Manager Product Research and Insights, EMEA

Overview

In this role, you shape Invesco’s active product agenda across EMEA, turning market and client insights into differentiated offerings. You work at the crossroads of product, distribution, and investments to drive growth and enhance client engagement. You will conduct research, evaluate opportunities, and partner with product and distribution teams to prioritise and lifecycle-manage innovative solutions. This is a cross-functional, impact-driven role with a clear path to influencing strategic decisions and long-term growth.

Pay / Benefits

• Company-provided healthcare
• Generous annual leave
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Pension provisions
• Life insurance
• Volunteering days

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject-matter expert on Invesco’s active product suite across asset classes and markets, delivering insights to inform strategic decisions
• Conduct in-depth product and competitor research to identify differentiators and develop value propositions
• Partner with Product Development to evaluate the product shelf, identify gaps, assess opportunities, and support ideation, prioritisation, structuring, and lifecycle management
• Collaborate with Distribution teams to translate intelligence into actions that enhance client engagement and sales effectiveness
• Create and deliver investment content and cases for priority products to influence decision-making and commercial success
• Contribute to client-driven product prioritisation and strategic planning using demand signals and market intelligence
• Manage coverage of designated asset classes, products, and distribution markets while evolving the Product Research & Insights service model
• Act as an ambassador for the function, building stakeholder partnerships and contributing to strategic decisions through presentations and cross-functional initiatives

Key requirements

• Proven experience in asset management with product research, strategy, development, or positioning and delivery to senior stakeholders or clients
• Strong commercial judgement, intellectual curiosity, and execution discipline with ability to influence outcomes and manage cross-functional relationships
• Experience shaping product strategy, prioritisation, or lifecycle decisions is highly desirable
• Deep understanding of asset management including public/private markets, strategies, distribution models, and trends
• Knowledge of UK and broader EMEA investment ecosystem and client demand trends
• University degree; CFA designation or equivalent is highly desirable
• Full professional fluency in English; additional European languages advantageous
• Advanced proficiency in Morningstar Direct, eVestment, Broadridge, Preqin, PitchBook, Bloomberg or similar tools
• Ability to combine quantitative and qualitative insights into clear recommendations
• Data science experience with data analytics, automation, AI, or programming (Python, SQL, Power BI) is valuable
• Strategic thinker who connects insights, trends, client needs, and business objectives to identify opportunities
• Strong communication and storytelling skills to translate complex analysis into actionable narratives
• Collaborative and relationship-oriented with ability to influence across geographies and functions
• Entrepreneurial mindset and comfortable driving outcomes in a fast-paced environment

• Strategic thinking
• Curiosity
• Commercial mindset
• Morningstar Direct
• eVestment
• Broadridge

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