Head of Americas, Product

Head of Product, Americas – New York City, NY

PineBridge Investments, A MetLife Investment Management company.

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has successfully acquired PineBridge as of December 30, 2025. MetLife Investment Management and PineBridge Investments now have more to offer; broader reach, deeper insights and specialized capabilities – forming a top-tier global investment platform.

Together, we have more than $700 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2025 and aim to deliver consistent risk-adjusted returns. From multi-asset, equities, and fixed income to private credit and real estate, we offer specialized capabilities backed by a broader global reach and regionally grounded insights tailored to investor needs.

What sets us apart isn’t just the breadth of our platform and capabilities — it’s how we partner. Across both firms, we share a strong investment culture that prioritizes partnership, transparency and accountability. We believe that our clients benefit from direct access to decision-makers and reinforced by a culture that views decisions through the client’s perspective. Join us and experience the excitement of working with the brightest minds in the industry, shaping the future of asset management.

The role will be based in New York City with the expectation of a hybrid work model.

The Americas Head of Product will own and drive MIM’s product strategy, development and management efforts in the region. The role requires a deep understanding of public and private markets and how to enable access to these capabilities across investor channels. The successful candidate will play a critical role in assessing, prioritizing and delivering a pipeline of products in line with MIM’s strategic ambitions, and will be responsible for the Americas product suite throughout the product lifecycle. It is necessary to have the gravitas and confidence to operate at all levels of the organization, including senior leadership, and the judgement to provide constructive challenge and help shape effective decision making.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the Product function in the Americas across product strategy, development, and management for public and private markets. You will be the go-to person for all product-related matters in the region
• Stay on top of trends and opportunities with support from the Product Intelligence team; deliver proactive insights to inform decision making on the go-forward Product strategy
• In partnership with the Global Head of Product and broader team, develop a focused product pipeline for the region that prioritizes client needs, aligns with MIM’s broader strategy, and facilitates efficient scale and profitability
• Lead the end-to-end process of product design, launch, enhancements and closures in the Americas
• Oversight of the Americas Product line up to support the delivery of strategic objectives and financial targets
• Present information and recommendations to a variety of internal and external stakeholders in a clear, confident manner, including Board and Committee Members and Senior Leadership
• Build strong and robust relationships with colleagues across functions to ensure effective product delivery including Client Group, Investments, Legal, Operations, and Senior Management
• Act as a trusted advisor to colleagues; instill confidence in your ability and constructively challenge thinking where needed
• Uphold a strong risk management and compliance culture within the Product function, operating within regulatory and statutory requirements and ensure that MIM meets its fiduciary responsibilities

Qualifications:

• Proven experience (10+ years) across product strategy, development and management (full product lifecycle)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university
• Track record of successful strategic planning, direction, and execution on high-priority matters
• Strong investment knowledge across public and private markets strategies
• Experience in establishing and maintaining comingled funds, funds of one, and SMAs for the Americas across investor channels
• Demonstrated ability to develop and nurture strategic relationships with team members across functions and levels of seniority to lead and influence the determination and execution of initiatives
• Familiarity with harnessing data from key databases to help inform decision making and prioritization, such as eVestment, Preqin, Broadridge, etc.
• Ability to understand complex product and structuring issues to ensure proper direction and efficient resolution
• Decisive and able to work independently to drive initiatives forward
• Ability to multi-task and manage conflicting priorities while staying organized to achieve success for the firm

About PineBridge

PineBridge is proud of our award-winning culture, which reflects our commitment to empowering employees and fostering a collaborative work environment. For six consecutive years (2020-2025), PineBridge has been named a ‘Best Place to Work in Money Management’ by Pensions & Investments, a leading industry designation which recognizes the best employers in the asset management industry by evaluating employer benefits, policies, and responses to an employee survey. In 2023, PineBridge received Hong Kong Institute for HR Management Elite awards for ‘Best Workplace’ and ‘Learning & Development’ and in 2024 we received Merit awards for ‘Talent Acquisition’ and ‘Employee Benefits.’ Alongside this, in 2023 and 2024 PineBridge was recognized as a finalist at the 100 Women in Finance’s APAC Industry Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award.

Our benefits: We offer a wide range of family friendly benefits including comprehensive healthcare, back-up childcare program to support working parents and flexible work arrangements so you can be there for the people you care about. We also provide a competitive retirement plan and tuition reimbursement. Furthermore, we have a robust list of professional development opportunities with the goal of engaging, retaining, and developing our talent.

Our values: We value our clients, investment excellence, collaboration with our distributed team members, empowerment, and independence as we honor our heritage and our roots.

*Salary Range: $250,000-280,000 annually + bonus + benefits

*The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

PineBridge is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace, providing opportunities for all qualified persons and maintaining an environment free from all forms of harassment and discrimination for its employees. PineBridge is dedicated to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting into all job levels the most qualified applicants without regard to actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, height, weight, sex, gender (including gender identity), disability, pregnancy, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, AIDS/HIV status, military status, alienage or citizenship status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. At PineBridge, we strive to create an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and develops the best global talent, leveraging the unique backgrounds, skills, and perspectives that all our people bring to work.

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