At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead execution consulting and optimise client performance using electronic trading platforms.
- Company: Join a leading firm in equities with a focus on innovation and client success.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, mentorship opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to mentor a team and engage with top-tier clients.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact on trading performance and shape the future of electronic trading.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in execution consulting and strong quantitative skills required.
The predicted salary is between 148500 - 181500 £ per year.
Are you a recognised authority in equities execution who turns deep market-structure and performance insight into a measurable edge for clients using electronic trading platforms?
As an Executive Director in our Equities Electronic Trading team, you will lead the execution consulting agenda at the heart of our electronic trading platform - shaping how we analyse, optimise, and advise clientsto improve performance outcomes.
If you combine analytical rigour, have a deep set of performance optimisation experience, and a senior systematic client presence, we encourage you to apply.
Job Summary
As an Executive Director in Execution Consulting within the Electronic Client Solutions (ECS) team, you will play a leading role in the analysis, research, and client engagement that underpin the performance of our algorithmic trading and liquidity products.
You will help drive the execution-performance narrative across the platform, set the research agenda, and translate insight into product priorities and better client outcomes.
Acting as a senior advisor to our most sophisticated clients and a partner to Sales, Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research, you will represent the franchise externally, mentor a team of consultants and analysts, and play a central role in the growth and success of our electronic trading business.
Job Responsibilities
- Help to set the strategic agenda for execution consulting and performance analysis across the EMEA algorithmic and liquidity product suite.
- Drive the platform-wide execution-performance narrative, developing analysis and research that identify opportunities to improve execution quality and reduce client trading costs.
- Act as a senior, trusted advisor to our most significant clients - leading execution reviews, bespoke analysis, and strategic dialogue on trading performance and market structure.
- Educate clients on our product suite, creating high-impact thought leadership pieces and client marketing to communicate the impact of our execution research.
- Produce and oversee in-depth analysis of product usage, client trends, execution performance, and revenues to inform business and product strategy.
- Shape the product roadmap in partnership with Technology and Quantitative Research, prioritising enhancements grounded in performance evidence and market-structure insight.
- Represent the franchise externally - with clients, at industry forums, and in market-structure and regulatory dialogue.
- Mentor and develop consultants and analysts, raising the analytical and commercial capability of the team.
- Maintain authoritative knowledge of equities trading, market structure, and the evolving regulatory landscape.
- Ensure adherence with all relevant regulatory, best-execution, and control requirements.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Extensive experience in execution consulting, algorithmic trading, product management, or quantitative trading within equities, with a track record of senior client and stakeholder impact
- Authoritative understanding of equities market structure and market microstructure
- Strong quantitative and statistical skills, with the ability to interrogate large execution and trading datasets and translate them into actionable insight
- Demonstrated ability to lead a research or consulting agenda and influence product strategy across functions
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages (including Python, q/KDB), with confidence handling large tick/trade datasets
- Senior client-facing presence with excellent communication skills and strong commercial awareness
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Experience leading or mentoring a team of consultants or analysts
- Established profile in the market-structure or execution-research community
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives across technology, quantitative research, trading, legal/compliance, and sales
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects and stakeholders
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.
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Global Equities – Electronic Client Solutions – Execution Consulting - Executive Director employer: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of London’s International Private Bank. With a strong emphasis on professional development, employees benefit from comprehensive training programs and opportunities for career advancement, all while enjoying a collaborative culture that values teamwork and innovation. The role of Executive Assistant not only provides a chance to work closely with senior leaders but also allows for meaningful contributions to the success of the team in a prestigious financial institution.
