Director, Strategy & Execution - ETF & Index Investments

About the role

The Director, Strategy & Execution is the senior executive responsible for turning global ETF strategy into disciplined, scalable execution across regions, platforms, and functions. This role serves as the integrator and operator-in-chief for the ETF & Index business—aligning a long-term vision to commercial priorities, operating models, technology, governance, KPIs, benefits realization and continuous improvement with right talent to support growth, resilience, and long-term competitiveness.

Responsibilities

• Translate global ETF strategy into executable operating plans across regions and functions.
• Connect and lead a high-performing global ETF operating organization with clear role clarity, accountability, project and resource planning.
• Enable commercial execution by ensuring operational and primary market readiness for:
• Product launches, conversions, strategy and index transitions
• Market and regional expansion
• Internal and external partnership alignment to drive results
• Represent the ETF business in commercial and enterprise forums focused on strategy, risk, and scalability.
• Own and continuously evolve the global ETF operating model, including:
• Clear decision rights and accountability
• Scalable, standardized processes
• End-to-end ownership from ideation through lifecycle management
• Drive alignment between ETF business priorities and enterprise architecture to ensure platform support, growth, scale, and regulatory requirements.
• Create governance framework and cadence to establish co-actioning on issues, decisions and project logs and translate constraints into actions across product and distribution partnerships.
• Own the ETF execution risk & control framework through engagement with investment support, risk, compliance, audit, ETF operations, and fund administration touchpoints.
• Lead incident response and playbooks for material operational events.

Requirements

• College graduate in related field, or related work experience
• 10+ years relevant work experience in technical and leadership roles
• MBA and/or CFA/CIMA preferred
• Senior leadership experience in ETFs, asset management, or complex regulated financial services
• Track record of leading global strategy execution in both commercial and operational growth
• Experience partnering closely with Technology and Enterprise Architecture teams
• Strong understanding of ETF operating lifecycles, from product development through ongoing management and end client
• Experience operating in global, multi-region environments
• Highly execution-oriented leader with strong strategic judgment
• Prowled change leader and communicator who aligns complex, matrixed organizations
• Commercially aware and operationally rigorous
• Proven influencer without reliance on direct authority
• Deep understanding of how technology, operating models, and people enable commercial outcomes
• Adept at incident triage, cross-functional coordination and risk management
• Calm under complexity; decisive under pressure
• Trusted partner to senior leadership, Boards, and regulators
• Builder of clarity, accountability, and momentum
• Direct experience with investment ETF platforms, capital markets, or quantitative/index-based investing preferred
• Leadership of large-scale technology, data, or infrastructure programs preferred
• Familiarity with global ETF regulatory and market structures preferred