Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

About Us

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

About the Role

THE POSITION

Wellington Management (WMC) currently manages $524 billion in fixed income assets on behalf of our clients worldwide. Within our fixed income group, the Emerging Markets Debt (EMD) book of business is large, diverse and growing, and today totals $30 billion. To ensure we continue to exceed our clients’ investment expectations, we are seeking to recruit an experienced Portfolio Manager to join our EMD portfolio management team to be based in Boston or London. The successful candidate will have deep global macroeconomic expertise, a process-driven mindset, and a demonstrated track record of expressing macro-oriented views in the market that translate into positive alpha in portfolios. The ideal candidate will be highly networked in policy circles (e.g., DC, the IMF and EM officials), have a strong understanding of central bank policies across EM countries, and be able to work collaboratively with a team of EM macro analysts and quants to dig deeply into countries.  

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

The following essential skills are required for the role:

•    Investment acumen – The Portfolio Manager will have emerging market debt expertise and a history analyzing and managing portfolios relative to hard currency sovereign benchmarks as well as opportunistic mandates that are benchmark aware and allow greater allocations to emerging market local and corporate exposures. The ideal candidate will exhibit a research oriented, bottom-up approach, supported by a strong investment philosophy and process. The Portfolio Manager will manage emerging market debt portfolios across various client mandates and will need to demonstrate an understanding of each client’s objectives and constraints to customize and construct individualized portfolios to meet client performance objectives.

•    Superior collaboration skills – The successful candidate will also enjoy being an individual contributor within a highly collaborative team and embrace the benefits of overlapping lines of idea generation. The Portfolio Manager will build strong trusting relationships internally with other portfolio managers, research analysts, quantitative strategists, product managers, traders and client-facing personnel. The ability to take risk and challenge investment views is critical, as is the humility to admit mistakes and a desire to learn from others; the Portfolio Manager must recognize the benefits of diverse perspectives.  The ability to communicate (both verbally and in writing) action-oriented opinions clearly and with conviction and contribute to an open investment dialogue is important.

•    Growth mindset – The flexibility and openness to continue learning, evolving and growing as an investor is required.  The successful candidate will have a global perspective and creative approach for thinking about innovation and the next generation of the investment industry and evolution of emerging markets.  
 

QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 15+ years of emerging markets debt portfolio management experience with an attributable benchmark relative, total return and/or long/short track record.

Additional qualifications include but are not limited to:
•    Strong investment philosophy and process supported by rigorous analysis;
•    A demonstrated track record as a portfolio manager;
•    Comfort taking risks within a strong risk management framework;
•    Expertise investing in hard currency emerging market debt and experience in local rates and FX markets; 
•    Ability to effectively communicate complex investment ideas and strategies to both internal peers and external clients;
•    Intellectual curiosity and flexibility in thinking;
•    Humility and ability to thrive in a highly collaborative global team with a strong desire to learn from and with other investors;
•    Ability and willingness to travel; 
•    Fiduciary and client oriented mindset;
•    Excellent academic credentials; an MBA/CFA or advanced degree will be viewed favorably. 

LOCATION

The Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Debt will be based in Wellington’s Global Headquarters in Boston, MA or the London, UK office.
 

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications?  That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at [email protected].

At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is: