Capital Associates Program (CAP) Manager
The Capital Group
Capital Associates Program (CAP) Manager
(within the Investor Development & Early Careers team)
Inspire and develop the next generation of investors and leaders.
At Capital Group, our mission is to improve people’s lives through successful investing. We know that the foundation of our success lies in the strength of our people. We are seeking a Manager, Capital Associates Program (CAP) to lead a premier early-career development program designed to cultivate the next generation of investment professionals and leaders.
Why This Role Matters
Capital Group’s ability to deliver superior, long-term investment results depends on our ability to develop exceptional investors. The Capital Associates Program plays a pivotal role in this mission. As CAP Manager, you will take an active role in managing, coaching and developing early-career program associates. You’ll guide their development by managing performance for excellence, accelerating learning, enhancing research capabilities, and cultivating the investment judgment and acumen needed to deliver long-term investment results. You will partner with research directors, business leaders, and investment group sponsors to ensure early-career associates gain deep, practical exposure to investment modeling, research processes, and problem solving.
Key Responsibilities:
• Manage early-career associates including assigning rotation placement based on business needs and development trajectory, supervising their training and development, and conducting their performance reviews.
Provide hands-on coaching and actionable developmental feedback that accelerates and unlocks potential.
Partner with Talent Acquisition to lead U.S. campus recruiting efforts, including delivering on-campus presentations, interviewing candidates, and identifying top talent for the program.
• Partner with research directors to understand their evolving research needs and associate skill requirements.
• Facilitate development rotations and learning experiences to actively curate learning opportunities to enhance associates’ technical and analytical skills. Help design learning experiences, select training vendors, and selectively facilitate learning programs.
• Evaluate associate performance through a disciplined, evidence-based approach — identifying potential, calibrating performance, and accelerating readiness for investment roles.
• Leverage quantitative and qualitative insights to continuously improve program impact, communicating recruitment outcomes (e.g., quality of hire, offer acceptance rate, source of hire) to investment leadership.
• Lead summer internship and onboarding experiences that provide hands-on exposure to real investment work, foster a strong feedback culture, and reinforce analytical rigor.
• Collaborate across global research offices to ensure consistent, high-quality development experiences that emphasize in-person networking and collaboration.
• Integrate technology and data-driven tools (including AI-enabled learning and performance analytics) to enhance coaching and outcomes.
"I am the person Capital is looking for."
You have experience and/or a demonstrated passion for working with early-career investment talent to create and help manage bespoke programming to support their learning, growth and development.
You have a minimum 2 years of people management experience.
You have an understanding of investment analysis and financial modeling — ideally gained through experience in equity research, investment banking, or asset management.
You’ve shown success in coaching and assessing talent for performance, growth, and long-term potential.
You’ve proven success in driving performance in high-stakes, analytical environments.
You’ve demonstrated success in leading strategic and/or operational project delivery.
You have strong business judgment and the ability to connect investment insights to development opportunities.
You’ve built strong relationships and credibility with key stakeholders, including investors and leaders, and possess strong collaboration and influencing skills.
You demonstrate intellectually curiosity, grit, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
You’re flexible, action-oriented and can deliver high quality results on efforts running simultaneously.
You’ve served as a dynamic ambassador for the program using strong public speaking and storytelling skills to inspire, engage, and motivate early-career talent.
You have a bachelor’s degree; advanced degree or financial certification preferred.
Southern California Base Salary Range: $153,965-$246,344
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.