Product Manager - Investment Management Governance

at  Morningstar Inc

Product Manager - Investment Management Governance

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WELCOME TO MORNINGSTAR. WE’RE A PEOPLE-CENTRIC COMPANY LED BY A MISSION TO EMPOWER INVESTOR SUCCESS.

At Morningstar, we strive to Empower Investor Success. We tirelessly pursue ways to combine our data, insights and portfolio construction capabilities to help solve investors’ needs. Our solutions pave the way for advisers to help investors achieve their goals with confidence.
The Morningstar Wealth offerings allow investors and advisers to collaborate through their financial journey. We build products and offer services that connect people to the financial information, tools & portfolios they need.
The Opportunity: We are looking for an enthusiastic, results-driven Product Manager - Investment Management Governance. The role is responsible for all matters product governance for our investment management business. The focus is to ensure we deliver market leading and compliant investment products - with this role heavily focused on our managed funds offerings.
Through your experience in investment management, you’ll understand the day-to-day needs in operating a successful product line-up and be able to prioritise your time to focus on the most meaningful and impactful opportunities to drive product success. You’ll be a champion of continuous improvement to enhance the way we operate and support a highly effective product management function. You’ll demonstrate a clear understanding of the regulatory and compliance landscape.

• Own the ongoing oversight of our multi-asset and single-sector solutions (with a heavy emphasis on our fund offerings), including ensuring the accuracy and availability of product disclosure, platform availability, sales collateral and other needs.
• Drive all accountabilities related to Product Governance including the various committees and meetings.
• Oversee product rationalisation efforts, ensuring timely and successful outcomes for all stakeholders.
• Support the development of proposals for new product launches or product rationalisation, using data and an analytical approach.
• Conduct competitor analysis, partnering with other stakeholders to source and present insight that articulates the unique differentiators for Morningstar’s product range.
• Partner with sales, marketing and investments to support the creation of investment product messaging and positioning.
• Perform analysis on key performance indicators (KPIs) and measurements of product success (product revenue, product profitability, customer satisfaction, quality, cost implications, forecasts, etc.).
• Act as the product subject matter expert, respond to enquiries from internal teams and partners (e.g. platforms) and ensure clear and regular product-related communications to stakeholder groups.
• Keep abreast of regulatory developments which impact Australian investment portfolios and partner with other stakeholders to assess impact on existing solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to our product range and disclosure.