Director, Head of Investment Innovation and Integration - Liberty Mutual Investments

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The Company

Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI) manages Liberty Mutual Insurance Group’s (LMIG) global financial assets across global markets and private domains to build capital and generate income. With over $100 billion in assets under management (AUM) and a team of nearly 300 investment, finance, and operations professionals located in Boston, MA, and New York, NY, LMI offers the best of both worlds — the look and feel of a boutique investment firm with the reputation and financial strength of a global leader. 

LMI has been on a transformation path to spur innovation, capitalize on deep expertise, and scale its returns on long-term flexible capital through a “one firm, one portfolio, one team” mindset. Our operating model is built on three pillars: centralized portfolio construction, asset management, and investment-enabling services. The teams are structured as Investment Business Units (IBUs) working in concert: Global Strategy & Capital Allocation, Risk Management, Global Credit Markets, Global Alternative Markets, Global Liquid Markets, and Global Investment Solutions. Our portfolio spans a broad spectrum of public and private asset classes, and we are committed to expanding our capabilities and our toolkit in furtherance of our mission. 

Position Overview

The Director, Head of Investment Innovation and Integration is a senior leadership role within Liberty Mutual Investments’ Global Liquid Markets (GLM) team. Reporting to the Managing Director, Head of Investment Innovation, Integration and Trading, this individual leads a four-person team dedicated to enhancing the scalability, adaptability, and effectiveness of GLM’s investment processes.

The Director serves as a catalyst for innovation—embedding quantitative rigor, institutional insight, and modern workflow design into the core of GLM’s platform. By collaborating across functions and fostering a culture of curiosity and experimentation, this leader enables more dynamic decision-making, improved investment outcomes, and greater organizational agility.

This is first and foremost an investor role. The ideal candidate brings deep capital markets expertise and a strong grasp of investment dynamics across fixed income and macro strategies. They will be able to pair investment insight with innovation execution, ensuring all solutions are grounded in a clear understanding of alpha generation, portfolio construction, and risk-taking behavior.

Success in this role requires a proven investor who can operate at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and technology—capable of guiding and executing strategic initiatives across a complex, cross-functional environment.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic & Platform Leadership

• Define and lead a strategic roadmap that advances how investment decisions are made, supported, and scaled across GLM.
• Identify and lead high-impact opportunities to modernize workflows and strengthen alpha generation across fixed income and macro strategies, ensuring alignment with the evolving needs of the platform.
• Design and evolve an advanced performance diagnostic platform to better understand investment strengths and weaknesses, promote transparency, and fuel a cycle of continuous improvement.
• Partner across GLM and LMI to integrate innovative thinking into strategic planning, leveraging both internal insights and external best practices.

Execution & Integration

• Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve strategy formation, signal processing, and operational workflows—including both tactical, team-developed tools and enterprise-scale applications developed in collaboration with LMI Product and Technology.
• Drive the adoption of robust analytics platforms, modern data infrastructure, and Python-based tooling to support repeatable, scalable investment execution.
• Ensure initiatives are operationalized across the investment platform and embedded into daily decision-making.

Talent, Influence & Collaboration

• Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of intellectual curiosity, continuous learning, and applied experimentation.
• Act as a key strategic partner to Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Analysts, ensuring innovation efforts align with GLM’s strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with leaders across LMI Product and Technology to evolve the firm’s product development model, ensuring greater alignment between investment needs and enterprise technology capabilities.
• Represent GLM externally with industry peers, research partners, and technology providers to ensure Liberty remains at the forefront of investment innovation.

• 15+ years of experience in capital markets, investment strategy, or quantitative finance, with a track record of leading innovation in institutional investment environments.
• Deep expertise in fixed income or macro strategies, portfolio construction, and applied quantitative methods.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver technology-driven investment solutions.
• Proficiency in investment analytics, data architecture, and programming tools such as Python, SQL, Dash, and Power BI.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or certification (e.g., MBA, CFA, CAIA) strongly preferred.

Leadership Competencies

This role exemplifies Liberty Mutual Investments’ leadership model:

• Builds the Business: Shapes long-term strategy through insight, foresight, and execution at scale.
• Drives Commercial Impact: Translates ideas into innovations that enhance portfolio performance and investment advantage.
• Delivers Through People: Develops talent and fosters a collaborative, high-performance team culture.
• Models Corporate Citizenship: Collaborates transparently across the enterprise and leads with integrity and shared purpose.

As a purpose-driven organization, Liberty Mutual is committed to fostering an environment where employees from all backgrounds can build long and meaningful careers. Through strong relationships, comprehensive benefits and continuous learning opportunities, we seek to create an environment where employees can succeed, both professionally and personally.

At Liberty Mutual, we believe progress happens when people feel secure. By providing protection for the unexpected and delivering it with care, we help people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow.

We are proud to support a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, where all employees feel a sense of community, belonging and can do their best work. Our seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) offer a centralized, open space to bring employees and allies together to connect, learn and engage.

We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://LMI.co/Benefits

Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.

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