Associate Portfolio Manager (MBA)

Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.

$80K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in an MBA program with graduation expected between December 2026 - June 2027
  • 5+ years of experience in financial services
  • Strong alignment with Dimensional's investment strategy
  • Excellent quantitative and analytic skills
  • Comfort with large data sets
  • Strong time-management skills
  • Knowledge of SQL, VBA, and Excel is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Manage all aspects of ETFs and equity portfolios including issuing buy and sell instructions
  • Monitor ETF characteristics and maintain portfolio structure systematically
  • Partner with Capital Markets to enhance ETF market quality
  • Provide explanations of Dimensional funds and investment issues to clients
  • Explore new opportunities to evolve Dimensional's investment offerings
  • Collaborate with Sales and Client Services teams to address client needs
  • Engage in project work to streamline the investment process

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Educational initiatives
  • Celebrations of history, culture, and growth
  • Programs to support career and family well-being
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Portfolio Management is responsible for the daily oversight and management of Dimensional's funds and implements our investment philosophy across all our investment solutions. Portfolio Management interacts and collaborates closely with several departments including Trading, Research, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and the Global Client Group to ensure a superior investment experience for our clients.

The Portfolio Management team ensures that Dimensional's ETFs deliver consistent and efficient exposure to the dimensions of higher expected returns, as identified by the greatest minds in modern financial economics. Our portfolio managers achieve this exposure by implementing a daily and systematic portfolio management process. In addition to overseeing and enhancing this process, portfolio managers also interact with current and prospective clients.

As an Associate Portfolio Manager, you will cover all aspects of managing ETFs and other types of equity portfolios, and will also be responsible for discussing our investment thesis and portfolios to a wide range of clients.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Responsible for all aspects of managing ETFs and other types of portfolios. This will include tasks such as issuing buy and sell instructions in global markets, making ETF Create and Redeem baskets, trading foreign currency, electing on corporate actions, and evaluating the eligibility of securities.
  • Monitor ETF characteristics and maintain portfolio structure following the process-driven approach of the firm, identifying buy and sell candidates in a systematic manner and partnering with trading teams globally to implement those decisions.
  • Partner with Capital Markets to enhance ETF market quality and efficiently manage flows.
  • Provide verbal and written explanations of Dimensional funds, performance, process, and other investment related issues internally and to both existing and prospective clients.
  • Challenge current thinking and search out new opportunities to continually evolve Dimensional's investment offerings.
  • Collaborate with the Sales, Marketing, Consultant and Client Services teams to effectively respond to clients' investment needs.
  • Project work focused on making the investment process as efficient as possible.


Desired Experience and Traits
  • Currently enrolled in MBA program with an anticipated graduation between December 2026 - June 2027
  • Strong philosophical alignment with Dimensional's investment strategy
  • 5+ years of experience in financial services
  • Excellent quantitative problem-solving and analytic skills
  • Intellectual curiosity
  • Solid communication and presentation skills
  • Comfort with large data sets
  • High attention to detail
  • Strong time-management skills
  • Aptitude for learning basic computer programming languages
  • Knowledge of SQL, VBA and Excel is helpful
  • Bachelor's degree required


This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

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Dimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.

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