Business Development & Sales Fitch Ratings is currently seeking a Director based out of our London office. As one of the world's top three credit ratings agencies, Fitch Ratings plays a critical role in global capital markets by providing supplementary credit analysis, ratings, research, and commentary to financial market participants. For over 100 years, Fitch Ratings has been creating value for global markets through its rigorous analysis and deep expertise, which have resulted in a variety of market leading tools, methodologies, indices, research, and analytical products.

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Ratings is part of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries, which also includes Fitch Solutions. Based in London and reporting to the EMEA head of Investor development, this role is part of the General Investor Development team, in the Fitch Ratings' Business & Relationship Management (BRM) organization. Fitch's Investor Development team aims at positioning Fitch Ratings as the agency of choice with investors in both established and new markets and sectors.

Through a wide range of outreach activities and campaigns, it promotes the agency's research, thought leadership, ratings and capabilities among key market participants and educates on criteria, rating assumptions and case studies. Ultimately the goal of the team is to embed Fitch ratings and support analytics in investor workflows, by driving deeper engagement, providing timely and actionable service levels, offering improved products, and removing barriers to adoption and usage. It also acts as the voice of the investor community within Fitch Ratings, providing critical feedback on rating performance, criteria, analytical interactions and content.





Building and maintaining relationships with corporate and project finance investors.

Strengthening

Fitch's brand presence and embedding Fitch ratings into investor workflows, helping to shift market perceptions that may favor incumbent rating agencies and supporting broader acceptance of Fitch ratings across asset classes. Developing outreach strategies for buy-side, sell-side analysts, investor associations, and industry groups. Managing, deepening, and expanding Fitch's relationships with fixed income investment professionals across a portfolio of key institutional investors.

Leading broader outreach and visibility initiatives (conferences, roadshows, webinars, roundtables, focused groups, content distribution, thought leadership publications, surveys) in partnership with BRM, Marketing, and Events teams. Developing partnerships with sell-side research, investor associations and industry groups leveraging Fitch's content and thought leadership. Designing and driving a program of virtual and in-person events and campaigns to increase transparency of credit views and rating assumptions and showcase rating capabilities and broader thought leadership, in collaboration with BRM which drives origination priorities and the Marketing team which executes on events and campaigns.

Preparing and delivering external messaging that highlights the factors differentiating Fitch and its published ratings and research from competitors.



Identifying and helping to address remaining barriers to Fitch's adoption in domestic capital markets, including investment guidelines, indices, and market platforms. Serving as the primary point of contact for analytical groups on content ideation, market feedback, and investor data analysis, while proactively recommending topics for research and data products based on investor feedback.

Gathering and communicating insights on domestic capital markets, financial regulation, and policy developments that influence the use of CRA content and services. Genuine proficiency in Salesforce and SharePoint is a plus.

Hybrid Work Environment: 3 days a week in office required Dedicated training, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively At Fitch, AI is embedded in how we work every day, supporting smarter decision-making, streamlining workflows, and enabling new ways to create value for our business and clients. Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself from them before beginning work.

📌 Director, Investor Development Team, London (Barcelona)
🏢 Fitch Group
📍 Barcelona