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About the Role

The Senior Manager, CIT Platform leads the strategy, growth, and retention of Fifth Third’s Collective Investment Trust (CIT) platform within Institutional Services. This role provides enterprise-level ownership of the CIT business, ensuring alignment with institutional client needs, market opportunities, and the bank’s broader strategic priorities. Accountable for the design, oversight, and continuous improvement of CIT-related processes, systems, governance, and external vendor relationships, this position partners closely with Investment Management, Fiduciary Services, Institutional Sales, Risk, Legal, and Operations to deliver scalable, compliant, and high-performing solutions. This role plays a critical part in driving platform growth, enhancing the institutional client experience, and strengthening Fifth Third’s competitive position in the institutional marketplace.

Responsibilities

Leads the enterprise strategy for the CIT platform, driving growth, retention, and expansion of CIT capabilities aligned to institutional client needs and business objectives.
Establishes and oversees governance frameworks to ensure CIT platform integrity, including regulatory alignment, fiduciary standards, and internal risk management practices.
Leads the design and continuous improvement of CIT operational processes to ensure efficiency, scalability, and consistency across the platform.
Oversees the effectiveness of systems and technology supporting the CIT platform, partnering with technology teams to enhance functionality, integration, and performance.
Manages relationships with external vendors and service providers supporting the CIT platform, ensuring service quality, alignment with business needs, and adherence to contractual obligations.
Evaluates institutional market trends, regulatory developments, and competitive offerings to inform platform strategy and identify opportunities for growth and differentiation.
Partners across Investment Management, Fiduciary, Sales, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Operations to ensure alignment and successful execution of platform initiatives.
Serves as a subject matter expert on CIT capabilities, supporting institutional sales efforts, client engagements, and complex solution development.
Monitors platform performance, including asset growth, client retention, and profitability, and drives initiatives to improve outcomes.
Builds strong relationships across senior leadership to influence strategy, drive alignment, and advance platform priorities in a matrixed environment.
Provides leadership, mentorship, and development across team members supporting the CIT platform, contributing to organizational capability and succession planning.
Performing other duties as assigned, adapting to new tasks or shifts in priorities as necessary to support your team’s and the company’s mission.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
10+ years of experience in institutional investment management, trust/custody, retirement services, or related financial services.
5+ years of experience in strategy, platform management, product management, or related leadership roles.
Experience working with Collective Investment Trusts (CITs) or similar institutional investment vehicles preferred.

Skills

Deep understanding of CITs, institutional investment structures, and retirement or trust delivery models
Ability to define and execute enterprise platform strategy aligned to growth and client needs
Strong command of operational design, regulatory frameworks, and fiduciary requirements
Proven ability to lead and influence across a highly matrixed organization
Ability to evaluate platform performance and drive data-informed decisions
Aligns platform strategy with broader Institutional Services and W&AM objectives
Effectively communicates complex concepts and influences decision-making at senior levels
Prioritizes solutions that enhance client experience, retention, and long-term relationships
Drives platform evolution, innovation, and continuous improvement
Builds strong relationships across teams and stakeholders to enable execution

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
10+ years
5+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

121,900.00 - 262,100.00 USD Annual

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings
Extensive benefits programs designed to support the individual needs of employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being.

About the Company

Make banking a Fifth Third better®
We connect great people to great opportunities.
Our employees take pride in doing the right thing for customers and colleagues as well as being accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and following policies and procedures that protect all our valuable assets — including you.
At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other.
Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture.

Equal Opportunity

Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.