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About the Role
Optiver, a leading market making firm, seeks an experienced sales trader to join its Institutional Trading team. This role involves contributing to a collaborative, high-impact environment, shaping trading strategies, and strengthening market relationships by providing liquidity across all market conditions.
Responsibilities
- Establish, develop, and maintain relationships with key participants in the US ETF market.
- Partner with traders to understand Optiver’s trading strategies and liquidity offering.
- Handle and manage order flow through various execution venues.
- Develop participant profiles, reports, and insights to support counterparty engagement.
- Actively manage and update the CRM system for accurate relationship tracking.
- Represent Optiver at industry conferences and seminars.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of ETF market mechanics and key participants.
- Experience building relationships within the US ETF ecosystem.
- Ability to handle automated and directed order flow at scale.
- Open to travel and in-person meetings with current and potential counterparties.
- Deep understanding of rules and regulations governing the equity options markets.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
Skills
- Organization skills
- Presentation skills
- Strong communication skills
- Collaborative mindset
- Drive to continuously learn and grow
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, team-oriented environment
Location
- United States
Experience Level
- 2+ years of experience in ETF sales trading, capital market, or related trading/sales roles
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- $200,000 - $200,000 USD Base Salary
- Eligible for a discretionary bonus
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation package
- Global profit-sharing pool
- Performance-based bonus structure
- 401(k) match up to 50%
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Comprehensive mental coverage
- Comprehensive dental coverage
- Comprehensive vision coverage
- Comprehensive disability coverage
- Comprehensive life coverage
- 25 paid vacation days
- Market holidays
- Extensive office perks including breakfast, lunch, and snacks
- Regular social events
- Clubs
- Sporting leagues
About the Company
- Optiver is a leading market making institution with a mission to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency, and stabilizing the market.
- Prioritizes safeguarding the health and efficiency of markets for all participants through continuous improvement.
- Respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.
Equal Opportunity
- Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.