# Product Development Director

**Company**: Aviva Investors
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Product Management
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Product Development Director to lead the design and delivery of investment products across the APAC region. This role will be pivotal in expanding our regional product shelf, driving market-led innovation, and ensuring our offering remains competitive, commercially scalable, and aligned to Aviva Investors' global investment capabilities.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Conduct opportunity assessments, competitor and market analysis, and define product positioning across APAC, with a focus on Japan's investment landscape, investor preferences, and regulatory requirements.

- Identify gaps in the current product offering and recommend solutions across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, real assets, private credit, and alternatives.

- Lead feasibility assessments for new products and changes to existing ranges, ensuring proposals meet a clear client need, align with investment capability and capacity, and are underpinned by robust commercial cases.

- Oversee the successful launch of new funds and implementation of product changes across APAC.

- Ensure strong risk management, operational readiness, and positive customer outcomes throughout the product lifecycle.

- Maintain deep awareness of APAC regulatory standards, especially Japan-specific structures, disclosure rules, and licensing requirements, to ensure all products remain compliant.

- Serve as a member of the Product Leadership team, representing APAC product priorities and ensuring the region receives appropriate strategic focus and support.

- Partner closely with the Head of APAC for Aviva Investors, regional Distribution teams, and global Investment teams to ensure the product suite is relevant, commercially strong, and effectively championed across the business.

- Lead the efficient project management of fund launches, closures, mergers, restructures, and operational changes.

**Requirements:**

- Strong regulatory and product delivery knowledge across APAC, including Australia, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.

- Solid understanding of ESG product frameworks and sustainable-investing requirements in APAC.

- Product management experience across public markets and private markets.

- Experience delivering product changes, including fund launches, mergers, restructures, and wind-downs/closures.

- Proven ability to lead complex, cross-border projects partnering with investment, distribution, legal, risk, operations, and marketing teams.

**Benefits:**

- Eligibility for annual performance bonus

- Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

- Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme

- 21 volunteering hours per year

## Skills

### Required
- APAC product knowledge
- public and private markets
- ESG product frameworks
- sustainable-investing requirements
- product management
- project management

### Nice to have
- CFA
- CAIA
- IMC

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