Global Structuring

JOB DESCRIPTION

Lead complex product development and platform innovation in credit structuring, leveraging legal and regulatory expertise to deliver solutions across credit products.

Are you ready to advance your career in the dynamic world of credit structuring? Join our Credit Structuring team as a Vice President or Executive Director, where you'll drive complex product development, structure involved transactions, and lead platform innovation across credit products. We offer a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and development, focusing on legal, regulatory, and cross-functional expertise.

As a Vice President or Executive Director in Credit Structuring, you will oversee the structuring and execution of complex credit transactions, provide expert guidance on legal and regulatory matters, and drive the development of structured issuance platforms. You'll collaborate across trading, sales, legal, compliance, risk, and technology teams, engage with clients, and champion best practices in governance and risk management.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee the structuring and execution of complex credit transactions, including derivatives, structured notes, funds, SPVs, illiquid repacks, and dynamic strategies.
• Provide expert guidance on legal, regulatory, and documentation matters for credit products, ensuring compliance with global frameworks and internal policies.
• Drive development and enhancement of structured issuance platforms and programs, including Credit Nexus and proprietary credit solutions.
• Act as a key liaison between trading, sales, legal, compliance, risk, operations, and technology teams to deliver innovative solutions.
• Partner with sales and clients to promote JPMorgan's credit platform capabilities and ensure investor understanding.
• Oversee restructures, amendments, unwinds, and other actions on legacy credit trades.
• Champion best practices in transaction governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Advanced knowledge of structured credit products, credit derivatives, and general derivatives markets.
• Deep understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks relevant to credit structuring (e.g., securities laws, Volcker and other similar rules relevant to US banks, derivatives regulations, cross-border considerations).
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong project leadership and organizational abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams and functions.
• Formal legal qualification.
• Experience working with external counsel and regulatory bodies.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with commercial acumen.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving consensus among senior stakeholders.
• Track record of innovation in product/platform development within credit or structured finance.
• Ability to mentor and develop junior team members.

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.

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.