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About the Role

The VP, Funds & Partner Strategy, Wealth Management defines and executes the strategic vision for Voya's investment funds ecosystem and strategic partner relationships. This role provides executive leadership for Retirement and Wealth Management products, including Voya Financial Advisors (VFA), third-party investment products, managed account solutions, mutual funds, ETFs, advisory platforms, and related investment solutions. The position serves as the primary leader responsible for third party investment partners strategy, funds management, partner governance, and commercial relationships across Wealth Management, driving platform economics and long-term business growth.

Responsibilities

Lead and oversee all Wealth Management product partner relationships, including asset managers, mutual fund companies, sub-advisors, platform providers, custodians, strategic distribution partners, and investment solution providers.
Develop and execute a comprehensive partner strategy that strengthens Voya's position within the investment management community while supporting client and advisor goals.
Serve as the senior executive relationship owner for key strategic partners, fostering executive-level engagement and long-term value creation.
Lead partner onboarding, due diligence, governance, performance reviews, and relationship management activities.
Develop innovative partnership models, engagement programs, and strategic initiatives designed to deepen relationships and enhance business growth opportunities.
Drive the overall economics of the Wealth Management product ecosystem, including distribution arrangements, revenue-sharing agreements, platform fees, sponsorship programs, and other strategic partnership initiatives.
Lead negotiations involving product access, distribution rights, commercial arrangements, revenue opportunities, sub-advisory relationships, and strategic partnership agreements.
Identify opportunities to improve product profitability, partner economics, platform efficiency, and enterprise value creation.
Develop business cases supporting new products, investment platform enhancements, strategic partnerships, and technology investments.
Partner closely with Wealth Management, Retirement, Distribution, Investment Management, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Compliance, Legal, and Technology teams to ensure alignment of product and partnership strategies.
Serve as executive business owner for major product platform modernization efforts and strategic technology initiatives impacting advisors and clients.
Coordinate product education, thought leadership, advisor engagement programs, conferences, and partner-facing initiatives that improve market visibility and advisor adoption.
Build and lead a high-performing team responsible for product management, strategic partnerships, funds governance, analytics, and platform administration.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive leadership experience in wealth management, investment management, financial services, or asset management.
Deep expertise in investment products, mutual funds, ETFs, managed accounts, advisory platforms, funds distribution, and wealth management operating models.
Demonstrated experience managing large-scale product platforms and strategic partner ecosystems supporting significant assets under management or administration.
Proven success developing and executing strategic partnerships with investment managers, asset management firms, custodians, platform providers, and distribution organizations.
Strong understanding of investment product economics, revenue-sharing arrangements, platform fees, distribution agreements, and commercial negotiations.
Demonstrated ability to lead product platform rationalization, governance, and optimization initiatives.
Experience developing multi-year strategic plans that drive revenue growth, advisor engagement, client adoption, and profitability.
Proven ability to influence senior executives and drive results in highly matrixed organizations.
FINRA Series 7, 24 and 65 or 66 required.
CFA designation preferred.

Skills

Customer Focused
Critical Thinking
Team Mentality
Business Acumen
Learning Agility

Experience Level

15+ years of progressive leadership experience

Salary/Compensations

$0 - $0 USD

Benefits

Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

About the Company

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.
We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work.
Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

Equal Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.
Voya is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Voya will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please reference resources for applicants with disabilities.