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Director, NQDC Growth Strategy

Fidelity

Fidelity

Sales & Business Development
Covington, KY, USA · Merrimack, NH, USA · Westlake, TX, USA · smithfield, ri, usa · Boston, MA, USA
USD 110k-222k / year
Posted on Nov 6, 2025

Job Description:

The Role

Do you want to work for the #1 provider of nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) services who is investing significantly to simplify, streamline, and innovate our NQDC experience? We’re looking for a dynamic, motivated Director, NQDC Growth Strategy to join our team! You will work across product, marketing, consulting, and sales to develop and implement strategies to achieve growth objectives for our industry leading NQDC Product. You will need to deliver measurable growth results by keeping up with market trends, conducting or sponsoring new analysis, and working across the organization. If you thrive in a face-paced, start-up environment, like to think broadly, yet still go deep and contribute to market leading innovations, then this opportunity is for you!

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • 10+ years of related financial services experience, preferably in product management, product marketing, and/or project management
  • 5+ years of experience supporting NQDC administration or NQDC product management
  • Experience leading or supporting the growth of a new product, brand, or business in B2B and/or B2C environments
  • History of solving for ambiguity and 'crafting from scratch'
  • History of developing opportunities in white space as an analytical problem solver who can connect the dots to fuel growth
  • History of evangelizing narratives and driving projects forward through rallying teammates to action
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred
  • Experience supporting the enablement of broad, complex, innovative solutions and product offerings aligned with and in support of the strategic direction of the organization
  • You have a continuous improvement approach, are willing to challenge the status quo and push for new thinking, and enable an agile way of working
  • Strong communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills with which you influence and engage externally with partners and customers and internally, across Fidelity and at all levels of the firm
  • You’re capable of leading, influencing, and motivating colleagues without formal authority
  • You’re energized by working collaboratively to deliver agreed-upon business outcomes, drawing on the expertise of colleagues to inform the approach and remove impediments to making progress
  • Ability to develop and implement growth strategies that deliver measurable results. You know how to adjust these strategies as the products and markets evolve

The Value You Deliver

  • Partner with the Product Area Leader to execute on the go-to-market strategy by managing facets of business health, including but not limited to:
  • NQDC pipeline management – establish and reinforce best practices
  • Working closely with Sales and Workplace Consulting to target proactive business development opportunities
  • Competitive intelligence and benchmarking initiatives
  • Working closely with our partners in Marketing to advance a robust B2B marketing plan, including a full inventory and prioritization of new or revised materials
  • Establishing NQDC educational content partnerships for internal and external consumption
  • Creating and maintaining NQDC capabilities and segmentation guides
  • Propose strategies to expand and enhance the company's ecosystem, including identifying emerging trends, aligning ecosystem initiatives with company goals, and promoting best practices.

The Team

Fidelity Stock Plan Services (SPS) is Fidelity’s equity compensation administration services business, which is vertically integrated in the Workplace Investing (WI) division. Fidelity’s Stock Plan Services business manages relationships with external Plan Sponsors and their employees in 198 countries, including numerous S&P 500 companies, providing administrative support services for these clients and individual support and guidance to plan participants.

The Stock Plan Services and NQ Deferred Comp (SPSNQ) Domain exists to focus and deliver upon the needs of our Stock Plan and NQDC Clients and their Participants.

The domain focuses on four major tenets in operating principles and design decisions:

  • Delivering Customer Value: Listening and adapting to our customers’ (Sponsors and Participants) needs to deliver the best SPS and NQDC experience.
  • Enabling Growth: Developing new capabilities to attract prospects and enable us to enter new markets
  • Driving Scale and Efficiency: The opportunity to bring value in our market starts with reducing unit costs.
  • Diversity and Inclusion: Celebrating differing voices and perspectives in our products and our people.

Workplace Investing’s NQDC offering provides companies with outstanding administration for their nonqualified plans. NQDC Product Development supports the business and technology work streams that deliver against approved initiatives including new experiences for participants and plan sponsors and improvements to existing experiences.

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The base salary range for this position is $110,000-222,000 USD per year.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Certifications:

Category:

Product Management

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 [email protected], 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

Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.

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 12,500 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 $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
  • Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.

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