Working/Functional Title

Investment Office IT Manager

Position Summary

Work within the Michigan State University (MSU) Investment Office in the areas of investment technology. This position reports directly to MSU IT and indirectly to the MSU Investment Office. The position will be located in the Hannah Administration Building in East Lansing, MI, however the role is dedicated to supporting the Investment Office Teams located on-campus in East Lansing, and off-campus in Stamford, CT. The investment team consists of the MSU investment staff headed by the CIO, investment consultants, investment advisors, and legal counsel. The MSU investment team is responsible for proactively managing the university's long-term assets of the university through the university's endowment fund. As of June 30, 2024, the fund had assets of approximately $4.4 billion and employs external investment advisors, including traditional long-only equity and fixed income managers, and alternative strategies such as hedge funds and private investments. The MSU Investment Office has offices on campus in East Lansing, MI, and Stamford, CT. This will require up to 15% travel to Stamford, CT.

This position liaises with other parts of Michigan State University, external investment managers, and external service providers. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated record of managing projects in a team environment and will develop a deep understanding of how technology is used to optimize investment operations.

Michigan State University (MSU) is ranked #30 among public universities and #63 overall in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2025. Located in East Lansing, three miles east of the state’s capitol, the MSU community includes more than 12,000 faculty, academic and support staff, as well as over 51,000 students. MSU offers an extensive benefits package to its employees including health care, prescription, and dental coverage, and a base retirement program with a University matching contribution, as well as basic life insurance. In addition, MSU offers educational benefits including a course fee courtesy program and educational assistance.

MSU Information Technology provides the primary leadership for strategic, financial, and policy initiatives affecting information technology (IT) across MSU. MSU IT offers technology resources that support MSU’s mission of providing education, conducting research, and advancing engagement.

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program; and five to eight years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in information technology and investment office areas related to the duties to be performed, including experience overseeing large, complex or critical information technology projects; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Possession of a valid vehicle operator's license.

Desired Qualifications

Master's degree in related field; CFA and CAIA credentials; knowledge of investment financial markets and relevant technology tools, including design, implementation, and integration experience with a range of investment technologies, including research management; risk/exposure, performance, contact management, data management, investment due diligence and report design/development (e g , Blpsync, Canoe, Dynamo, Snowflake, Solovis, Bloomberg, Alboume and Northern Trust Passport, Mathematica); strong data handling skills, including: ability to manage large amounts of data; build API / data integration; strong excel skills (e g,, macros, pivot tables, charts, etc.); experience with SOL, MS Access, APls and some program language, such as Python, Java, R, are a plus; strong quantitative skills; experience and appreciation for how metrics may be used to monitor/track technology end operational effectiveness; demonstrated experience managing projects and workflows across teams, financial skills; educational and professional experience dealing with financial issues, unquestionable ethical standards, teamwork orientation

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Resume and cover letter

Special Instructions

Provide 3 professional references

Work Hours

STANDARD 8-5

Website

https://tech.msu.edu

Bidding eligibility ends July 15, 2025 at 11:55 P.M.

About Michigan State University

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

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