Product Development

Company Description

An entrepreneurial structure, Mirova is a conviction-driven asset management company dedicated to impact investing. It develops high-performing investment solutions for its individual and institutional clients, aimed at accelerating the transformation of our economy towards a sustainable model. Already a pioneer in sustainable investment, Mirova made the choice to become a mission-driven company in 2020 and obtained B Corp certification.

Mirova is an affiliated management company of Natixis Investment Managers. It develops a comprehensive approach to responsible investing by offering solutions across various asset classes: equities, fixed income, diversified investments, infrastructure, renewable energy, natural capital, private equity, and solidarity investments.

With €32 billion in assets under management as of the end of 2024, Mirova relies on more than 240 employees in Paris, London, Singapore, and Boston, with strong growth prospects in Europe, Asia, and the United States.

Job Description

ETF & Product Strategy teams (including Product Development & Intelligence and Fund Range) belong to the MIROVA department – Business Development and play a key role in defining MIROVA’s product strategy to create the next “blockbusters”, notably to meet our ambitions in terms of Retail & ETF clientele.

Team responsibilities:

• Product Development & Life Cycle: be in charge of product innovation projects (from idea generation to launch and throughout the lifecycle) and review MIROVA’s funds in response to customer requests. Coordinate the governance of MIROVA (e.g. innovation, restructuring/redesign, prioritization).
• Seed Money: coordinate the seed committees in order to support the general management in defining the company’s product strategy and ensure the follow-up of seed initiatives (internal and external).
• Product Intelligence: provide market intelligence and in-depth analyses to support and assess the relevance of our company, products and sales strategy.
• Product Development & Intelligence manager – ETF will work on the following areas:
  • Product Life‑Cycle:
    • Management of the range: recommend repositioning, mergers, closures or rebranching to optimize profitability, customer offering, and platform consistency.
    • Multidimensional monitoring: analyze the range of ETFs and listed products (flows, stocks, profitability, distribution, performance, tracking error, liquidity, spreads and regulatory compliance: SFDR, UCITS, MiFID).
    • Change management: lead adjustment projects (changes in indices/methodologies, ESG criteria, fees, stock classes or listing transfers).
    • Strategic alignment: ensuring the adequacy of products with Mirova’s ESG/impact positioning and customer needs.
  • Development & Commercial Support:
    • Project Management Launch: design the BPs, coordinate internal (Legal, Marketing, Sales, Finance) and external teams (search for seeders), and optimize time‑to‑market.
    • Idea generation & Communication: lead product reflection with management and distribution; survey and inform the sales force; report the progress of the pipeline to management.
  • Product Intelligence:
    • Market analysis & data: use the tools (Morningstar, Broadridge, eVestment) to produce competitive watches (notably ETFs), ad hoc studies (for sales/calls for tenders) and coordinate external qualitative ratings.
    • M&A & Recruitment Support (lift‑out): identify external growth opportunities and evaluate competing structures/talents to expand our management expertise.
  • Product governance & Seed capital:
    • Support the organization and coordination of Product Committees and Seed Committees.
  • ETF specificities:
    • Technical & Commercial Expert: to be the reference for sales teams (pitches, use cases, comparative analyses of fees/ESG/liquidity).
    • Capital Markets Interface: optimize the tradability of ETFs with market makers and APs (management of primary/secondary liquidity, spreads, creation/redemption process) and educate clients on execution.
    • Design & Structuring: collaborate with active/passive management and index providers to structure ETF strategies (methodology, ESG, operational constraints).
    • Ready‑to‑trade: manage the launch schedule to ensure that ETFs are operational and marketable from day one.
    • Continuous optimization & marketing: use trading and performance indicators to improve products, respond to RFPs and validate sales materials (pitchbooks, factsheets, educational content).
  • Other strategi