High Yield Credit Sales – Executive Director

Our High Yield Credit Sales team is seeking a motivated Executive Director for a client-coverage role in the New York office. A successful candidate will cover a broad range of the largest institutional investors in the market including Mutual Fund managers, ETFs, Insurance, Systematic, and Hedge Funds.  The candidate will liaise with trading, research, syndicate, and other lines of business to deliver exceptional service to our clients while driving critical outcomes for the Leveraged Finance business. This role offers the opportunity to generate and execute trade ideas, provide market commentary, and raise capital for high-profile deals & leveraged buyout transactions to the most consequential players in the High Yield market.

Job responsibilities:

• Pitch & execute primary High Yield transactions including M&A/LBO’s/refinancings, secondary HY bond trades, and alternative cross asset opportunities for our vast client base.
• Collaborate with and leverage JPMorgan’s trading, research, syndicate, and other functions to deliver the firm’s resources to our client base.
• Represent JPMorgan’s Leveraged Finance business to the institutional investor base to develop deep, senior-level, strategic relationships with our most crucial clients. 
• Proactively generate trade ideas & market commentary to create revenue opportunities for the business.
• Broaden the product bandwidth of our clients to increase focus on alternative credit (infrastructure, receivables, illiquids) and private credit opportunities (Trading, Financing).

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• 5+ years of relevant experience on a market making desk and/or in adjacent market-facing roles.
• Strong credit knowledge and analytical skills.     
• Experience and aptitude in balancing & influencing internal and external stakeholder interests, with the ability to think clearly in high-pressure situations.
• Demonstrated interest and motivation to work within financial markets & with clients.
• Acumen to synthesize complex topics/products and then explain them to other parties.
• Ability to think on a strategic level and identify future opportunities for business growth.
• Very strong communication written & verbal communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, motivated team player with strong attention to detail and excellent time management abilities to manage many consequential tasks simultaneously.