About the Role
Join a leading crypto relationship management team delivering seamless 24/7 coverage to institutional counterparties around the world. As an Associate Relationship Manager at Cumberland, you’ll operate at the heart of a fast-paced, volatile, and exciting market — collaborating with leading experts and innovators in the crypto industry. You’ll combine market execution skills with relationship-building expertise to provide our global counterparties with an exceptional trading experience in both spot and derivatives markets.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the management of day-to-day counterparty-facing operation of the electronic platform.
- Manage counterparty configuration, entitlements, limit setups, and controls.
- Analyze counterparty flow, hit rates, and platform performance to identify opportunities to improve win rates, revenue capture, and flow quality.
- Participate in the commercial discussions with counterparties on pricing, activity, and performance.
- Gather and disseminate relevant counterparty and market color and feedback.
- Collaborate with development teams to promote future product development.
- Act as primary escalation point for counterparties on electronic trading issues.
- Take ownership of counterparty inquiries and work with Onboarding, Operations, and Treasury teams to deliver fast, effective resolution.
- Coordinate with traders and relationship managers in other regions to provide seamless time-zone transitions, and consistent, high-quality service.
- Partner with Senior Relationship Managers to develop tailored solutions for counterparty needs – including deck construction and presentation material.
- Generate and share original cross market macro/micro insights (spot and options) - internally and externally.
Requirements
- At least 2 years’ experience in institutional client coverage, sales, or relationship management.
- Experience managing trading relationships and discussions.
- Knowledge and familiarity of electronic trading systems and workflows.
- Familiarity with FIX and API protocols.
- Familiartity/experience working with vendors, OEMS platforms and trading software.
- Ability to proactively identify issues and address them in a real-time trading environment.
- Passion for crypto and understanding of digital asset market structure.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask under pressure.
- Highly motivated, entrepreneurial mindset with a strong sense of urgency.
- Basic understanding of options and forward strategies.
- Technical proficiency in Python and Java.
- Git, SQL, and Linux familiarity is desirable.
- Excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Strong proficiency in PowerPoint.
- English fluency required.
- Additional languages are a strong plus.
Skills
- Python
- Java
- Git
- SQL
- Linux
- PowerPoint
Location
- Chicago
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Associate
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 to $150,000
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Group medical insurance
- Pharmacy insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401k (with discretionary employer match)
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Life insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Health savings accounts
- Flexible spending accounts
About the Company
- DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.
- We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
- Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets.
- We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
- We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds.
- The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it.
- DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
Equal Opportunity
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