Senior Market Risk Manager

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About the role

The Senior Market Risk Manager will be responsible for the independent measurement, monitoring, analysis, and oversight of market risk across equity derivatives trading activities. This individual will provide hands-on support for risk identification, risk analytics, model performance monitoring, limit oversight, regulatory reporting, and senior management governance materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent market risk oversight for equity derivatives portfolios, including listed and OTC options, equity swaps, volatility products, convertible securities, structured equity products, ETF creation and redemption, ADRs, and related hedging activity.
• Review daily VaR, Stress VaR, sensitivity, Greeks, P&L, concentration, liquidity, and limit utilization reports to identify material changes in risk profile, strategy, portfolio composition, or market conditions.
• Analyze key equity derivatives risk drivers, including delta, gamma, vega, theta, skew, correlation, dividend risk, funding assumptions, volatility surface behavior, and basis risk.
• Support the design, implementation, testing, validation, and ongoing monitoring of VaR, stress testing, scenario analysis, and other market risk measurement methodologies used for equity derivatives portfolios.
• Perform model monitoring, back-testing, benchmarking, P-value analysis, sensitivity testing, and outcomes analysis to assess model performance and continued suitability for use.
• Partner with Front Office, Quantitative Development, Model Risk Governance, Finance, Technology, Operations, and other control functions to resolve data quality issues, model limitations, valuation concerns, and risk reporting exceptions.
• Prepare and present clear risk commentary, governance materials, committee decks, and escalation summaries for senior management, Market Risk Committee, ALCO, regulators, audit teams, and other oversight stakeholders.
• Support new product reviews, model change assessments, risk methodology enhancements, limit framework updates, and integration of new trading activities into the market risk platform.
• Maintain and enhance market risk procedures, model documentation, control evidence, issue logs, and governance artifacts to support internal audit, external audit, regulatory exams, and model validation reviews.
• Monitor compliance with internal risk appetite, market risk limits, risk indicator limits, Volcker-related controls, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant financial industry experience in Market Risk Management, quantitative risk analytics, trading risk oversight, or a related capital markets risk function.
• Deep knowledge of equity derivatives products, including listed and OTC equity options, equity swaps, volatility products, convertibles, structured equity products, ETF creation and redemption, ADRs, and related hedging strategies.
• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Statistics, or a closely related quantitative discipline.

Skills

• Strong understanding of derivatives valuation, option pricing theory, volatility modeling, Greeks-based risk analysis, scenario analysis, stress testing, VaR, and back-testing concepts.
• Experience working with market risk systems, risk factor data, position data, P&L attribution, independent price verification, model monitoring, and regulatory capital reporting processes.
• Proficiency with Excel, VBA, SQL, Python, or similar analytical tools used to analyze risk, automate reporting, validate data, and support risk infrastructure enhancements.
• Experience with MSCI RiskMetrics, Bloomberg, Wall Street Systems (WSS), Fidesa, Calypso, internal market risk platforms, or comparable risk and valuation systems.
• Knowledge of the Market Risk Rule, Basel market risk capital requirements, FRTB concepts, Volcker Rule monitoring, model governance standards, and regulatory expectations for trading risk oversight.
• Experience supporting model validation, internal audit, external audit, regulatory exams, committee reporting, and remediation of risk or control issues.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex quantitative concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, challenge assumptions constructively, and build effective partnerships across risk, finance, technology, operations, and front-office teams.

Schedule

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Pay

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Pay Range: $170,255.00 - $200,300.00