Executive Director, Alternative Sales

Company: Janus Henderson
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you drive growth for Privacore Capital across UK, Switzerland and the Middle East by leading senior client coverage and capital-raising for private markets strategies. You will partner with cross-functional teams to position differentiated solutions, educate clients, and expand the regional franchise. Expect a high-growth environment with global collaboration, regulatory awareness, and a focus on measurable pipeline and revenue impact. This is an opportunity to shape how private markets reach private wealth channels at scale.

Pay / Benefits

  • Hybrid working
  • Generous holiday policies
  • Health and wellbeing benefits (ClassPass)
  • Volunteer time
  • Professional development and tuition reimbursement
  • Parental leave and family services

Responsibilities

  • Lead high-impact client engagements and represent the firm at industry events
  • Drive asset growth through distribution of private markets strategies (private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real assets)
  • Lead capital-raising across UK, Switzerland and the Middle East
  • Create and execute regional coverage strategies aligned with growth objectives
  • Partner with investment, product and marketing to position solutions for each market
  • Deliver client education on private markets and portfolio construction
  • Provide market intelligence to inform product strategy
  • Oversee pipeline development, opportunity tracking and regional forecasting with revenue visibility
  • Maintain disciplined CRM usage for sales tracking and activity management
  • Guide RFP/RFI responses and investor presentations for quality and competitiveness
  • Coordinate client coverage with global teams to maximize cross-regional opportunities
  • Ensure regulatory compliance with UK, Middle East and Swiss frameworks and FCA requirements

Key requirements

  • Extensive asset management or alternatives distribution experience with senior client coverage and capital raising
  • Proven success raising capital across private wealth channels in UK, Middle East and/or Switzerland
  • Established senior network across private banks, family offices, wealth managers and advisory platforms
  • Ability to explain complex investment strategies and portfolio construction to sophisticated investors
  • Commercial leadership, strategic planning and disciplined pipeline management
  • Autonomy, accountability and execution focus with multi-market prioritization
  • Entrepreneurial mindset in a lean, high-growth platform
  • Fluent English; Arabic and/or German strongly preferred; French advantageous
  • Willingness to travel extensively across UK, Middle East and Switzerland
  • Strategic thinking
  • Strong communication and relationship-building
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Asset management or alternatives distribution
  • Capital raising and pipeline management
  • CRM discipline and analytics

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Posted: October 24th, 2026