Join JPMorganChase’s Commercial & Investment Bank as an Executive Director in the Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy team, where you will help shape the firm’s frontier markets agenda. This is a unique opportunity to lead coverage across sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, the CIS, frontier Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, working alongside highly regarded colleagues and engaging directly with bankers, investors, and the trading floor. We value collaboration, expertise, and a commitment to excellence. Step into a role where your insights and leadership will make a significant impact on the global stage.
Job Summary:
As a Vice President or Executive Director, Frontier Markets Fixed Income Strategist in the Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy team, you will lead coverage of frontier markets across the firm’s global research platform. You will develop and communicate actionable views on sovereign credit, FX, and local rates, engage directly with institutional investors and the trading floor, and partner with economists and strategists to translate macroeconomic perspectives into market insights. You will serve as a visible, credible senior voice in the market, helping to strengthen the team’s analytical standards and research quality.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead coverage of frontier fixed income markets—including sovereign credit, FX, and local-currency rates—across a defined set of countries
- Develop and publish actionable trade recommendations
- Build, maintain, and enhance models for FX valuation and rates/credit spread analysis
- Contribute to thematic and strategic research, alongside core macro and market strategy output
- Partner with economists and strategists across Emerging Markets to translate macro views into market insights and published research
- Engage external clients—including real-money investors, hedge funds, corporates, and official-sector institutions—and support Sales & Trading colleagues with timely market commentary and bespoke analysis
- Represent the firm in client meetings, conferences, marketing trips, and media engagements as required
- Mentor junior strategists and help strengthen analytical standards, research quality, and internal processes
- Contribute to the team’s standing in external investor surveys
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Extensive experience in frontier or Emerging Markets strategy, macro research, or a related role on either the buy side or sell side
- Deep knowledge of frontier economies and markets—including macroeconomics, politics, FX, and rates—with relevant experience across sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, and/or the CIS.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with proven experience working with balance of payments, fiscal accounts, and debt sustainability assessments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence and credibility to engage senior investors, internal Sales & Trading teams, risk stakeholders, and external official-sector counterparts (including governments and multilateral institutions).
- Advanced degree in Economics, Finance, or a related field.
This role encompasses the performance of UK regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting UK regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority to carry out such activities.