Investment Director, Systematic Investing

About the Opportunity Job Type: Permanent Application Deadline: 20 November 2026 Title                 Investment Director, Systematic Investing Department      Systematic Investment Directing Location          Cannon Street, London Reports To       Head of Systematic Investment Directing Level                8   We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together – and supporting each other – all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.   Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we.  We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applications from the widest mix of talent, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, social background and more.   As a flexible employer, we trust our people to perform their role in the way that works best for them, our clients and our business. We are a disability-friendly company and would welcome a conversation with you if you feel you might benefit from any reasonable adjustments to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and beyond. About the Systematic Investing team   Fidelity Systematic Investing brings together Fidelity's systematic capabilities across Equities, Fixed Income and Quant to deliver funds and custom solutions to our clients. The business has grown from $3bn in AUM to $33bn in AUM in 6 years, has a strong commercial focus and a healthy pipeline of new business opportunities. The Investment Directing team represents the group to prospective and existing clients, reports on portfolios, promotes thought leadership, contributes to the development of new capabilities in response to investor demand, and produces marketing materials to support sales activity. The team brings together strong market expertise, deep and evolving knowledge of portfolio strategies, and the ability to communicate these effectively across a range of channels, including direct client engagement. Access to the full Fidelity alpha generation platform: Portfolios reflect the views from our fundamental research, quantitative research and trading teams. Systematic portfolio construction process built on robust quantitative tools, ensuring precise, risk controlled and cost aware positioning. Customised portfolio construction tools. 'Off the shelf funds’ across a range of delivery vehicles e.g. mutuals funds, mandates and ETFs, both long only and long/short. It operates as a globally integrated team, with close collaboration across its European, Asian and Canadian hubs. About your role as an Investment Director This position will be situated in Fidelity’s Systematic Investment Directing team, reporting to the Head of Systematic Investment Directing, based in London. ·       This role will focus on representing Fidelity's Systematic Investing capabilities across clients, consultants and internal stakeholders. ·       Communicating the investment philosophy, process, portfolio positioning and performance outcomes of systematic strategies through client servicing, due diligence, presentations, product development initiatives and business development activity. ·       Represent the Portfolio Managers in client-facing activity, representing investment capabilities clearly and credibly across a range of client, consultant and internal forums. ·       Partner with investment teams, distribution and other internal stakeholders to drive business acquisition, retention, business defence and broader opportunity development. ·       Lead client engagement across prospecting, pitch meetings, finals presentations, regular review meetings and more complex servicing discussions. ·       Help lead, develop and prioritise the activities of the team, ensuring high-quality delivery across client servicing,