Corporate Development / Strategy – Chicago

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Job Identification Number: 692

Location: Illinois

Job Type: Direct Hire

Job Category: Financial Services

Qualified candidates, please attach resume when applying.

Overview:

 Well established buy side trading firm is seeking a Corporate Development / Strategist with 10 plus years of experience to identify, quantify and develop plans for new business opportunities.

Must have prior trading / portfolio management experience in addition to experience developing or analyzing new business strategies.

Responsibilities of the position include:

  • Identifying and defining strategic priorities in close collaboration with leadership

  • Building relationships across trading groups to identify opportunities and to expand into new or incremental opportunities

  • Helping drive implementation of new initiatives, in partnership with the relevant desk and a dedicated project manager

  • Delivering concrete and data-based business planning recommendations to senior leaders

  • Identifying and investigating new business opportunities using market data and other market insights

Required Skills & Experience:

  • Minimum of 10 years of total experience with at least 3 years in a trading or money management capacity specifically in options market making and/or proprietary trading

  • Ability to leverage data to analyze and quantify new business opportunities

  • Deep understanding of derivative markets

  • Previous derivative trading experience preferred, but not required

$150,000 to $200,000

Qualified candidates should send resumes to ws@rockwood-search.com.   Please put your Name and “Corporate Development / Strategy – Chicago” in the subject line and attach your resume as a Word doc or PDF. Also include contact information, salary requirements, and any applicable information in the body of the email.