VP, Ark Invest Product Specialist

American Beacon Partners

VP, Ark Invest Product Specialist

Sales

American Beacon Partners , formerly known as Resolute Investment Managers, is a diversified asset management platform with affiliated and independent partnerships with more than 30 investment managers. Drawing on approximately 40 years of investment expertise, innovation and adaptability, American Beacon Partners delivers enduring value through traditional and alternative solutions designed to meet investors' evolving needs.

Driven by future value creation, American Beacon Partners' unique platform delivers strategic benefits through a full suite of distribution, operational and administrative services that may be leveraged by its affiliates. We offer three customizable partnership models tailored for the U.S. wealth and retirement markets. For affiliated partners , we make strategic investments in boutique asset managers to enhance distribution and administrative support functions. For strategic distribution partners , we help investment managers leverage our distribution expertise to achieve greater scale. For sub-advisors to American Beacon Advisors , we assist institutional-caliber asset managers who are seeking to expand their strategies to retail markets through existing funds or new fund launches. With roots as an unaffiliated sub-advised mutual fund sponsor, the majority of our partnerships are with asset managers who invest and operate with full autonomy and independence.

American Beacon Partners' affiliates include American Beacon Advisors, Inc.; National Investment Services of America, LLC; RSW Investments Holdings LLC; Shapiro Capital Management LLC; SSI Investment Management LLC; and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.

In December 2024, the company was named one of the "Best Places to Work in Money Management" by Pensions & Investments for the sixth consecutive year. For more information, please visit

Job Description:

The VP, Product Specialist, ARK Invest Sales representative identifies and cultivates prospects and/or clients, initiates and follows up on new business opportunities, leads new business meetings, closes sales, and develops and maintains relationships. Develops and launches new Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) products.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads ETF sales initiative, identifies client needs and coordinates efforts to serve assigned intermediaries
• Follows up on client contacts calling on existing and potential clients
• Provides clients with investment performance updates as well as general client servicing
• Makes presentations to existing and prospective shareholders/clients
• Closes the sale of investment services to prospects and/or clients
• Originates new investor relationships
• Assists in developing and launching new Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) products
• Prepares presentations
• Conducts client meetings

Requirements

• Eight or more years of investment sales experience with ETF products
• Excellent sales skills and in-depth ETF product knowledge
• Stature and experience to cover large/complex prospects and/or clients
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills, both verbal and written, with a commitment to high ethical standards
• Strong planning, organization, analytical and technical skills are required
• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities concurrently and work independently to perform a variety of tasks with accuracy and attention to detail
• Team player with the ability to drive key decisions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Flexibility for business travel that includes shareholder/prospect sales calls and attending investment conferences
• College degree in business administration or equivalent work experience required
• NASD license series 7 and 63 required; CIMA and/or CFA preferred

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