Are you looking for a company that values diversity, collaboration, and growth? Columbia Threadneedle Investments offers a meaningful career for emerging talent in a FORTUNE 500® company within the Financial Services industry.  

Our Leadership Development Program (LDP) provides experience in a collaborative and inclusive environment. Over the course of your program, you will gain exposure to leaders, cultivate your business knowledge, work on projects that directly impact the business you support, and network in a welcoming atmosphere. Columbia Threadneedle Investments offers employees the opportunity to grow and develop personally and professionally in a flexible work environment designed to support individual needs.   

The Sales and Marketing LDP is a 24-month experiential commitment crafted to cultivate your business knowledge, gain on-the-job training, network in an encouraging, inclusive, team-based environment, have exposure to senior leaders and contribute to the success of the company through four, 6-month rotations. With access to our Business Resource Networks – which includes the Black Employee Network, Young Professionals Network, PRIDE Network – you will increase your own sense of belonging and engage in relevant networking and development opportunities. Embark on this journey as a Leadership Development Program Associate and lay the foundation for your future.

The Sales and Marketing LDP rotates through and completes work within the following business areas:

• Marketing

• Product Development & Management

• Institutional Distribution

• Intermediary Sales

 After exploring the breadth of the business units through each rotation, LDPs may have the opportunity to post to a permanent position within Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities will vary depending on current rotation and assigned projects. Thiscould include:

• Developing and maintaining marketing collateral that effectively communicates our brand, investment capabilities and products to financial advisors and institutional investors.

• Supporting go-to-market marketing campaigns that effectively reach our target audience through digital, event and in-person activations.

• Partnering with the Product team to conduct competitive marketplace analysis.

• Assisting colleagues with data modelling and reporting.

• Providing general multi-channel sales support.

• Supporting the sales team with prospect and opportunity analysis and preparation for meetings. 

• Working with Consultant Relations and Relationship Management to provide reports and data to clients and consultants. 

• Updating Prospect and Client profiles in account management system working with the Sales and RM teams and using other data available. 

• Creating target client and prospect lists for focus strategies with consultant ratings. 

• Providing continuous inbound marketing support, sales assistance and follow-up to brokers/producers and wholesalers to maintaina high level of service to priority broker/dealers.

• Maintaining management software and inputs literature orders.

Required Qualifications

• Current Senior at a 4-year university pursing a bachelor’s degree

• Graduation date of December 2024 or May/June 2025

• Commitment to complete the full 24-month Leadership Development Program

• Commitment to obtain Series 7 (or SIE and Series 7 top off exam) and 66 (or 63 & 65 combined) within a defined period of time

Preferred Qualifications

• High degree of self-motivation with strong integrity and ethics

• Proven organization skills and ability to manage time effectively

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills

• Ability to work and communicate collaboratively with all levels of the organization including team members, managers, and senior leaders

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite

The company does not offer sponsorship for this opportunity.