We are seeking an experienced and highly analytical and hands-on Trading Business Operations Lead to lead the operational and non-trading functions for Anchorage Digital Prime business.
Operational and Trade Lifecycle Management
Complex Trade Vetting: Act as the orchestrator for non-standard, complex, or high-value trades (e.g., structured derivative products, non-vanilla financing arrangements) across all three desks.
Process Design and Implementation: Collaborate with Front Office and Middle/Back Office to design, document, and implement robust, scalable, and efficient operational workflows.
Issue Resolution: Be the senior escalation point for trade breaks, settlement failures, reconciliation issues, and other operational delays, driving swift resolution.
Risk, Compliance, and Governance
Risk Partnership: Support the Head of Global Markets in maintaining a close relationship with the Risk team, ensuring that all operational workflows are built with risk mitigation as a core requirement.
Compliance Alignment: Ensure all trading activities adhere to internal policies, regulatory requirements, and jurisdictional rules.
Counterparty Management: Manage relationships and necessary documentation (e.g., ISDA, CSA, GMRA, MSLA) with prime brokers and custodians.
Business Strategy and Infrastructure
Infrastructure Scaling: Partner with the Head of Technology to plan and execute infrastructure upgrades and capacity planning to support desk growth and evolving complexity.
Vendor Management: Evaluate, onboard, and manage external technology and service providers critical to the trading and operations function.
Technical Skills:
Applied Expertise: Leverage knowledge of Global Markets, including Spot, Prime Financing, and Derivatives, to provide strategic direction and operational guidance.
Risk Framework Support: Assist the Head of Global Markets in staying on top of divisional risk, implementing the monitoring systems and controls required to maintain a strong partnership with the Risk team.
Infrastructure Architect: Architect and launch new, high-impact business frameworks, integrating market activities with Product and Engineering teams to deliver scalable infrastructure-as-a-service.
Technical Product Depth: Develop a deep working knowledge of the technical architecture of our products to support both current revenue and future pipeline development.
Strategic Writing: Demonstrate strong writing and presentation skills to document execution roadmaps and business plans for executive leadership.
Complexity and Impact of Work
Life-cycle Path Ownership: Serve as the path owner for strategy execution, determining the methods necessary to move the business forward against internal deadlines and market shifts.
Risk and Compliance Alignment: Support the Head in proactively identifying bottlenecks and operational risks, ensuring the division remains compliant with global regulatory requirements.
NPC Leadership: Lead the internal New Product Committee process, conducting thorough due diligence on the operational, compliance, and legal impact of proposed new products.
24/7 Operational Management: Navigate the unique challenges of a global, 24/7 market, resolving senior escalations for trade breaks, settlement failures, or reconciliation issues.
Selling Ahead Support: Support the commercial team by ensuring the infrastructure is capable of delivering on future-state products while maintaining excellence in current-state services.
Organizational Knowledge:
Cross-Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate across Sales, Legal, Risk, and Compliance to define strategy, prioritization, and resolve roadblocks.
Integration Mastery: Cultivate deep knowledge of core operations, customer experience, and compliance to ensure new Global Markets services are seamlessly integrated.
Strategic Prioritization: Direct the prioritization and development of key product features and automation from a strategy and business perspective.
Knowledge Sharing: Play an active role in promoting and growing the Global Markets division within the broader strategic priorities and Product and Engineering goals of the firm.
Communication and Influence:
Strategic Documentation: Independently document and execute strategic proposals, business plans, and execution roadmaps.
Institutional Client Discussions: Independently lead client-facing discussions and oversee business line deals, establishing feedback loops on services and products.
Cross-Functional Consensus: Cross direct team and functional boundaries to gain consensus, identify solutions, and present to senior stakeholders and executive leadership.
Mentorship and Best Practices: Mentor and guide team members on internal best practices and team strategies to promote discipline against strategic goals.
