Vice President, Fixed Income Research - Liberty Mutual Investments

Description

Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI) is the investment firm for Liberty Mutual Group (Liberty) and is responsible for powering Liberty’s strategy amid profound change in global capital markets. With deep expertise in fixed income, equity, and alternative strategies, LMI invests $120+ billion (as of 12/31/2025) of capital globally, taking a long-term approach across its integrated platform and has a team of over 350 investment, finance, and operations professionals located in Boston, MA, and New York, NY.

LMI has a clear purpose: build enduring businesses side-by-side with our partners, drive economic growth, and generate superior risk-adjusted returns that power Liberty’s strategy and secure its promises. We offer the best of both worlds - the look and feel of a boutique investment firm with the reputation and financial strength of a global leader. As the investment firm of a mutual with long-term capital, LMI has a single client mandate. This gives us the freedom to focus on what we do best.

Our portfolio spans a broad spectrum of public and private investments, and we are committed to expanding our capabilities and our toolkit in support of our mission. We invest across diverse asset classes, financial structures, and industries, including real estate, digital infrastructure, healthcare, renewable energy, and technology-with the aim of creating value and powering innovation. We pride ourselves on our extensive network of mutually beneficial partnerships, and we use our substantial influence, capital, and energy to drive towards a better future. #LMI #LI-LMI

The Position

LMI is seeking a talented Vice President to join the Research team within our Public Leveraged Finance Research Team. Our team has an accomplished track record over years of generating performance through bottoms up fundamental research and benefits from a single client mandate. The opportunity is to have full ownership of coverage areas and contribute directly to the portfolio’s performance while working across the organization on the success of different asset classes as well.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a sector expert working independently to provide deep analytical information and high conviction investment recommendations using a combination of top-down sector views and bottom-up fundamental analysis across High Yield, Leveraged Loans and Private Credit.
• Ownership of coverage areas including underwriting credit selection, sector expertise, RV, and positioning.
• Working independently and in close collaboration with Portfolio Managers and traders, generating alpha through differentiated views, timely recommendations, and active industry positioning across HY bonds and broadly syndicated loans.
• Provide timely interpretation of market developments and implications for coverage universe and portfolio.
• Contribute positively to portfolio outperformance through security selection, sector positioning, and structuring.
• Engage with external parties, including borrowers, advisors, and consultants, in execution of due diligence activities.
• Clear ability to calibrate and evaluate relative and absolute risk return trade-offs in primary and secondary markets.
• Leverage AI and large language model tools (e.g., Claude) to accelerate research, due diligence, and portfolio surveillance workflows-synthesizing filings, transcripts, and rating agency materials-and to generate novel analytical insights that sharpen credit recommendations and relative value views.
• Produce investment recommendations to Portfolio Managers, Director of Research, Research Team Members, and related Investment Committees.
• Maintain a One Team/One Portfolio approach to investment decision-making, leveraging diverse perspectives to identify and pursue investment opportunities that align with overall portfolio objectives.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Exhibit intellectual curiosity about global markets, asset classes, our organization and industry.
• Demonstrated deep leveraged finance credit expertise; preferably across both public and private markets with a successful history in HY and Leveraged Loans.
• Effective and concise communicator, both written and verbally, with multiple stakeholders including portfolio managers, investment committees, and senior management.
• 7+ yrs experience as an analyst making successful investment recommendations.
• Collaborate generously within and across teams, building strong trusting relationships and interacting productively with a broad group of colleagues and investors at all levels.
• Demonstrates leadership in utilizing AI to enhance speed, accuracy, and insight generation while maintaining sound judgment and compliance with governance standards.
• Bachelors degree and relevant experience in global fixed income, MBA & CFA preferred

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