Deal Services, Americas Team Lead - Executive Director

If you are a people-centric leader with a strong ability to think and act strategically, build relationships, drive results, and foster innovation and change within a fast-paced environment, while collaborating with numerous stakeholders and supporting clients and deals, then this role is for you.

As an Executive Director within the Global Banking Deal Services team at J.P.

Morgan in New York, you will lead a team that collaborates with industry, product, and country banking teams to support client relationship management activities and the execution of deals across debt, equity, and mergers and acquisitions.

This role involves overseeing all aspects of strategy, daily execution, capacity and demand management, location strategy, data strategy, and key performance indicators (KPIs).

You will ensure seamless end-to-end workflow between the team and upstream partners, delivering world-class stakeholder engagement.

The ideal candidate for this role is results-oriented, has a strong focus on culture and conduct, and fosters teamwork and inclusion.

This leader must demonstrate the ability to work across a global organization and navigate a highly matrixed environment, with a commitment to nurturing talent and creating a strong employee engagement culture.

Job Responsibilities:


* Set and communicate the team's strategic direction by aligning goals with business priorities and the global target model.


* Lead stakeholder engagement, building strong relationships with Coverage, Product bankers, and other key stakeholders.


* Address client and stakeholder needs while balancing the firm's interests, using market knowledge to foster valuable discussions and a strong controls environment.


* Create a strong employee engagement culture, promote inclusivity, professional development and high performance, using data to drive the attainment of goals and standards.


* Monitor the deal pipeline to identify and address opportunities and urgencies, preventing controls issues.


* Serve as a senior escalation point to resolve roadblocks.


* Collaborate with compliance, legal, credit, finance, and other partners on client requests and deal execution requirements.


* Streamline processes to reduce administrative work and improve efficiency.


* Support the global head of the team in executing the team's strategic agenda.


* Partner with the business to enhance services, systems, and procedures, planning for long-term growth.


* Manage the implementation of new processes and innovations to improve quality and outcomes in collaboration with business leaders and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:


* Strong strategic planning and execution skills, with a proven track record of driving results and managing high performance.


* Extensive experience and deep knowledge of investment and corporate banking products, including mergers and acquisitions, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Mar...