Director, Investment Risk
$175,000–$225,000 year
HybridBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Lead the development of GW&K's centralized investment risk function, enhancing risk guidelines, oversight processes, and governance practices across Equity and Fixed Income strategies. Monitor portfolio exposures, track risk trends, and perform analysis including attribution, scenario testing, and stress testing to support investment teams and senior leadership. Partner with stakeholders to implement technology enhancements in platforms like FactSet, Axioma, and Bloomberg, while developing dashboards and reports for governance forums. Actively participate in investment policy and product management committees, leading the creation of a formalized Investment Risk Committee. Provide independent review and challenge on material investment risks while supporting due diligence requests for internal, client, and consultant inquiries.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 8+ years of dedicated experience in investment risk management, portfolio analytics, or a closely related investment oversight function
- experience within a buy-side asset management environment
- experience building, formalizing, or enhancing investment risk programs, governance structures, and operating frameworks within an institutional asset management organization
- proven hands-on Fixed Income risk expertise across reporting, analytics, and processes
- experience supporting investment risk committees, governance forums, client due diligence, or consultant requests
Desired Qualifications
- CFA charter holder
- Prior experience spanning both Fixed Income and Equity strategies
- FRM certification
- Familiarity with taxable and municipal Fixed Income strategies
- experience evaluating, implementing, or enhancing Fixed Income or multi-asset risk systems
- Proficient with using investment analytics and risk platforms such as Bloomberg, FactSet, Axioma, or comparable tools
- Deep understanding of portfolio construction, benchmark-relative risk, tracking error, factor exposures, scenario analysis, and stress testing
- familiarity with measures such as VaR, duration, convexity, spread risk, and liquidity risk
- Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- excellent written and verbal communication
- ability to translate complex risk concepts into clear, actionable insights for multiple audiences
- Self-starter who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment and takes a hands-on approach to driving change
- comfort operating where tools, processes, and reporting standards continue to evolve
- Strong relationship-building and influencing skills
- ability to operate independently as the firm's lead investment risk professional
- ability to engage effectively with investment teams, senior leadership, and business stakeholders
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