Investor Development Team (IDT) - Director Level - Dubai

Requisition ID: 49538

Business Unit: Fitch Ratings

Category: Business Development \& Sales

Location:

Dubai, Dubai, AE

Date Posted: Aug 25, 2026

Investor Development Team (IDT) \- Director level \- Dubai

The Investor Development Team is currently seeking an Associate Director or Director level employee based out of our Dubai office.

The role of the Investor Development team at Fitch is to:

Enhance investor engagement with Fitch Ratings analysts, research and commentary and position Fitch Ratings as the agency of choice in both established and new markets.

Be the voice of the investor community within Fitch Ratings, providing critical feedback on rating performance, criteria, analytical interactions, and supporting analytics (including research and data).

Embed Fitch ratings and supporting analytics in investor workflows, by driving deeper engagement, providing timely and actionable service levels, offering improved products, and removing barriers to adoption and usage.

The strategic objective of Fitch’s investor engagement programme is to drive demand for Fitch Ratings and, in conjunction with the separate sales team, demand for Fitch research and related products.

What We Offer:

This is a global team, with members in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing and Sydney. Working in IDT offers the candidate exposure to senior stakeholders and an ability to make an immediate impact to the visibility and brand\-building of the company.

We’ll Count on You To:

Reporting to the EMEA head of investor development and working closely with the regional business and relationship management (BRM) team, you will be responsible for 1\) developing and executing Fitch’s market engagement strategy in the GCC, in consistence with Fitch’s overall strategy and 2\) managing Fitch’s relationships with a portfolio of leading GCC investors and sell\-side research teams.

Role’s responsibilities include among others:

Raising awareness and educating investors about Fitch Ratings’ research, coverage and credit insights, using all channels and vehicles

Directing traffic on where analytical and data resources should be allocated

Organizing events, webinars and tours showcasing Fitch’s expertise in regional and international ratings

Leading and coordinating with Fitch Ratings’ Marketing and Events on broader market engagement, campaigns (content and format) partnerships with external market organizations (e.g. professional bodies, trade associations)

Setting up meetings with investors who need to better understand Fitch’s credit views, criteria and rating actions

Overall, showcasing Fitch Ratings’ analysts and research, which constitute one of our stronger competitive advantages

Developing and aggregating investor support, creating channels for application by global issuer, banker and PE teams. Working with business and relationship management (BRM) team to identify and achieve deliverables

Following up on market developments and Fitch’s credit views with outreach and investor engagement

Assisting investors in getting answers to their questions about sector, criteria or individual credit topics

Engaging with investors on their analytical needs with the view of embedding Fitch ratings, data and research in their workflows (from investment guidelines to day\-to\-day credit analytics)

Identifying barriers to Fitch Ratings in buyside workflows (systems, indexes, investment guidelines), developing strategy to tackle and coordinating execution with relevant stakeholders

Being the voice of investors internally and coordinating with senior members of the analytical staff on research

Providing summaries of investors’ topics of interest and areas of focus to senior analytical staff

Promoting Fitch’s expertis