Director, Investment Risk

Summary:

The Director, Investment Risk will establish a centralized investment risk function within the Legal, Compliance & Risk Management team, building upon GW&K’s existing practices. The role will provide coordinated risk measurement, analytics, governance, reporting, and oversight across the firm’s fixed income and equity strategies.  The ideal candidate is a senior, hands-on investment risk professional who combines strategic vision with practical execution. Working closely with investment teams and other key business partners, this individual will advance a consistent, firm-wide approach to investment risk that complements existing risk ownership and expertise within the investment teams while providing independent, credible oversight.

Responsibilities

• Enhance GW&K’s investment risk framework, including risk guidelines, governance, oversight, reporting, and escalation practices.
• Monitor and report portfolio, strategy, and product-level risks across equity and fixed income strategies; identify trends, thresholds, outliers, and material exposures, including concentrations, liquidity, leverage, derivatives, structured products, and model risk.
• Perform portfolio risk analysis, including risk attribution, benchmark-relative assessments, factor analysis, scenario anal