A full time, permanent position to be based in Boston, Lincolnshire. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to use their language skills. You will take full ownership of a portfolio of existing accounts and drive business within the UK, Germany, and other European areas. You will be responsible for driving new business avenues operating through distribution, direct to retail and through ecommerce channels, selling both branded and own label products. Candidates must possess the following skills:

International Business Development/Account Management experience
Fluent in German (business level)
Experience in managing business through distribution, direct to retail and ecommerce channels.
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About AGF:

Founded in 1957, AGF Management Limited is an independent and globally diverse asset management firm.  AGF brings a disciplined approach to delivering excellence in investment management through its fundamental, quantitative, private capital, and high-net-worth businesses.  Our suite of diverse investment solutions extends globally to a wide range of clients, from individual investors and financial advisors to institutions, including pension plans, corporate plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations.  Our commitment to the principles of good stewardship and responsible investment is a positive differentiator for AGF. We believe integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into our investment decision-making and ownership practices across platforms will help deliver better investment outcomes to our clients.

About the Role:

The Senior Manager, Institutional Business Management will play a key role in supporting the management and growth of AGF’s institutional business in North America including identifying opportunities and executing initiatives that support business transformation and aggressive growth in sales and revenues. 

This role will operate either out of our Boston or Toronto office.

 

Your Responsibilities:

• Work with the institutional sales team in North America as well as with key internal partners to identify and implement enhancements and integrations with Salesforce, key external databases to facilitate, automate and transform the institutional sales-process, ensure dashboards are relevant and up-to-date and to help integrate and transform aspects of institutional sales, sales support and business management processes.
• Routinely source and identify priority sales opportunities from both internal and external institutional databases/resources in a number of institutional and intermediary oriented channels in both U.S. and Canada
• Identify via data analytics/business intelligence high propensity institutional sales opportunities for key AGF strategies relative to key competitors globally
• Establish and manage institutional lead generation/conversion business processes and sales campaigns – identifying key prospects and working with the Marketing & Innovation, Sales Effectiveness and Sales teams as well as other key internal partners to ensure the campaigns are designed to maximize the chance of success with the most appropriate prospects included and to ensure effective, actionable campaign reporting, ensuring sales opportunities are prioritized and systematically followed-up by the relevant salesperson.
• Involvement in and/or project management of business initiatives that are designed to enhance and transform AGF’s institutional business platform and competitiveness and facilitate future business growth.  
• Work with key partners, institutional leadership team leads and the VP, U.S. Business Management to produce and where practical, automate, ongoing business reporting for Senior and Executive Management and Fund/Entity Boards around institutional business metrics and key performance indicators.
• Assist the VP, U.S. Business Management onboard and manage key external vendor relationships with external service providers to the North American institutional business including establishing KPI/reporting metrics for vendors ensuring that AGF’s initial and ongoing vendor management requirements are exceeded or met and making recommendations to select new and evolve service providers, as required.
• Act as key liaison with AGF’S Finance team and VP, U.S. Business Management in the cost management, budget forecasting and corporate planning process for AGF’s global institutional business.
• Assist the VP, U.S. Business Management in liaising with NYSE Arca and Nasdaq to ensure that ongoing reporting requirements and filings are completed, liaising with internal AGF functions and external service providers, as required.
• Regularly review U.S. fund and ETF website to ensure that sections and documents are kept up to date.
• Act as a key liaison with the AGF audit team to assist the VP, U.S. Business Management and institutional regional team heads respond to information requests and implement recommendations for audits relating to the institutional business and related legal entities.

Your Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree required in Finance, Commerce, Economics or Business oriented discipline;
• CFA charter-holder or other professional investment designations (CAIA, CIM etc.) desirable
• 5+ years of investment industry experience is ideal;
• Some experience and/or interest in a combination of public, private markets/alternative investment experience  
• Knowledge of, and interest in, investment markets, trends and products in the institutional and intermediary markets in North America is required;   
• Ability to work with other teams and functions, to deliver key initiatives under tight time deadlines, with strict attention to detail is essential;
• Strong organizational, time management, project management and analytical skills are critical to success in the role;
• Excellent communication, presentation and business writing skills;
• Knowledge of and experience with Salesforce/CRM databases, Power BI and with investment industry databases such as eVestment, Morningstar Direct, Dakota, Bloomberg etc. would be strongly desirable; 
• A passion for the investment industry and a desire to play a key role in helping to aggressively grow a strategically important business line.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.  
 

AGF is an equal opportunity employer. AGF welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request in all aspects of our recruitment and selection process. It is the Company's policy to recruit and select applicants for employment solely on the basis of their qualifications, with emphasis on selecting the best qualified person for the job. AGF does not discriminate against applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability or any other status or condition protected by applicable legislation.  

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As a Business Manager on the Numeric COO team, you will be working hand-in-hand with our COO and team to support the various functions of the business unit. This team helps to organize the Investment engine objectives and collaborates with all stakeholders in Numeric and the broader Man organization. The daily tasks will vary but largely involve project management, coordinating meetings and materials, organizing current business/strategic initiatives, and ensuring the general needs of the business are being met. Having an understanding of investment management and how an investment management organization operates would greatly set the stage for success in this role.

The role and responsibilities will include

• Project management – leading projects of varying size, difficulty and expertise. Projects will span departments and largely support technology and investment related initiatives but will certainly overlap with the broader central teams
• Process management – as part of the COO team it is important to take note and identify areas where business process improvements can be made and have the ability to suggest and coordinate appropriately, building an understanding of operational risk and supporting needs within that area
• Data entry and organization –  including but not limited to terms and agreement support with legal, operational risk tracking, and project tracking
• Meeting preparation, coordination, support and follow ups – along with leading projects there will be additional meetings and committees requiring support and coordination to help the ongoing initiatives
• Ad-hoc requests that come across the COO team function – in a fast changing environment priorities and objectives for the business will evolve, must have willingness to jump in and embrace these challenges

Project management & Communication

• Proven project management skills
• Experience with process improvement
• Able to set timelines and requirements, delegate tasks and stay on top of deliverables
• Excellent communication & people skills
• Ability to identify needs of teams and communicate to management
• Quickly gain understanding of organizational structure and build relationships with key stakeholders

General Capabilities

• Self-starter and strong ability to self-prioritize and multi-task
• Capability to produce a variety of raw materials – Power point, Excel, Visio
• Manage multiple priorities and projects at a time
• Can support functions that may not be clearly defined and take initiative
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of Numeric and the broader Man organization  
• Strong communication across a wide variety of teams and broader organization
• Bonus – strong technical skills; understanding of development life cycles; investment product structuring

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Business Management or other related fields
• Experience in a project management or similar expertise
• Outstanding leadership abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrable analytical thinking & business insight
• Advanced time management and analytical skills

About Man Numeric

Man Numeric is a fundamentally-driven systematic investment manager. It takes a bottom-up approach to research and security selection and distils its findings into systematic processes that are applied across regions, styles and capitalisations. It offers long-only and alternative investment strategies that invest in both equity and credit markets.

The firm’s research-driven culture, which is underpinned by advanced technology and data science techniques, focuses on innovation and enhancement across alpha generation, risk management, portfolio construction and implementation.

Man Numeric has capabilities in systematic responsible investing, offering dedicated quantitative strategies and incorporating proprietary ESG and Climate alpha signals across a diverse range of strategies.

Founded in 1989 and becoming part of Man Group in 2014, Man Numeric’s assets under management were $39.4 billion at 30 September 2023. Further information can be found at www.man.com/numeric

Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man

Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry. https://www.man.com/diversity. Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter.

Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.

We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave.  Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

Position Summary:

The Manager of Business Process Transformation within our Technology Enabled Services (TES) organization will report into our Executive Director of Business Process Transformation. We are looking for an experienced healthcare professional who is excited about finding new ways to help an established and successful department drive further efficiencies and value creation.   The ideal candidate is equally excited about identifying problems/crafting strategies and leading execution of initiatives that drive financial performance.  This role is intended to be a healthy balance of designing strategy and executing key projects. The ideal candidate will be equal parts strategist and operator.  This role will be the second hire on a new business process transformation team, so this team member will have an exciting opportunity to shape the strategy and growth of the group.

Essential Functions (Duties and Responsibilities):

• Proactively, and in partnership with Executive Director of Business Process Transformation, identify problem areas, and craft and lead initiatives to drive improvement across key revenue cycle metrics

• Manage the delivery of strategic operations engagements with internal stakeholders including independently developing, managing and owning overall project plans, timelines for key deliverables, and measurement/reporting of outcomes

• Build effective relationships with client groups, stakeholders, peers, and athenistas across various levels and departments 

• Perform analyses, summarize findings, generate PowerPoint and Excel deliverables, and present reports or presentations to service line managers and cross-functional athena leaders

• Quantify value of initiatives and ensure initiatives will deliver the expected value

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor of Arts or Science degree

• 5-7 years of professional experience

• Deep healthcare experience with providers, payers, health-tech, or service providers.  Direct healthcare revenue cycle experience preferred

• Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• Demonstrated project management skills including project plan development and execution

• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills including data analysis and reporting 

• Ability to travel 10-25% nationwide

Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent communication skills and effective networking with internal and external collaborators

• Ability and comfort to present to high-level cross-functional leaders

• Ability to get up to speed quickly on new topics/ business problems, and an excitement to learn more about healthcare delivery and healthcare technology

• Comfort working and multi-tasking in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to adapt to changing priorities 

• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams to achieve desired results

• Creatively challenges the status quo to find new ways of working; looks for the opportunities that arise during times of change; readily adapts to new technologies, processes, roles

• Ability to manage numerous detail-intensive, interdependent, and time-sensitive tasks and ensure the accurate completion of the same 

• Aptitude for reengineering processes, tools and role(s) to improve organizational scalability, efficiency and quality 

• Thoroughness in tracking numerous, detail intensive tasks while ensuring their completion and accuracy

https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity

Job Description

Sr. Manager, Customer Data Platform (CDP) & Marketing Automation (MA), US Pain Business Unit

Vertex is seeking a talented leader to join our US Pain Business Unit to support our journey to bring forth new options for the treatment of pain. The Sr. Manager, CDP & MA will be an integral part of the US Pain Marketing Team, which is preparing for potential commercialization of an investigational novel selective inhibitor of NaV1.8 in acute pain. This role will be part of a small team of Product Owners that will support other core marketing technology platforms and will drive the evolution and implementation of our innovative go to market model that focuses on a lean in-person presence supplemented by robust digital engagement. This individual will set the vision and roadmap for our CDP & MA platforms to drive an optimized customer experience across the patients & healthcare professionals we seek to engage. We are seeking a candidate that has a strong experience and background in marketing technology with a specific focus on scaled digital customer engagement. This candidate should have experience in working in commercial business units, demonstrated success in educating and coaching teammates, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

This role reports to the Director, Digital Customer Experience for the US Pain Business Unit and is based out of our Boston, MA HQ.

For more information about Vertex’s pain program, visit https://www.vrtx.com/research-development/pipeline/pain/.   To learn more about working at Vertex and our commitment to a vibrant and inclusive culture, visit https://www.vrtx.com/working-here/inclusion-diversity-equity/.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and communicate a product vision and strategy that outlines the short- and long-term direction and goals for the CDP & MA platforms
• Define and prioritize the product roadmap for the Customer Data platform (CDP) & Marketing Automation (MA) platforms and ensuring alignment with the overall business goals and strategies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, sales and DTE (IT), to ensure the product aligns with business needs and technical requirements
• Develop use cases aligned to marketing team objectives and drive consensus with relevant internal stakeholders to align on feasibility and implementation plan
• Ensure maintenance of detailed product backlog, including user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria, in collaboration with the development team
• Define and measure key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the product's success and make data-driven decisions for continuous improvement
• Provide training and support to internal teams and customers to maximize the value of the marketing automation platform
• Manage expectations and feedback acting as a bridge between stakeholders to ensure effective communication of product updates and milestones effectively
• Participate in all aspects of agile process including sprint planning and retrospective meetings to ensure efficient development cycles and prioritized features based on business and customer needs
• Provide strategic input that helps manage the relationship with the MA & CDP vendors to evaluate potential platform updates or upgrades and recommendations on their implementation.
• Ensure compliance with relevant data protection and privacy regulations in the implementation of marketing automation features (e.g., HIPAA)
• Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in CDP & MA to identify opportunities for innovation
• Foster a culture of innovation, teamwork, and customer-centricity within the product team and across the organization
• Escalate any identified risks/dependencies to Vertex (e.g., dedicated resources)
• Cultivate strong partnerships with cross-functional teams to support business goals and engage above role including close partnership with the field, patient, disease education and program counterparts, serving as a peer leader on the marketing and launch readiness teams
• Role models and instills a culture of compliance focused on ethics and integrity in all we do

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of work experience working with marketing technology platforms with a specific focus on CDP and MA technology platforms
• Healthcare/biopharmaceutical experience is strongly preferred
• Experience establishing and gaining cross-functional and leadership alignment on a marketing technology product vision, roadmap and implementation plan in a matrixed organization
• Ability to effectively translate commercial business requirements into articulate functional requirements to ensure alignment on stated business objectives across teams
• Entrepreneurial spirit and courage to challenge the status quo to develop innovative and focused approaches to enable launch through data and technology, regular measurement of results and pivoting based on our test and learn strategy
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to connect with senior leaders as well as more varied large audiences
• Comfortable working in a highly collaborative and results-driven environment within a growing business unit where we are concurrently learning & building as we drive towards product launch
• Demonstrated understanding of the legal, regulatory, privacy, and compliance requirements within the life sciences industry specific to the use of marketing technology platforms
• Travel Requirements: Ability to travel 10 - 20%

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Company Information

About the Opportunity

About the D’Amore-McKim School of Business:

For over 100 years, the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University has continuously strengthened its foundation of experiential learning and innovation. Today, our mission to enable students to be responsible business leaders of the world capable of working, navigating, and creating in a digital environment is more relevant than ever. We offer unique business-specific and interdisciplinary degree opportunities at the bachelor's and master’s levels, and lifelong learners benefit from our graduate-level certificates and executive education portfolio. All of these are enhanced by Northeastern's global campus system and experience-powered education approach. In addition, our use-inspired faculty, and their research focus on transformative impact for humankind. Ultimately, D’Amore-McKim’s values-driven culture and cross-border approach to learning and research empower our students, faculty, alumni, and corporate partners to create impact far beyond the confines of time, discipline, degree, and campus.

The position:

As the digital marketing and engagement manager, you will be integral in managing the D’Amore-McKim School of Business digital marketing platforms to support enrollment management and broader graduate programs goals. You’ll demonstrate leadership expertise by providing strategic and tactical insights for web, email, mobile, and CRM. You’ll create engaging and effective interactive experiences on multiple digital platforms, including Slate CRM and website. You’ll manage the full-funnel communications experience within Slate across the entire graduate marketing and admissions process lifecycle. You’ll analyze performance metrics and champion data-informed design and lead generation. To accomplish this, you’ll work collaboratively with various business teams, digital and content strategists, analytics, web managers, and other partners to drive implementation and best-in-class platform use.

Summary of Responsibilities:

Slate Campaign Strategy, Configuration, and Monitoring

• Manage day-to-day campaign operations and strategic success of D’Amore-McKim’s Slate campaigns, including email builds, forms, event creation, and landing pages, while optimizing for scale and efficiency. Manage email lists, data file aggregation, and uploads according to campaign requirements.  

• Actively communicate with internal stakeholders about Slate builds, explaining processes, strategy, and implications. Collaborate with marketing managers to ensure smooth and accurate campaign operations. Collaborate with admissions and career services colleagues to support their event and email campaigns and drive engagement and registrations. Ensure communication requests have all required information, content, and context to successfully build and deploy.

• Develop mastery of our Slate instance, understand new and evolving efforts on the platform, and keep the team aware of any issues or bugs. Liaise with Slate CRM and quality assurance teams to maintain governance standards and data integrity. Ensure processes across the funnel are properly followed and enforced.

Shape digital engagement aligned with enrollment goals

• A primary goal for this role is to provide prospective and continuing D’Amore-McKim graduate students with a high-quality, seamless, and timely experience from inquiry through enrollment.

• Play a crucial role in communication flow creation alongside the marketing strategists and copywriter, providing strategic insights based on past campaign performance and industry trends.

• Serve as primary contact for internal and campus-wide stakeholders involved in the recruitment, admissions, enrollment, and retention. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including recruiting, marketing, and agency partners, to understand objectives and translate strategies into technical execution. Scope and build measurable campaigns to meet enrollment goals.

• Translate marketing requirements into measurable, scalable experiences for future learners and the current community. Identify areas for campaign optimization and A/B test different ad variations, targeting options, and landing page designs to improve conversion rates.

Marketing Analysis and Reporting

• Prepare and analyze digital marketing reports to provide insights on key outcomes and make recommendations to optimize campaign performance.

• Monitor and review campaign performance to ensure campaigns run appropriately, with accurate attribution and desired successes. Utilize data analytics to measure campaign attribution and assess the impact of different marketing channels on customer acquisition.  

• Responsible for data integrity and the subsequent accuracy of reports based on data in Slate, Salesforce, and Google Analytics. Ensure appropriate documentation, training, and adherence to governance standards.

Website planning, content, and new features management

• Collaborate with marketing and communications teams to create and technically execute a web content strategy. Plan, prioritize, and project manage related web graphic design, multimedia (video and audio recording), and digital photography to enhance user experience.

• Write and edit copy for accuracy, style, readability, search engine optimization, and appropriateness for the target audience, ensuring timely content production and distribution. Technically execute content strategy in the web content management system (WordPress). Collaborate with the marketing and web managers to scope project requirements (both content and technical) for new features or layouts.

• Use tools, including Google Analytics, heat maps, keyword relevancy tools, web quality assurance software, search engine optimization, and user data, to recommend new content development, and promotions, and which content to sunset based on inactivity. Review the latest developments in Search Engine Optimization, content trends, and consumer behavior with the web manager and agency team.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate has a minimum of five years of experience managing complex Slate CRM communication streams, robust skills for complicated query building, and an understanding of full-funnel digital marketing activity. This candidate will be marketing-oriented, interested in digital content strategy and information sharing.

• Strong understanding and experience of query building and implementation processes in Slate CRM is required.

• Strong background in email building within Slate and experience with conditional language for content, Liquid markup, populations, and Slate content blocks is required.

• Web content management and strategic decision-making skills are required. Experience with WordPress preferred.

• Ability to write clearly and concisely, as well as edit the work of others.

• Understanding of Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and other digital marketing analytics tools.

• Enrollment management and graduate/professional program experience preferred.

• Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines within a fast-paced organization.

• Flexible, creative thinker, open to new ideas and changing priorities.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

• Able to communicate with various stakeholders, colleagues, and peers. Curious, self-motivated, and collaborative

The primary work location for this position is the Boston, MA campus. This position is currently hybrid, requiring a combination of on-campus presence along with a remote work option. 

Documents to Submit:

Cover Letter, Resume

Position Type:

Marketing

Position Type

Marketing and Communications

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.  

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff.  Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion. 

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other  characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University’s commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.