Wholesale Product Marketing Manager, Japan Asset Management, AMJP

Job Profile

A Tokyo-based role reporting to Head of Marketing Japan, responsible for driving product marketing strategies for Wholesale Business in Japan, to help achieve its business growth.

This role is part of the Asset Management Marketing & Client Experience team and while the role primarily supports sales material (Hanbai-Yo-Shiryo, quaterly report, and any adhoc report related to request from Wholesale Business. The ideal candidate needs to closely work with Wholesale sales team to deliver any sales material to distributors at the timely manner.

Key responsibilities in this role are:

• Experience sales material role for wholesale business at global or domestic asset managers
• Create story-telling or key message for our product proposition in order that our distributors can easily understand our product value proposition to drive business growth.
• Work closely with the wholesale sales team to understand and fulfil needs of the distributor and indivual investor audiences, and deliver sales material to meet the needs of those clients
• Develop and deliver online and offline client communications in a highly regulated environment through innovative thinking
• Keep a strong understanding of the market by tracking and analysing competitors’ activities as well as industry trends with the aim of enriching HSBC Asset Management’s product marketing proposition
• Establish collaborative relationships with various internal stakeholders including - Investment, Compliance, Global and Regional Product Marketing, Marketing Delivery, Product Development etc. to ensure marketing content and materials are delivered in a smooth and timely manner
• Partner with Client Reporting team in provision of commentary for different types of regular and ad-hoc reports
• Ensure Global Standards, core process and procedures are followed and monitored, and global and local compliance and audit requirements are fully met
• Manage processes to ensure marketing activities are delivered in an accurate and timely fashion

Certifications, Qualifications & Experience

• University graduate
• At least 5 years’ sales material work experience in an asset management company
• Global asset manager experience is preferred but it is not mandatory
• Good user experience in Bloomberg, any others
• In-depth knowledge of financial terminology and understanding of asset management concepts and industry
• Strong understanding of the local regulations, client profiles and competitive landscape
• Excellent communication skills. Native-level Japanese language proficiency and business-level English language proficiency but it is not mandatory
• Good interpersonal skills. Ability to work with teams of different backgrounds