Product Associate- Solutions recruitment

Job ID: 12587

Position Description:
Solutions Associate - Product Management

PIMCO is seeking a Product Associate to assist with efforts in the Investment Solutions Group. This group supports three main strategies: Tail Risk Hedging, Asset Allocation, and Liability Driven Investing. The core function of the role involves the analysis of complex data, applying those results to make client focused presentations and require the individual have a solid understanding of portfolio construction concepts, multiple asset classes and asset class interaction.

Skillset required:
• Analytics
• Finance intuition based on experience or education - ability to logic check results
• Knowledge of asset analytics
• Familiarity with multiple finance and analytics systems
• Understands financial concepts (portfolio construction, asset class properties) and talks about them intelligently
• Ability to work on their own and test different ideas

Responsibilities

• Support Product Managers in delivering tail risk hedging, asset allocation, and liability-driven investment solutions for clients
• Lever the effectiveness of the product management team so that they can focus on strategy advice and implementation by supervising data/information coordination and analysis
• Increase connectivity across product "silos" and ensure consistency of inputs into asset allocation process
• Interface with client facing analytics to prioritize model development, refinement, and beta testing
• Work with the product team to monitor and manage the project queue to help prioritize opportunities, follow up with AM's to ensure continued connectivity and sustained involvement with clients
• Perform asset/liability analysis to structure customized LDI solutions
• Assist in the development of new LDI products and funds
• Be an internal resource for client servicing and marketing groups for LDI-related questions and inquiries.
• Ad Hoc research projects related to the pension and investments market, asset allocation, and tail risk hedging
• Maintain marketing materials such as presentation books and other general education materials
• Assist with RFPs

Position Requirements:
Qualifications
• Strong mathematical, modeling, and quantitative abilities to liaise with analytics at a very high level and move fluidly between a factor and asset class framework
• Strong production and results orientation to manage multiple projects and ensure accountability across groups
• Strong communication abilities to bridge information across groups and package for client consumption and understanding
• Well organized, high energy level/self starter, must work well in a team environment
• The ability to work effectively and professionally with all levels of personnel
• Enthusiasm for the financial markets and investment management
• Good Fixed income and/or derivatives investment knowledge base required
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and Matlab; Reasonable proficiency with Business Query, Bloomberg and other index provider systems (Yield Book, etc) preferred
• CFA designation (or active status in program) desired. Actuarial background a plus!
• A major in Business/Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or Accounting preferred
• Intellectually curious

PIMCO is an equal opportunity employer.