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Head of Institutional Relationship Management

Fidelity

Fidelity

Customer Service
Massachusetts, USA · Remote
Posted on Jun 7, 2025

Job Description:

The Role

The Head of Institutional Management acts as the primary strategic contact for Fidelity Charitable’s largest and most valuable institutional relationships. This role develops a detailed understanding of client's business and strategic initiatives. The head of strategic accounts will develop a proactive engagement plan that enhances the overall relationship and properly positions Fidelity Charitable solutions and products. This role will be responsible for business development, client growth, client retention, client satisfaction, risk management, acting as lead representative for Fidelity Charitable. The role is responsible for delivering thought leadership, consulting on industry trends, providing executive engagement and acting as the overall advocate for the client. The head of strategic account will strategically engage with senior leaders across Fidelity. This is a management role overseeing a team of relationship managers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead team of experienced relationship managers to create and catalyze a high performing team focused on deepening partnerships and increasing results across a complex and varied range of institutional relationships.

  • Navigates effectively across Fidelity Charitable and the Fidelity enterprise to bring appropriate resources to bear to help drive client growth in a scalable and economically viable manner.

  • Contributes to organizational goals/initiatives around growth, client satisfaction, grantmaking and retention.

  • Employs a client engagement model and strategy, ensuring the right activities, level of engagement and resource consumption based on overall client relationship and scale.

  • Conducts regular client business reviews to discuss and develop the Fidelity Charitable relationship.

  • Drives executive leadership engagement at Fidelity events and keeps firms apprised of topical events/webinars to support staff development and growth in charitable space.

  • Responsible for contribution and adoption growth across the institutional relationships.

  • Manage implementation oversight of the key account relationship management model for top Fidelity Charitable relationships.

  • Develops a deep understanding of client business model, evaluating key aspects of their business, and leveraging consulting and discovery tools and best practices to develop the overall Fidelity relationship.

  • Responsible for deploying client account plan, oversee pipeline discussions and properly prepare institutions for annual planning and Giving Season readiness.

  • Documents client activities, business opportunities, call reports and all communications with clients on a timely basis.

  • Highlights Fidelity Charitable events and webinars and drives attendance.

  • Proposes and coordinates consulting engagements with Fidelity subject matter experts based on business need (e.g., Practice Management, Technology, Investments).

  • Develop strong working partnerships across the Fundraising & Distribution team to drive engagement, coordinate field interaction and communicate best practices.

  • Maintain strong relationships with FC Senior Leadership Team and functional areas represented.

  • Oversees client satisfaction and retention by collaborating with service and other key business partners to improve and enhance their daily experience.

  • Mitigates risk to Fidelity and our clients (e.g., key policy awareness and compliance, looking for potential watch outs on firm practices, and collaborating with our internal partners to raise concerns).

  • Cultivates collaborative relationships with key internal business partners across Fidelity.

  • Fosters sharing of best practices across the segment and broader organization. Recommends product/service improvements.

  • Provides / leads team in providing actionable insights to Fidelity Charitable front line and service / operational organizations.

  • Commits to ongoing professional development (i.e., learns and articulates Fidelity value vs. competition, expands skills/knowledge/credentials) for their team and self.

*Expected Travel is 60% of the time*

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • 10-15 years successful sales or relationship management experience in the financial services industry. Strong knowledge of the RIA, Family Office, Brokerage and Wirehouse markets; understanding of the industry, financial markets and competitive influence.

  • Prior leadership experience

  • BS Degree required


Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position.

The Team

The Fidelity Charitable Strategic Accounts team partners with wealth management firms and institutions to help them achieve their business goals by effectively incorporating charitable giving into their business model and client relationships. The Strategic Accounts team helps wealth management firms navigate the changing landscape to grow their businesses and meet their clients’ financial needs. In addition to our insights, expertise and exceptional client experience, we provide thought leadership and a deep knowledge of the charitable sector and wealth planning trends, practice management expertise, and a strong technology platform to thousands of firms.

Certifications:

Category:

Relationship Management

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at:

accommodations@fmr.com

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Join us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

"Fidelity believes in, and is committed to, fair and equitable treatment for every associate and customer, and to creating a safe and respectful environment, in which everyone is treated with kindness, compassion and respect." Abby Johnson | Chairman and CEO Fidelity Investments

At Fidelity, we are committed to building an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging that will attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce.

Fidelity’s ten affinity groups are self-organized groups of employees with common interests in areas such as race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, or who share similar interests based on similar sets of experiences.

These Employee Resource Groups and Special Interest Groups are models of inclusion for Fidelity. They’re also a powerful form of engagement and development and can provide a pathway to visible leadership roles. Our affinity groups make a large contribution on the business, helping to ensure our products and services are delivered in a welcoming and equitable environment.

  • Over 22K employees participate in an affinity group.
  • Over 1,400 affinity group members volunteered for Fidelity Cares in 2020.
  • 74% increase in affinity group memberships over the last three years.

Giving Back to Our Communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,000 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $7.3 billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2019.
  • Supported more than 300,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $42 billion has been given to public charities.

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