Executive Director, Equities Execution Consulting

Fairygodboss; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan seeks an Executive Director in Equities Electronic Trading to lead execution consulting and drive performance insights across its platform. You will guide analysis, research, and client engagement, shaping product priorities and client outcomes for algorithmic trading and liquidity products.

You will mentor consultants, interact with Sales, Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research, and represent the franchise externally with major clients and industry forums.

Qualifications

• 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, able to interrogate large execution and trading datasets and translate insight into actionable guidance.

Responsibilities

• Help 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 to 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.

Skills

Execution consulting

Algorithmic trading

Market structure

Python

q/KDB

Senior client engagement

Tools

Python

q/KDB

Job description

J.P. Morgan seeks an Executive Director in Equities Electronic Trading to lead execution consulting and drive performance insights across its platform. You will guide analysis, research, and client engagement, shaping product priorities and client outcomes for algorithmic trading and liquidity products.

You will mentor consultants, interact with Sales, Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research, and represent the franchise externally with major clients and industry forums.