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About the Role

As a Capital Markets Specialist within DWS Xtrackers, you will manage primary and secondary market activities, broker-dealer relationships, and drive strategic initiatives. You will provide expertise to various internal teams and external partners, ensuring operational efficiency and mitigating risks in the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) market.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day management of Xtrackers ETP primary market processes, focusing on operational efficiency, scalability, and continuous process improvement.
• Act as a Capital Markets Specialist within Xtrackers, providing strategic, operational, and market expertise to colleagues across Sales, Portfolio Management, Marketing, Operations, and Product teams.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate operational risks, ensuring robust governance, escalation, and resolution procedures.
• Partner with internal stakeholders across Trading, Operations, Product, Portfolio Management, Legal, Compliance, and Sales to support new product launches, cross-listings, and platform developments.
• Develop and enhance primary market mechanisms that support efficient creation and redemption activity, enabling tight spreads, strong liquidity, and depth in secondary markets.
• Build and maintain relationships with authorised participants, market makers, broker-dealers, exchanges, and other market infrastructure providers to enhance primary and secondary market efficiency.
• Engage with exchanges regarding market structure, trading platform requirements, market maker programmes, fees, and regulatory developments.
• Serve as a key point of contact for internal and external clients, responding to technical product enquiries and supporting capital markets-related initiatives.
• Produce market intelligence, competitor analysis, and trading analytics to support product development, business strategy, and client engagement.
• Utilise high-frequency market data to develop trading insights.
• Maintain responsibility for the quality and accuracy of European Xtrackers ETP market data, ensuring robust, timely, and scalable data management processes.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product Development, and external partners to maximise the value delivered to clients through market data, research, and analytics.
• Support product development and delivery through analysis of competitor products, secondary market dynamics, broker requirements, and market structure considerations, including new product launches and listings.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the Xtrackers capital markets platform and broader business strategy.

Requirements

• Experience within ETF/ETP Capital Markets, Delta One, Synthetic Products, Equity Derivatives, or a related trading environment.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, exchange-traded products, and market structure.
• Knowledge of Total Return Swaps (TRS), synthetic replication, and associated trading and operational processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high degree of attention to detail.
• Experience managing projects and coordinating multiple stakeholders across complex initiatives.
• Strong risk awareness, with the ability to identify issues and implement effective controls and mitigation measures.
• Advanced data analysis skills, including experience with Python, SQL, or similar analytical tools.
• Experience using Bloomberg, Reuters, or equivalent market data platforms.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders, clients, and external partners.
• Self-motivated team player with a proactive approach to delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with ETF market makers, authorised participants, exchanges, or liquidity providers.
• Knowledge of regulatory, operational, and trading considerations relevant to European ETF markets.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

Skills

• Python
• SQL
• Bloomberg
• Reuters

Location

• London

Work Type

• Hybrid Working model (2 days in office, 3 days remote)

Experience Level

• Experience within ETF/ETP Capital Markets, Delta One, Synthetic Products, Equity Derivatives, or a related trading environment.
• Advanced data analysis skills
• Experience managing projects

Education Level

• Degree in Mathematics, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or another quantitative discipline.
• CFA Charter holder or CFA candidate would be beneficial

Benefits

• 30 days’ holiday + bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• A non-contributory pension scheme, up to 10%
• Physical and Mental Health Well-Being benefits including Private Medical Cover, a complimentary GP service and the support of Mental Health First Aiders
• Family friendly benefits including generous parental leave packages, healthcare plans and travel insurance
• Opportunity to support CSR strategy (combatting climate change and achieving greater social justice) through donations or corporate volunteering
• Hybrid Working model

About the Company

• DWS Group is an industry-leading firm with a global presence, focused on innovation, responsible investing, and shaping the future of investing.
• DWS Xtrackers covers a full range Exchange Traded Funds across Equity, Commodities and Fixed Income, as well as Segregated mandates, covering a wide range of index providers and array of benchmark types from multiple ESG flavours to Thematics.
• DWS has an integrated investment platform with a strong footprint globally.

Equal Opportunity

• DWS is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture.
• We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.