Director, Investment Risk

Summary

The Director, Investment Risk will establish a centralized investment risk function within the Enterprise Data & Analytics team. Building upon GW&K’s current investment risk management practices, this function will provide coordinated risk measurement, analytics, governance, reporting, and oversight across the firm’s Equity and Fixed Income strategies.

This role will strengthen the firm’s ability to monitor, evaluate, and report on portfolio exposures, risk trends, and emerging risks across the organization. The Director, Investment Risk will partner closely with investment professionals, Product Management, Legal & Compliance, Information Technology, and senior leadership to enhance risk oversight, transparency, and support scalable growth.

The ideal candidate is a senior, hands-on investment risk professional who combines strategic vision with practical execution. This individual will advance GW&K's investment risk program and lead a consistent, firm-wide approach that complements the existing risk ownership and expertise within the investment teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the continued development and enhancement of GW&K's investment risk framework, including risk guidelines, oversight processes, governance practices, reporting standards, and escalation criteria.
• Monitor and report portfolio, strategy, and product-level risk exposures across Equity and Fixed Income strategies; track risk trends, thresholds, and outliers and escalate material exceptions as appropriate.
• Perform portfolio risk analysis, risk attribution, benchmark-relative assessments, factor analysis, scenario analysis, and stress testing.
• Actively participate in the Investment Policy Committee, Product Management Committee, and other related GW&K governance and operating committees. Lead the development of a formalized Investment Risk Committee over time.
• Work directly in investment risk and analytics platforms, including FactSet, Axioma, and Bloom...