints, and market opportunities.
• Build and maintain the data infrastructure, dashboards, and analytical platforms that integrate market, portfolio, trading, and research information into a cohesive decision‑support framework. Delivering accurate, accessible, and timely insights will enable the investment team to evaluate market conditions more effectively and respond more quickly to changing risks and opportunities.
• Develop analytical frameworks and monitoring tools that help detect portfolio risks, credit deterioration, market dislocations, data anomalies, and valuation opportunities earlier. By providing more consistent and forward‑looking risk insights, the role will improve the team's ability to proactively manage our investments.
• Spearhead the evaluation and implementation of AI‑driven capabilities that automate information gathering, synthesize research, identify emerging risks, surface relative‑value opportunities, and improve consistency across investment processes. These tools will allow investment professionals to focus more time on judgment and decision‑making while increasing the speed and breadth of analysis.

The Experience You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in quantitative fixed income investing, portfolio analytics, portfolio management, trading, investment risk, quantitative research, or a closely related discipline.
• Bachelor's degree in quantitative finance, financial engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, economics or related discipline.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL, with demonstrated experience developing investment analytics, quantitative models, portfolio tools, or data data‑driven applications used by investment professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to translate investment questions into quantitative analyses and analytical tools that help Portfolio Managers, Traders and Analysts make decisions.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to communicate complex quantitative concepts across the team.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience managing or supporting institutional public fixed‑income portfolios, particularly investment‑grade corporate credit.
• Experience developing and implementing constrained fixed‑income portfolio optimization models in production investment environment.

Base Pay Range

The base pay range noted represents the company’s good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent upon several factors, including but not limited to experience, qualifications and geographic location. Also, most employees are eligible for additional incentive pay.

$152,010.00 - $185,790.00

Grade

118A

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EEO Statement

Pacific Life Insurance Company is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Human Resources Representative at Pacific Life Insurance Company.