Senior Investment-Grade Corporate Bond Trader

Northwestern Mutual Group; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company seeks a Corporate Bond Trader for its Investment Grade Credit Trading desk in Milwaukee. You will work with Portfolio Management and Credit Research to manage approximately $75 billion in IG credit investments, focusing on best execution and efficient decision-making.

You report to the Head of IG Credit Trading. The role requires solid fixed income knowledge, trading experience, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of fixed income markets and corporate bond trading.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the investment dialogue and decision‑making processes for corporate bond portfolios.
• Develop and maintain portfolio objectives and benchmark-relative weights across industries and issuers.
• Execute IG corporate bond trades, and equity/ETF trades as needed.
• Synthesize data from trading platforms, pricing analytics, and market information to form a market view.
• Translate analysis into actionable execution plans balancing price, size, timing, and market impact.

Skills

Fixed income markets

Corporate bond trading

Trading discipline

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Ethics and integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree pursuing / CFA a plus

Tools

Bloomberg Terminal

MarketAxess

Tradeweb

Python

SQL

Copilot

Job description

Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company seeks a Corporate Bond Trader for its Investment Grade Credit Trading desk in Milwaukee. You will work with Portfolio Management and Credit Research to manage approximately $75 billion in IG credit investments, focusing on best execution and efficient decision-making.

You report to the Head of IG Credit Trading. The role requires solid fixed income knowledge, trading experience, and strong communication skills.