Electronic Options Platform Specialist | Experienced Hire
Key Responsibilities
- Drive revenue, executed volumes, and overall profitability of the electronic options algorithmic trading platform.
- Lead and coordinate sales, trading, quant, and technology teams to expand and strengthen the institutional franchise.
- Aid in client coverage strategy for the business.
- Partner with derivatives sales and trading to onboard new clients and transition existing relationships to electronic execution.
- Oversee the development and commercialization of electronic options algorithmic strategies.
- Maintain and enhance a comprehensive execution suite, optimized trade scheduling, access to principal liquidity, and advanced Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA).
- Translate client feedback and market structure insights into new execution strategies and platform enhancements.
- Monitor global derivatives market structure and evolving electronic trading trends to inform product direction.
- Manage relationships with hedge funds, asset managers, broker-dealers, and proprietary trading firms.
- Oversee daily monitoring of institutional low-touch options flow to ensure execution quality and risk alignment.
- Support clients across varying execution sophistication levels, from point-and-click to fully systematic/API trading.
- Provide data-driven insights on liquidity, transaction costs, and execution performance.
- Serve as senior point of contact for electronic trading platform usage across equities, options, and futures.
What We're Looking For
- Deep expertise in listed options market structure and electronic execution.
- Strong understanding of algorithmic trading strategy design and TCA.
- Experience scaling institutional electronic trading platforms and managing global client relationships.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
About Susquehanna
Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation. Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment. To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies. By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.
The annual base pay range for this role is $200,000 - $300,000 + discretionary bonus + benefits. Susquehanna considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, work experience, education/training, key skills, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.
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