At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead Jupiter's Investment Risk team, ensuring effective oversight and support for investment strategies.
- Company: Join one of the UK's top investment management firms with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a focus on continuous improvement and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping investment risk strategies and driving innovation.
- Qualifications: Proven leadership in investment risk and strong knowledge of market and portfolio risks.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
About
Jupiter: Jupiter is one of the UK’s leading investment management companies with just under 500 employees and £54 billion worth of assets under management (as at 31st December 2025).
Background
An opportunity exists for an experienced Investment Risk leader to head Jupiter's Investment Risk function.
The role reports to Senior Leadership and is responsible for leading the Investment Risk team, ensuring the function provides independent oversight, effective challenge and commercially focused support to Investment Management across the firm's investment strategies as well as prudent management of the firm’s balance sheet risk.
The Head of Investment Risk will periodically review the firm's investment risk framework, ensuring it remains appropriate and oversee its implementation across all asset classes, including Equities, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset and Alternatives, with responsibility for market, liquidity, counterparty, concentration and event risk.
The role is central to ensuring that Investment Risk remains a trusted partner to Investment Management, providing independent challenge while supporting portfolio construction, new product development and strategic business initiatives.
The successful candidate will lead the continued evolution of the Investment Risk operating model, driving automation, analytical capability and technology enhancements to ensure the function remains scalable and continuously improves.
The role also has responsibility for regulatory investment risk oversight, governance reporting and engagement with senior committees, working closely with the Investment Management Leadership Team and various stakeholders across the firm.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop Jupiter's Investment Risk function, establishing strategic priorities and ensuring the team delivers high-quality, timely and insightful risk analysis to Investment Managers and leadership.
- Own and continuously enhance the firm's Investment Risk Framework, ensuring appropriate coverage across market, liquidity, counterparty, concentration and event risks.
- Provide independent challenge and trusted advice to Investment Managers and the Investment Management Leadership Team, balancing robust risk oversight with commercial awareness.
- Oversee investment risk monitoring processes and regulatory investment risk controls, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements while driving automation and operational efficiency.
- Lead the production and presentation of investment risk reporting to senior management, governance committees and Boards, ensuring reporting is insightful, forward-looking and supports effective decision‑making.
- Play a leading role in Investment Management Review meetings, ensuring robust discussion of portfolio risks, emerging themes and risk mitigation actions, and that agreed actions are followed up on.
- Provide recommendations for hedges of seed investments and ensure Jupiter’s balance sheet risks are accurately measured and within risk tolerances.
- Drive the continued development of the Investment Risk Target Operating Model, delivering enhancements to infrastructure, data, analytics and technology.
- Establish and maintain expertise in the firm's investment risk models and methodologies, ensuring they remain appropriate, well governed and effectively communicated.
- Partner with Investment Management on new business initiatives, including fund launches, strategy changes and product repositioning, providing independent risk assessment and constructive challenge throughout the approval process.
- Lead horizon scanning for emerging market, liquidity and geopolitical risks, ensuring material developments are assessed, modelled, quantified and communicated proactively with clear recommendations where appropriate.
- Oversee ad hoc analytical support for investment teams, clients and strategic projects, including portfolio reviews, stress testing, scenario analysis and pre‑launch modelling.
- Build strong relationships across Investment Management, Compliance, Legal, Operations, Product, Client Group and Technology to embed effective Investment risk management throughout the organisation.
- Lead, coach and develop the Investment Risk team, fostering a high‑performance culture focused on continuous improvement, innovation and collaboration.
- Represent the Investment Risk function internally and externally, contributing to regulatory interactions and industry engagement where appropriate.
- Work extensively with the Enterprise Risk team, Finance and others on the company’s ICAAP/ICARA, assisting with devising appropriate scenarios and calculating capital required based on the scenario modelled.
- Desired Skills / Experience
- Proven experience leading an investment risk function within asset management.
- Strong knowledge of market, liquidity, counterparty and portfolio risk.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and governance committees.
- Experience developing and enhancing investment risk frameworks.
- Track record of leading teams and driving continuous improvement.
- Experience supporting regulatory requirements and strategic business initiatives.
- Additional Role Details
- This role is subject to the Conduct Rules set by the FCA.
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