Head of Structured Products

Purpose of the role

Lead and scale the bank’s Structured Products (SP) franchise—designing, pricing, distributing, and managing the full lifecycle of equity, credit, FX, rates and multi‑asset structures for private‑bank clients. The role combines product origination, risk & governance, sales enablement, and team leadership to deliver client‑centric solutions that are compliant, transparent, and profitable.

Based in Geneva, you will act as a Senior Investment Advisor and the referent for the bank’s Structured Products process and offering. You will be the investment face of the Front team for advisory mandates and structured solutions, interacting directly with clients of varying sizes and complexity, or through their respective Relationship Managers. Your role includes promoting investment ideas, designing and delivering structured product strategies, and acting as a strategic partner for the Team Leaders and Relationship Managers to ensure our wealth management offering aligns with client needs.

You are a key link in building bespoke investment solutions that combine advisory expertise and structured products tailored to client objectives.

You will actively support the Relationship Managers in client acquisition and development, bringing innovative investment ideas and structured solutions to the table. As an investor yourself, passionate about markets and investments, you can translate complex macro and micro topics into clear, actionable insights. You adapt to different types of private clients with varying levels of expertise, gaining their trust by acting as a true partner and delivering value through tailored investment and structured product strategies.

• Define the SP franchise strategy (market coverage, counter parties, product mix, capacity, risk appetite) in line with the bank’s investment views and client segmentation.
• Create and lead a comprehensive action plan for SP penetration.
• Build a differentiated shelf across capital‑protected, income, participation, autocallables, credit‑linked and bespoke structures through idea generation, market intelligence, and collaboration with research teams.
• Ensure time‑to‑market discipline and industrialized workflows with clear SLAs.
• Equip Relationship Managers (RMs) and Investment Advisors with trade rationales, client narratives, and portfolio fit.
• Promote the structured product asset class internally by educating relationship managers and supporting the use of pricing tools when appropriate.
• Foster a culture of client focus, control mindset, speed, and collaboration with RMs, Research, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Ops, and IT.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with counter parties, overseeing onboarding processes including KYC and contractual documentation.
• Ensure a timely and accurate reporting to the Advisory Head and Finance Department

• Provide personalised investment advice within the client risk profile framework, be it on their tactical asset allocation or bottom‑up approach.
• Act as Senior Investment Advisor for advisory mandates, providing high‑quality investment guidance.
• Collaborate with Team Leaders and Relationship Managers to deliver bespoke investment solutions.
• Be able to promote the house view, recommended investment solutions, and coach the Relationship Managers in solving complex investment challenges.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal risk policies.
• Support client acquisition and development through proactive investment engagement.
• Contribute to generating investment ideas leveraging on the various internal specialists in all asset classes: equities, fixed income, FX/metals, derivatives, private markets, structured products, etc. Actively contribute to the feedback loop with our research team, in order to have investment ideas matching client needs.

• Position/Function:
  Head of Structured Products
• Department/Team:
  Advisory
• Reporting to:
  Head of Advisory
• Education:
  
  Master’s in finance or equivalent
• Professional Experience required:
  Min 10 years in a similar role.

• Creative and entrepreneurial mindset, as well as team player.
• Ability to…