Asset Management - Municipal Portfolio Manager - Executive Director
About The Position
The Global Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities team (GFICC) at J.P. Morgan Asset Management is one of the world’s deepest and best-resourced fixed income managers, with expertise across all major fixed income sectors, including niche markets. Every investment decision in our fixed income solutions is underpinned by the proprietary research of a globally integrated team of sector specialists. Our shared research language, combining fundamental, quantitative valuation and technical inputs, facilitates the comparison of ideas across sectors and geographies. Global Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities manages a broad range of strategies, through funds and/or separate accounts, including investment grade credit, high yield, emerging market debt, unconstrained and aggregate strategies, long duration, stable value, FX, short duration, global bonds, structured products, mortgages and tax-aware strategies. Our team puts clients first so we are looking for candidates that share our enthusiasm for delivering a first class client experience through an engaging and proactive sales approach. As a senior Municipal Portfolio Manager on our Fund and ETF team, you will help manage our high yield allocation across strategies, streamline a framework for utilizing leverage and assist with bespoke deal structuring.
Requirements
- 7+ years of portfolio management, municipal credit or investment banking experience.
- Fluent in credit analysis, documentation, and deal diligence.
- Solid decision-making skills and risk management capabilities.
- Strong understanding of market technicals, relative value frameworks, and muni regulatory/tax landscape.
- Excellent responsiveness and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
- Must possess exceptional communication skills both written and oral.
- Independent thinker, collaborative teammate.
- Bias for action and accountability.
- Comfortable in fast-paced, high-ownership environment.
- Analytical, commercially minded, and detail-oriented.
Nice To Haves
- High yield focus preferred.
Responsibilities
- Help source, evaluate, negotiate and execute bespoke deals.
- Manage utilization of municipal leverage across strategies.
- Blend internal macro views with bottom-up credit recommendations to position portfolios to outperform competitors and benchmark.
- Collaborate closely with the research and trading teams to identify market trends, analyze individual credits, and assess relative value across securities.
- Communicate positioning, performance drivers, and risk management to internal/external stakeholders.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of portfolio and risk management tools.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
