Head of Market Intelligence

Company: Allspring Global Investments, LLC
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: January 28, 2023

Job Description:

Job Category: General Job Family (Recruiting) Allspring is a leading asset management firm with close to $600 billion of assets under management, 24 offices globally, and specialized investment teams supported by more than 480 investment professionals. Allspring and our investment teams provide a broad range of differentiated products and solutions to help our diverse range of clients meet their investment objectives. We leverage the diversity of people, ideas, and skills to help our clients pursue their financial goals.With a rich and established history in the asset management industry, Allspring is now a "start-up at scale" having spun off from Wells Fargo and acquired by GTCR and Reverence Capital Partners in November 2021. The new name, Allspring Global Investments, reflects our commitment to renewal, growth, and meaningful client outcomes. With decades of trusted expertise propelling us forward, we're a company staying true to our core investment roots while reinventing ourselves to offer today's investors a fresh perspective.We are seeking a high-energy, experienced Market Intelligence and competitive insights leader who combines expertise in data and insights with exceptional skills in communication and managing teams and stakeholders. You will be partnering with sales leaders, product managers and business managers to drive strategic initiatives and deliver insights to help influence the decision making process. We are looking for an individual who is collaborative, agile and ready to roll up their sleeves. Allspring is an organization that is "a startup with scale", which creates an opportunity for leaders who can drive change, embrace innovation, and accelerate the transformation to an industry-leading asset management organization. In addition to in-depth subject matter expertise, you'll need to continually keep pace with the changing technology landscape.The Head of Market Intelligence will have responsibility for collaborating across Allspring to create structure, deliver insights and implement solutions. You will have demonstrable experience working with asset management industry, product and firm specific data for the US and Global markets.

• Industry compendiums: Lead development and execution of a comprehensive industry compendium which covers all distribution channels, vehicles and asset classes. Set the vision and create actionable research that helps inform all aspects of distribution life cycle, from product development to client experience
• Competitive insights: Build proprietary framework that measures Allspring's market position and distribution strengths and opportunities at the global and channel level
• Market sizing: Lead complex market sizing engagements and projections to help support the broader distribution strategy. Provide ongoing assessments ongoing assessments to drive more informed decision making and recommended actions to leaders to address key opportunities and threatsResponsibilities
  • Lead and develop a multi-functional team and continually drive improvements in efficiency, effectiveness and raising the performance bar
  • Advise leadership on the impacts of macro trends on distribution opportunities and headwinds, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement
  • Translate large disparate data sets into concise insights and identify trends across asset management industry
  • Work directly with Senior Leadership Team and Distribution Leaders to ensure they have transparent, timely and clear understanding of market trends
  • Create a framework which allows Allspring to be benchmarked across distribution channels and asset class/products
  • Own engagement with various data vendors and consortiums (market share, etc)
  • Develop project plans with Technology partners to improve data ecosystem by articulating scope and objectives, align on milestones and deliverables and holding project participants accountable through effective delegation
  • Be an excellent communicator and collaborator across multiple technical and business stakeholders and senior leadersQualifications
    • 10+ years working in roles within market intelligence or competitive insights for asset managers, and knowledge of investment products including mutual funds, separately managed accounts, lux funds and/or collective funds
    • Proficiency in utilization of Powerpoint, Excel and/or Business Intelligence visualization tools (Tableau, Kyvos, Salesforce CRM Analytics, etc.)
    • Able to develop financial models in MS Excel or other analytic tools
    • Efficiently manage, filter and analyze data to develop compelling and clear analyses and briefings
    • You are experienced in industry data tools; Simfund, Morningstar, eVestment, Brightscope, Broadridge, Market Metrics, etc
    • Excellent logic and analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitativeEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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