Market Lead, Americas

Join us as a Market Lead in Coutts Wealth’s International team for the Americas market.

• We’re looking for someone to act as a figurehead in the market and provide outstanding leadership across a client facing team
• You’ll oversee your team’s growth, profile and performance, setting stretching objectives and implementing a client focused operating rhythm
• Hone your leadership and influencing skills, in this high-profile and fast paced role

What you’ll do

As a Market Lead for the Americas team, you’ll be accountable for market performance and good outcomes for clients and the business through clear decision making. We’ll look to you to drive high performance across your team by providing coaching and development to your direct reports, that ultimately results in an outstanding experience for our clients.

You’ll also develop and implement a market strategy, including the delivery of an effective operating rhythm across the team that covers all areas of the balanced business scorecard.

Additionally, you’ll be:

• Delivering agreed activity and targets across the team in addition to creating an exceptional client experience through feedback, research and insights
• Developing and acquiring new relationships to help the team reach its targets, and act as an ambassador both internally and externally for the market
• Owning, managing and supervising the risks which exist in your business area, making sure mechanisms are in place to identify, report, manage and mitigate risk within a defined risk appetite

The skills you’ll need

We’re looking for someone with high level knowledge and understanding of the market, including its clients, products and services. It’s also crucial that you have the ability to lead and motivate high performing teams, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

We’ll also be looking for you to have:

• A strong track record and performance of working within an FCA regulated investment or banking advice organisation and working within a Training and Competency framework
• Demonstrable leadership and influencing skills
• Experience of supporting, coaching and developing peers and colleagues