Job Summary

We’re Hiring: Director of Emerging and Developing Markets - Marco Sales Trading.

We are seeking a Director of Investor Sales with a strong focus on emerging and developing markets. This is a senior client-facing role, engaging primarily with hedge funds and asset managers, where you will be responsible for originating and delivering strategic macro trade ideas — from generation through to execution.

What we’re looking for:
5–10 years’ experience in a client-facing macro sales role
Deep understanding of financial markets and emerging markets dynamics
Proven ability to generate and deliver strategic, tradable ideas
Strong skills in cross-asset correlation, scenario analysis, and strategic thinking
Excellent prioritisation and client engagement skills

If you thrive on building client relationships, navigating complex macro markets, and delivering actionable strategies, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

•    To develop the Bank’s relationships with Clients through marketing and sales of Financial Market products covered by the Investor Sales desk
•    Enable Business Growth by strong engagement with Product offering and coverage of Investor Clients
•    Partner with key internal stakeholders including Trading, Structuring and Risk Teams
•    Ensure adherence and compliance to Regulatory standards of Trade Capture and booking models
•    Support Junior Talent on the desk and nurture developments

Strategy
•    Diligent coverage of the daily flow business, meeting all required standards and procedures
•    Lead initiatives to enhance Cross-Asset and Cross-Border collaboration, ensuring integration of Products & Services for clients whilst maximising returns
•    Drive the client engagement for RWA optimisation to improve the overall FM product RoRWA

Business
•    Achieving assigned full year budget as per annual Year End Review document for Client Income from allocated Client Accounts
•    Within this budget, aim to generate specific Financial Markets Product mix as per Year End Review Document 
•    Help mentor and develop a high-performing Financial Markets team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration and continuous learning

Processes
•    The role will involve liaising with clients and executing trades and orders in line with SCB’s policy and procedures consistent with all FM Sales staff globally including Order Handling , Record Keeping and Best Execution
•    Accountable for ensuring appropriate frameworks and operational infrastructures are in place to enable the business processes to be efficient, appropriate and compliant with internal policies, procedures, codes and applicable external laws and regulations
•    Monitor the utilization of each client’s trading limits with SCB, obtain specific approval for any excess likely to arise as a result of a particular transaction 
•    Maintain an updated account plan for Financial Markets products for each client. Use to identify potential relationship growth areas and create action plans for addressing opportunities accordingly.

People & Talent
•    Stay updated on emerging technologies, lead internal workshops and seminars, encourage team participation in innovation initiatives

Governance
•    Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas
•    Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
•    Willingness to ‘speak up’ in the event of any realised or perceived breach of group conduct rules or laws by colleagues
Willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner. 

Regulatory & Business Conduct
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders
•    FM Trading Teams
•    Investor Sales peers
•    Funds Risk 
•    Legal/Compliance
•    Operations
•    Onboarding
•    Client Coverage Relationship Management

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.