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Vice President, Thought Leadership-Workplace Investing

Fidelity

Fidelity

Boston, MA, USA · Covington, KY, USA · smithfield, ri, usa · Westlake, TX, USA
Posted on Aug 26, 2025
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Job Description:

Vice President, Thought Leadership – Workplace Investments & Income

Overview
As Vice President of Thought Leadership for Workplace Investments & Income, you will lead a high-impact team dedicated to shaping the future of workplace retirement plans. Your mission is to help clients make informed, forward-looking decisions about investment options that drive meaningful outcomes for their business and their participants. You will serve as a strategic voice for Fidelity, delivering insights that influence internal stakeholders, clients, and the broader industry.

This role requires a visionary leader with deep expertise in workplace investing, a passion for storytelling through data, and the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration across Fidelity’s Workplace, Institutional, and Asset Management organizations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Insight & Influence: Work with business partners to develop and articulate Fidelity’s perspective on workplace investment trends, retirement income strategies, and plan design innovation.
  • Thought Leadership Development: Create compelling, data-driven content that resonates with clients, prospects, and industry influencers. Ensure alignment with business priorities and client needs.
  • Data-Driven Storytelling: Leverage Fidelity’s proprietary datasets and market research to uncover insights and build narratives that drive engagement and impact.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead and inspire a team of thought leaders. Set strategic direction, manage priorities, and foster collaboration across marketing, product, sales, and relationship management teams.
  • External Engagement: Support client-facing teams in delivering insights to clients, and represent Fidelity externally through client engagements, industry events, media appearances, and strategic partnerships, as needed.
  • Team Leadership: Mentor and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in the investment industry, with a strong focus on workplace investing (recordkeeper, asset manager, plan sponsor, advisor, or consultant).
  • FINRA Series 7 and 24 licenses a plus (or willingness to obtain)
  • Proven track record of developing and executing thought leadership strategies that support business growth.
  • Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills; able to influence and collaborate across diverse teams. Editorial experience would be beneficial
  • Highly analytical and comfortable working with large datasets and performance metrics.
  • Experience leading and developing teams.
  • Familiarity with Fidelity’s platforms (Fidelity.com, NetBenefits, PSW) is a plus.
  • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or CFA preferred.

Team & Collaboration

You’ll be part of the Workplace Research & Thought Leadership team within Fidelity’s Workplace Inclusion, Insights, and Marketing organization. You’ll work closely with partners across Fidelity Workplace, Institutional, and Asset Management, including product, sales, and relationship management teams.

The Impact You’ll Make

  • Industry Leadership: Advance Fidelity’s position as a recognized leader in workplace investment and retirement income strategy, shaping the conversation and driving innovation across the industry.
  • Client-Centric Innovation: Translate client needs and market trends into actionable insights and solutions.
  • Business Alignment: Prioritize initiatives that drive measurable impact and support strategic goals.
  • Amplification: Ensure thought leadership is effectively promoted and leveraged across channels—internally and externally.

Certifications:

Category:

Marketing

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.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

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

Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.

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 12,500 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 $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
  • Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.

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