Transamerica

Head of Investment Strategy

Transamerica

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: PhiladelphiaIowaMarylandUnited States

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Salary

💰 $257,000 - $325,000 per year

Job Level

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About the role

  • Lead enterprise strategic asset allocation (SAA) across product segments, including target-setting, constraints, and rebalancing frameworks.
  • Oversee ALM policy, integrating interest-rate, credit, liquidity, and liability-driven metrics across IFRS/GAAP/Statutory/Bermuda views.
  • Establish investment risk and assumption frameworks, including return expectations, credit loss/prepayment, alternative return assumptions.
  • Direct enterprise stress testing, scenario design, and crisis playbooks with clear capital/liquidity escalation actions.
  • Guide portfolio optimization and surveillance, including look-through analytics, relative-value frameworks, and tactical adjustments.
  • Embed investment assumptions into pricing, earnings plans, and capital-efficient product designs, partnering with Actuarial and Product.
  • Lead investment support for reinsurance and M&A initiatives, including asset segmentation, diligence, and post-close integration.
  • Manage rating-agency engagement, crafting the investment narrative and coordinating materials for reviews, updates, and surveillance.
  • Chair the asset assignment process - define transaction review standards, portfolio acceptance criteria, and manager execution guardrails.
  • Drive integration of multi-manager/OCIO/affiliated AM operating models and ensure clarity of ownership across investment activities.
  • Lead investment governance routines and produce investment committee and board-level materials with clear, actionable insights.
  • Mentor and develop a team of strategists/analysts, fostering analytical rigor, communication excellence, and culture of disciplined execution.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in insurance investing with direct SAA/ALM or investment strategy leadership
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, actuarial science, or related field
  • Deep understanding of life insurance liabilities, capital frameworks (RBC/Bermuda), and rating-agency methodologies
  • Expertise across fixed income, structured products, and private credit, including risk/return drivers and portfolio integration
  • Strong command of investment modeling, scenario design, and optimization, with working knowledge of Python/SQL or similar tools preferred
  • Executive-level communication skills; proven ability to present to boards, rating agencies, risk committees, and senior leadership
  • Track record building or enhancing strategy governance, including policies, playbooks, and cross-functional decision frameworks
  • Demonstrated leadership in multi-manager/OCIO or delegated investment models and asset assignment governance
  • Enterprise mindset with the ability to sequence transformation (foundation → bridge structures → long-term partnerships)
  • Proven ability to lead teams, manage complex workflows, influence senior stakeholders, and drive execution in a regulated environment
  • Graduate degree in finance, economics, actuarial science, or related field (preferred)
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (FA) (preferred)
  • Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) (preferred)
  • Financial Risk Manager (FRM) (preferred)
Benefits
  • Competitive Pay
  • Bonus for Eligible Employees
  • Benefits Package
  • Pension Plan
  • 401k Match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Disability Insurance
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Employee Discounts
  • Career Training & Development Opportunities
  • Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
  • Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
  • Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
  • Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
  • Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Back-Up Care Program
  • PTO for Volunteer Hours
  • Employee Matching Gifts Program
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Inclusion and Diversity Programs
  • Employee Recognition Program
  • Referral Bonus Programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
strategic asset allocationasset-liability managementinvestment risk frameworksportfolio optimizationinvestment modelingscenario designcapital frameworksfixed incomestructured productsprivate credit
Soft Skills
executive-level communicationleadershipmentoringanalytical rigorinfluencing stakeholderscross-functional decision makingteam managementpresentation skillsexecution in regulated environmentsfostering culture
Certifications
Chartered Financial AnalystFellow of the Society of ActuariesFinancial Risk Manager