Capital Group
CAMPUS: Global Product Strategy & Development Summer Associate (2025)
“I can succeed as a Global Product Strategy & Development (GPSD) Summer Associate at Capital Group.”
Global Product Strategy & Development (GPSD) is a global team of associates responsible for generating, developing, evaluating, prioritizing, and launching new investment products and strategies at Capital Group. As a summer associate, you will assist the GPSD team in a variety of ways to help support the design and development of Capital’s investment product roadmaps. You will partner with more experienced analysts and specialists in conducting quantitative and qualitative research related to investment product design and activities. This may include performing scans of the asset management industry, analyzing competitors, and examining industry asset and sales flows, among other activities.
As a GPSD Summer Associate, you will perform one or more of the following tasks:
- Long-Term Strategy Development
- Gathers research and data required to develop long-term strategy and roadmaps
- Supports the development and rollout of new investment products and capabilities
- Product Development
- Supports Product Leads in the creation, analysis and development of product plans and business cases
- Serves as a resource in developing launch plans
- Initiative/Project Management
- Supports projects impacting a product line (i.e., mutual funds, ETFs, separately managed accounts, collective investment trusts, etc.)
- Works closely with manager and senior specialists
- Requires day-to-day guidance
- Product Knowledge
- Learning CG investment products and services
- Awareness of competitive landscape and trends
- Stakeholder Management
- Serves as a resource to various internal groups
- External Industry Interaction
- Demonstrates intellectual curiosity in broadening industry knowledge
- Additional responsibilities as assigned
“I am the person Capital Group is looking for.”
- You are currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree, in junior standing, graduating in 2026
- You have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
- You have effective written and oral communication skills with team members and managers.
- You have the ability to identify, assess, respond to, and escalate risks or potential risks encountered through day-to-day activities.
- You demonstrate intellectual curiosity and analytical skills in areas of moderate complexity.
- You collaborate and work effectively as part of a team.
- Demonstrates ability to prioritize assigned work and complete in a timely manner.
- Excel and PowerPoint proficiency (e.g. advanced formulas and functions, pivot tables and complex charts) and desire to continuously grow skills
Base Hourly Rate: $30.50 / hour
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In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.
You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.
* Temporary positions in Canada and the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.
We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
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Capital Group Los Angeles, California, USA Office
333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, US, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90071
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