Business Developer

Job description

The Growth Markets team leads business development and client relationship management across Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.

The team consists of experienced professionals from diverse international backgrounds with decades of collective expertise. This breadth of experience is underpinned by a strong commitment to client centricity, enabling the team to effectively serve a sophisticated, global investor base in multiple languages.

Client coverage spans a wide range of institutional investors, including central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and other government entities, as well as pension funds, corporates, and family offices. The team also partners closely with regional and multinational distributors to support the distribution of our funds to retail investors.

The role is based in our London office.

What you do

• Lead business development activities for institutional clients across Latin America
• Develop, retain and expand long-term relationships with senior stakeholders at clients, prospects and distribution partners
• Identify new areas for business expansion including organic growth and new distribution partnerships
• Create awareness of AllianzGI’s strategic focus and leadership positions in Sustainability and Private Markets
• Use consultant contacts and market research to develop a broad-based understanding of clients’ investment objectives and trends/regulations within the respective markets
• Source and deliver products, solutions and papers that provide and demonstrate forward-thinking insights and emphasize AllianzGI’s position as a provider of innovative asset management solutions and global thought leadership
• Partner with colleagues across the firm including product specialists, portfolio managers, marketing and sales support to initiate and proactively support the development of targeted and tailored solutions, products and services
• Manage client base through consistent and comprehensive use of CRM tools.

What you bring

• Strong academic education
• Fluent in English and Spanish
• Significant experience in the financial services industry, preferably within Latin America distribution
• Knowledge of both Public Markets and Private Markets investments
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Salesforce
• Ability to use Microsoft Copilot, with a strong commitment to ethical and responsible AI practices
• Willing and able to take frequent business trips to meet clients and prospects.

What we offer

• We empower our employees by ensuring flexible work arrangements that maintain a balance between performance, productivity, career development and personal priorities (e.g., hybrid model/flexible working hours)
• Securing your future: Access to company pension/savings plans
• Shared success: Company share purchasing plan
• Support for what matters: Mental health and wellbeing programs
• Investments in your career: Career opportunities within the entire Allianz Group
• Investments in your skills: Comprehensive learning and development offerings, including certifications and professional qualifications
• … and so much more!

About Allianz Global Investors

Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager, managing assets for individuals, families, and institutions worldwide. Our goal is to actively shape the future of investing for all our clients, wherever their location and whatever their objectives.  

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.   

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.  

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. 

If you feel inspired to promote the active asset management experience, this is the place for you. Join our international, technology-enabled, and agile environment. Simply upload your CV in English to apply for this position.  If you need support to navigate our websites or at any stage during your application, please send an email with your request to recruiting@allianzgi.com  

To Recruitment Agencies

Allianz Global Investors has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Global Investors does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters.  

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place.  

Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz Global Investors.  

Finally, please do not contact hiring managers directly.  

Join us. Let’s care for tomorrow.

92199 | Sales & Distribution | Professional | n.a. | Allianz Global Investors | Full-Time | Permanent