Associate - Investment Manager Oversight

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
MetLife Insurance Investments (MII) manages MetLife's investment portfolio, developing risk-managed strategies across global markets and asset classes to support business goals, match insurance liabilities, and ensure risk and return alignment. MII's work is integral to MetLife's legacy, driving returns and long-term stability through meticulous investment and strategic planning. Our asset portfolio represents over a century of disciplined investment experience and foresight. With us, you will design investment solutions and uncover opportunities that drive returns and long-term stability in collaboration with a team of industry leaders. Join us and leave a lasting impact.
The Opportunity
MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management to individual and institutional customers. We're united by our purpose to help our customers and each other create a confident future; we're guided by empathy; and we're inspired by each other to make a difference in the lives of our coworkers, customers, communities, and the world at large. The role will be within the MetLife Insurance Investments division at MetLife.
This position within Pension & Investment Manager Oversight will be responsible for analysis, oversight and evaluation of MetLife's Separate Account and Benefit Plans investment managers including preparing and presenting manager proposals for approval to respective governance committees and stakeholders.
The Pension & Investment Manager Oversight is responsible for the oversight of 939 funds with 164 managers which accounts for $104.6 billion in AUM.
Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the oversight of MetLife's Separate Account and Benefit Plans investment managers, including supporting unit operations, reporting, and talent development initiatives.
• Partner with senior management to develop, formalize, and refine operating policies, governance structures, procedures, and protocols.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Insurance teams, as well as external partners such as asset managers, auditors, data and systems providers, and custodial banks.
• Review and analyze portfolio performance, including performance relative to benchmarks and peers, risk-adjusted returns, regime-specific performance, and attribution by style, market capitalization, region, sector, and factor.
• Support the investment manager selection process through quantitative screening, including performance evaluation, risk analysis, style consistency, and peer group or benchmark comparisons, as well as qualitative assessment of management, organization, personnel, and culture.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or another quantitative or business-related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, including experience in pension plans, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, investment consulting, private wealth, insurance sub-advisory, or asset management.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build productive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Practical experience using generative AI tools, such as Microsoft Copilot, and large language models to summarize complex data sets and develop reports.
• Proficiency with Microsoft excel, investment analytics platforms such as Aladdin, Bloomberg, BondEdge, eVestment, or Morningstar.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of U.S. insurance products, such as BOLI and Stable Value, non-U.S. insurance products, such as unit-linked insurance, and benefit plan accounting concepts such as PBO, APBO, service cost, and interest cost.
• Fixed income investment experience.
• CFA designation, or progress towards the designation.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is 116,900 - 136,000 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We're looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
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MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
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