Job Summary

We are currently looking for a Director, Cross-Asset Corporate Sales in Markets.

The individual we are looking for needs to be highly motivated, ambitious and business minded for being able to take a senior role in our multi-product Financial Markets Corporate Sales team in Frankfurt, Germany.
The key focus of this role will be to take the lead on developing and executing the strategy to drive growth across Nordic corporate clients globally, while at the same time belong and contributing to a high-performing regional team covering Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Nordics, and CEE.
You will act as a trusted advisor to corporate clients, delivering tailored financial markets solutions across asset classes, while strengthening long-term relationships and driving revenue performance. This role combines strategic leadership, client origination, and hands-on execution in a dynamic, cross-border environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Nordics corporate client coverage strategy globally, both strategically and day-to-day
• Act as the primary Financial Markets contact for key corporate clients
• Drive revenue growth by achieving annual sales targets across FX, Rates, Money Markets, Commodities, and FM Lending
• Originate new client relationships and expand existing portfolios
• Build and deepen relationships with senior client stakeholders and decision-makers
• Deliver market insights and tailored solutions to support client decision-making
• Develop and execute client engagement strategies aligned with business needs
• Identify cross-sell opportunities across broader banking products
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders including: Relationship Management, Financial Solutions, Cash Management, Trade & Credit, DCM, Research, and Trading teams
• Collaborate across regions to deliver seamless global client coverage
• Execute trades and manage client orders in line with global policies and best execution standards
• Facilitate deal origination and engage structuring teams for optimal client solutions
• Monitor client trading limits and ensure appropriate approvals
• Deliver against full-year revenue and product mix targets (P3 objectives)
• Maintain detailed client account plans and identify growth opportunities
• Drive automation and innovation in product delivery
• Ensure efficient, compliant processes aligned with internal and external regulations

Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience in Financial Markets Sales with a strong cross-asset background
• Proven track record in corporate client coverage and revenue generation
• Deep understanding of: FX, Interest Rates, Money Markets, Commodities, Lending products
• Strong network within Nordic corporate clients (highly desirable)
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and decision-makers
• Demonstrated success in client origination and relationship development
• Experience leading strategic client initiatives or regional coverage
• Strong collaboration skills across functions, geographies, and seniority levels
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix organization

Technical & Regulatory Knowledge

• Solid understanding of market structure, risk frameworks, and regulatory requirements
• Experience with RWA optimisation and return metrics (RORWA) is advantageous
• Strategic thinker with strong execution capability
• Highly driven, results-oriented, and client-focused
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail and operational discipline

Language Requirements

• Fluent English
• Fluent German OR fluency in one or more Nordic languages (highly desirable)

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.