Market Risk Director

Job Title: Market Risk Director

Location: London

Corporate Title: Director

You will join Deutsche Bank’s Market Risk Management team as a Market Risk Manager covering global Metals and supporting Energy trading activities. In this role, you will work collaboratively with traders, risk partners and control teams to provide thoughtful, structured market risk oversight that supports sustainable business growth. You will contribute to an inclusive, supportive risk community that values trust, transparency and shared understanding, while helping to shape robust risk frameworks across complex commodities portfolios. Together, you will balance risk, reward and capital in a way that enables responsible decision-making and long‑term value.

What we'll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That's why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them

• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days' volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Partner cooperatively with Front Office trading teams to review exposures, valuations, new products and market activity, sharing clear insights and supporting sound judgment within agreed risk appetite

• Provide inclusive market risk oversight across Metals and Energy businesses, highlighting emerging risks, stress vulnerabilities and concentration themes with care and clarity

• Oversee daily monitoring of exposures against limits, escalating matters in a considered and supportive way where needed

• Coordinate with Valuation Risk, Market Risk Analysis and Control, and Risk Methodology Strategy teams to ensure consistent, dependable risk metrics, stress testing and reporting frameworks

• Lead the development, maintenance and understanding of effective control infrastructure, valuation processes and risk methodologies, including change programs to achieve such outcome

• Contribute to a positive risk culture built on trust, openness and shared responsibility

Your skills and experience

• Proven experience in market risk management within an investment banking or global financial markets environment

• Extensive knowledge of commodity markets, with essential expertise in Metals products and market dynamics

• Strong understanding of how financial and economic events influence market behaviour and risk positions

• Experience working with derivatives across flow and structured products in a regulated environment

• Ability to communicate complex risk concepts clearly, empathetically and responsibly across diverse stakeholder groups

• Commitment to high standards of integrity, dependable conduct and collaborative working

How we'll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

• Coaching and support from experts in your team

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on [email protected] to discuss.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.