Graduate ETF Business Development Associate
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About Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you'll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses.
We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,300 people working together. Our capability is diverse with more than 550 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our enterprise businesses — Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities.
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Please note that applications will be assessed on a rolling basis. Due to anticipated interest, the role may close earlier than the stated deadline. We recommend submitting your application promptly. The advertised closing date is 26 June 2026.
About the Team
The Active ETF Business Development team focuses on expanding the firm’s actively managed ETF offering across Europe by driving awareness, adoption, and client engagement. They act as a bridge between investment, product, sales, and trading teams to ensure ETFs are well-positioned, clearly communicated, and aligned with investor needs. Ultimately, the team’s goal is to grow assets under management by combining market insights, client relationships, and effective product strategy.
About the Role
In this role, you will support the team’s day-to-day efforts by handling client queries, creating marketing and product materials, and helping coordinate ETF trading and operational processes. You will analyse market trends, competitor activity, and sales performance to generate insights that inform business development and growth strategies. Over time, you will build technical knowledge and confidence to engage directly with clients, contributing to meetings, events, and relationship-building activities.
Your responsibilities may include:
Responding to client queries relating to ETFs and investment strategies, ensuring information is accurate, clear, and delivered in a timely manner.
Creating and updating content for our ETF range (both existing and new products), ensuring it is suitable for different audiences such as institutional, intermediary, and retail clients.
Supporting ETF trading activity, helping coordinate between clients, sales teams, and internal trading specialists to ensure trades are executed smoothly.
Monitoring market and industry trends, sharing insights with the team to support product development, marketing strategies, and client engagement.
Building your knowledge and experience so you can gradually start to engage with clients directly, including attending events, meetings, and calls.
Supporting business tracking and analysis, including reviewing sales activity, pipeline progress, competitor performance, and client investment trends to help drive growth of the ETF business
Key Capabilities
To be successful in this role you will...
Eligibility: Open to students graduating in 2025 or 2026 with limited professional experience (such as internships or work placements)
Availability: Be available to start in August 2026 and commit fully to the programme
Knowledge: Have a strong interest in financial markets
Desirable Capabilities
Proven organization skills and ability to manage time effectively.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
Ability to work and communicate collaboratively and constructively with others.
Proactive and self-motivated, with a desire to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
In-Office Collaboration
We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process
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