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Director, Strategic Business Initiatives

Fidelity

Fidelity

Boston, MA, USA
Posted on May 17, 2025

Job Description:

Director, Asset Management Strategic Business Initiatives

The Role

Lead or participate in strategic programs critical to Asset Management and often central to our multi-year plan. These programs are typically supported by a cross-functional team of associates from AM and our partner organizations (e.g. Fidelity Fund & Investment Operations, Legal, Fidelity Consulting). As Director, you will assist in scoping the initial program and help lead the program to a successful outcome. Programs typically last anywhere from 3-24+ months. Recent examples of Strategic Business Initiatives work include – Asset Management ETF strategy, liquid alternatives, custom SMA program, and Active Equity Transition to QRI.

  • Experience in the asset management, wealth and/or capital markets industry
  • Demonstrated experience leading or participating in large and complex programs
  • Outstanding analytical, communication, conceptual thinking, and problem-solving capabilities
  • Ability to synthesize complex analysis and research into strategic insights and practical recommendations
  • Influence over middle to senior management, through both personal interactions as well as the creation and delivery of presentations
  • Excellent engagement skills, including the ability to work across asset management as well as other Fidelity business units
  • Ability to assess risk and operationalize findings – turning research into actions
  • Quantify challenges and requirements related to execution

Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • 10+ years of project management and/or consulting skills
  • Proficiency in MS Office tools
  • Ability to handle complexity and achieve results despite constantly shifting priorities
  • Ability to communicate business priorities to support the achievement of business goals
  • Proven strategic planning and goal setting including the ability to identify priorities and propose resource(s) and budget(s) required to implement and maintain an initiative
  • Ability to communicate business priorities and translate how marketing initiatives support the achievement of business goals and their commercial implications
  • Proven strategic planning and goal setting including the ability to identify priorities and propose resource(s) and budget(s) required to implement and maintain an initiative
  • Financial services industry experience preferred

The Team

Strategic Business Initiatives (SBI) is a team tasked with driving the most strategic and complex programs in Asset Management. The team is highly valued by, and visible to, the AM leadership team. The thought partnership and program leadership that this team provides helps to shape the future of Asset Management.

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

Certifications:

Category:

Business Strategy

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at:

accommodations@fmr.com

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Join us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

"Fidelity believes in, and is committed to, fair and equitable treatment for every associate and customer, and to creating a safe and respectful environment, in which everyone is treated with kindness, compassion and respect." Abby Johnson | Chairman and CEO Fidelity Investments

At Fidelity, we are committed to building an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging that will attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce.

Fidelity’s ten affinity groups are self-organized groups of employees with common interests in areas such as race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, or who share similar interests based on similar sets of experiences.

These Employee Resource Groups and Special Interest Groups are models of inclusion for Fidelity. They’re also a powerful form of engagement and development and can provide a pathway to visible leadership roles. Our affinity groups make a large contribution on the business, helping to ensure our products and services are delivered in a welcoming and equitable environment.

  • Over 22K employees participate in an affinity group.
  • Over 1,400 affinity group members volunteered for Fidelity Cares in 2020.
  • 74% increase in affinity group memberships over the last three years.

Giving Back to Our Communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,000 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $7.3 billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2019.
  • Supported more than 300,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $42 billion has been given to public charities.

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