Senior Corporate Bond Trader — IG & HY Portfolio Builder

Heathcote Search Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Heathcote Search Group in New York is seeking a Senior Corporate Bond Trader to join our investment management team. The role focuses on investment-grade corporate bonds with the ability to trade IG and high-yield credits, taking and managing risk while generating differentiated ideas.

You will work closely with portfolio managers, credit analysts, and quantitative professionals within a disciplined framework, contributing to portfolio construction, risk management, and ongoing strategy

Qualifications

• 7–20 years of relevant experience in corporate bond trading or a closely related credit trading role.
• Direct experience trading investment-grade corporate bonds, ideally with high-yield exposure.
• Demonstrated history of taking investment risk and actively managing positions.
• Strong understanding of corporate credit markets, market structure, liquidity, relative value, and portfolio construction.
• Experience generating independent trade ideas and expressing investment views through positions.
• Strong risk management discipline within a defined investment process.
• Ability to collaborate with portfolio managers, analysts, and quantitative professionals.
• Strong communication skills and ability to articulate theses, risks, and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement ideas across corporate credit markets, focusing on investment-grade credit.
• Trade IG and high-yield bonds, identifying relative-value and directional opportunities across sectors and issuers.
• Build and manage portfolios within an established investment framework.
• Generate actionable trade ideas based on market factors and developments.
• Take measured risk and actively manage positions as market conditions evolve.
• Collaborate with portfolio managers and credit researchers to translate insights into positions.
• Contribute to portfolio construction and ongoing risk assessment.

Skills

Investment-grade bonds

Credit trading

Risk management

Portfolio construction

Independent trade ideas

Communication

Collaboration

Job description

Heathcote Search Group in New York is seeking a Senior Corporate Bond Trader to join our investment management team. The role focuses on investment-grade corporate bonds with the ability to trade IG and high-yield credits, taking and managing risk while generating differentiated ideas.

You will work closely with portfolio managers, credit analysts, and quantitative professionals within a disciplined framework, contributing to portfolio construction, risk management, and ongoing strategy