Netwealth is seeking a Head of Investment Product to shape the future of wealth in Australia. This high-impact leadership role is pivotal to strengthening our investment product operating model, maintaining clear operational independence, and ensuring our platform continues to deliver industry-leading outcomes.
What You'll Do
- Lead the end-to-end investment product operating model, including governance frameworks, investment onboarding, in-life product activities, and maintaining clear operational independence while partnering with Investment Governance & Research.
- Drive execution and continuous uplift of the DDO framework across all investment menus and managed investment schemes, ensuring strong distribution oversight, monitoring, review triggers, and alignment with Legal, Risk & Compliance, the Trustee Office and Operations.
- Lead commercial negotiations with fund managers to secure sustainable, member-benefit–aligned arrangements.
- Coordinate a complex stakeholder ecosystem across Product, Investments, Operations, Distribution, Legal, Risk & Compliance, Technology and external managers, providing accurate governance reporting and proactive risk management to senior leadership and committees.
- Support strategic growth through disciplined investment menu expansion, prioritisation and commercial execution, ensuring competitive differentiation while maintaining strong governance and member-outcomes focus.
What We're Looking For
- 8–12 years’ experience in investment product governance, platform product, superannuation, or related financial services.
- Strong understanding of APRA prudential standards, ASIC (DDO), and superannuation legislation.
- Demonstrated capability in process design, governance uplift, and regulatory operating model implementation.
- Experience managing complex conflicts of interest and navigating commercial arrangements.
- Strong stakeholder influence, communication and executive reporting capabilities.
- Values-led leader with experience building high-performing teams and fostering governance excellence.
Team & Environment
This role is part of the Platform Product function at Netwealth, a team of curious, optimistic, and courageous individuals who collaborate to make life better. We value authenticity, agility, and an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their genuine self to work.
Benefits & Compensation
- Paid parental leave and a fully funded school holiday program.
- CU Health (virtual healthcare), income protection, flu shots, wellness weeks, retail discounts and financial wellbeing services.
- Social events, trivia nights, and corporate sports.
- Employee Resource Groups: LGBTQIA+, DAWN (Development and Accelerating Women at Netwealth), Culture Group and Carers Group.
- Paid volunteering and our Netwealth Impact Group.
- Further education and diverse training opportunities, strong support for internal mobility.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position with offices in Sydney and Melbourne.
We're committed to equity and inclusion through our gender equality, disability, LGBTQIA+, wellbeing and cultural initiatives.
