Head of Investment Due Diligence - US Intermediary (USI) Wealth

Requisition Number: 77672

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Role Summary

The Head of Investment Due Diligence for US Intermediary (USI) Wealth is a newly established leadership role responsible for guiding a high-performing team to drive strategic product placement across priority distribution partners and investment verticals—including Mutual Funds, SMAs, ETFs, Models, and Alternatives. This leader will architect and execute a forward-looking business plan to deepen engagement with due-diligence teams across Broker-Dealer, Global Banks, RIA, TAMPS, and Fintech platforms, with a focus on achieving product diversification and securing discretionary placements at the home office level. A critical success factor will be close collaboration with the broader USI Wealth team to align efforts, meet shared goals, and champion the approval and sustained support of T. Rowe Price’s investment capabilities across wealth management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Drive all aspects of the research engagement process through high-level interaction regarding investment-related matters, as well as T. Rowe Price organizational and investment team updates.
• Champion an industry leading investment due diligence team responsible for elevating T. Rowe’s platform relevance, supporting and defending current product placements, building broader awareness of firm capabilities, and sharing T. Rowe’s thought leadership.
• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to ensure the best of T. Rowe Price is delivered to clients, including Investments, Product Management & Development, Field Sales, and Marketing. Maintain a real-time awareness of key industry trends and competitive capabilities and deliver timely business implications to key internal partners.
• Engage senior members of client research teams by developing trust-based relationships, ensuring T. Rowe Price has a deep understanding of their due diligence process and is aligned with their research priorities.
• Responsible for the ongoing professional development of the Investment Due Diligence team, ensuring they are supported with the proper resources, knowledge, and skills training to deliver industry-leading client engagement.
• Work consultatively with clients to identify opportunities where T. Rowe Price products and capabilities can support the client’s specific needs and research priorities.
• Work closely with T. Rowe Price’s competitive analysis and product management teams to identify potential opportunities and threats to existing products, and how to position T. Rowe Price strategies versus peers effectively.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 50% of the time.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a related field of study. Advanced Degree and/or CFA/CAIA highly preferred (or working towards). Series 3,7, 66 (63/65), 24 required or to be acquired immediately upon joining.

The successful candidate will have the following personal and professional characteristics:

• Minimum 15+ years of experience in investment due diligence or related client role.
• Proven track record of building and leading diligence teams; ability to develop and motivate a team, build excitement and focus towards shared goals.
• Trusted relationships with relevant gatekeepers and professional buyers at large broker-dealer platforms.
• Viewed as a well-respected industry leader and enjoys a strong reputation with distribution partners.
• Extensive investment product knowledge across Mutual Funds, ETFs, SMAs, Models, and Sub-Advisory.  Knowledge of Alternative Strategies is highly desired.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, investment concepts, styles, and issues; must be able to communicate effectively on investment issues.
• Possess a working understanding of asset allocation techniques to identify opportunities for product placement within client models.
• Leadership and communication are critical, as is a demonstrated ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with key internal and external partners.
• Consistently deliver strong written and oral communication skills, must be able to present on a variety of investment products with discerning investment analysts/gatekeepers.
• Ability to establish relationships with internal colleagues, including National Accounts and Field Sales, investment, product management, RFP, marketing, and other functional teams.

Preferred:

• If the employee chooses to live outside of Baltimore, the ability to be in Baltimore 2-3 weeks (3 days per week) per month is required.

FINRA Requirements

FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for full time remote work.

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