Lead Research Librarian - Investment Information Services - FMRCo

Job Category: Accounting/Finance/Insurance Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Location: Boston, MA 02109 Status: Full Time, Employee Company: Fidelity Reference Code: 0800939 Lead Research Librarian - Investment Information Services - FMRCo Business Overview:Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCo) acts as the investment advisor to Fidelity’s family of mutual funds. FMRCo has three fund divisions: Equity, High Yield and Fixed Income. Securities are managed, researched, bought and sold for the funds by a staff of portfolio managers, analysts and traders. FMRCo has more than 1000 investment professionals worldwide who are responsible for managing $1.2 trillion for millions of retail and institutional investors. To support FMRCo’s investment management team, FMRCo employs over 1200 employees in Investment Operations and Services, Technology, and Human Resources.Position Description:Reporting to the Manager of Research Services within the Investment Information Services (IIS) organization, the Lead Information Manager’s (LIM) main responsibility is to provide dedicated research support to the Specialized and/or Diversified investment teams within FMR Co.  In this role, the LIM is required to fully understand the unique research needs, identify trends, seek new value-add information sources, and provide proactive research and information solutions tailored to their assigned coverage. As an active member of the Specialized and/or Diversified investment teams, the LIM must be a creative thinker and demonstrate the ability to handle complex research projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.  Research projects may be loosely defined and require the LIM to filter, synthesize, and conceptualize research projects to deliver creative solutions.  The research results delivered to investment professionals may impact the performance of funds therefore; it is imperative that all research is accurate and delivered in a timely manner.  Most importantly, the LIM acts as the single point of contact for all incoming sector/industry team research requests by performing “triage”, determining appropriate resources needed to best fulfill each request; providing day-to-day leadership of research projects, workload management oversight, effective communication and follow-up re: project status/deliverables, and  proactively promoting and sharing information resources/products to ensure that all team members are leveraging and fully utilizing the independent and objective sources vetted by the LIM. Finally, the LIM acts as a conduit to the broader IIS organization by  engaging the specialized talent and expertise of the Content Management, Market Data and Web Teams to ensure that unique independent and objective research content is leveraged, highly visible and valued by IPs in internally developed web applications/portals. Primary Responsibilities:Research:  Proactively provides comprehensive, timely, and accurate research solutions in response to broad based research projects Initiates and creates custom research products (e.g., Company Profiles, Country Profiles, etc.) to provide tangible, value-added solutions to the investment teams Synthesizes information from diverse and sometimes conflicting sources Searches for untested assumptions Identifies change agents and economic drivers affecting sector / industry Derives implications from research data to present results in a clear and actionable format for investment professionals Develops and maintains a comprehensive knowledge of assigned sector(s) to support the research process  Research Support Team Triage:  Cultivates strong relationships with MDRs and Investment Professionals within assigned coverage to better understand evolving research needs Serves as primary contact for all research requests in assigned sectors Performs triage for all research requests by determining appropriate skill sets and resources to best fulfill each request – within assigned coverage and across other sector LeadsEducation and Experience: MLS Required >7 years advanced business research experience (investment/financial services is highly desired) Skills and Knowledge: Ability to lead key team/cross-sector projects and works well independently Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills Self-motivated with proven ability to effectively work with a diverse personalities in a dynamic and demanding environment Excellent coaching and mentoring skills Superior oral and written communication skills Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with all levels of staff and management Superior skill and ability in multi-tasking and appropriate prioritization Ability to adjust rapidly to changing work environment Highly proficient with MS Excel Highly proficient in using a broad spectrum of specialized electronic and data sources including Lexis/Nexis, Factiva, Dialog, Securities Data Company, Datastream, Factset Data Systems, Haver Analytics, Bloomberg and others Company overview:Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with custodied assets of $3.3 trillion, including managed assets of more than $1.5 trillion as of January 31, 2008. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to 24 million individuals and institutions as well as through 5,500 financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket and a leading online brokerage firm.