As a Government Affairs Strategy Analyst, you'll drive Optiver's external engagement strategy by collaborating with the corporate strategy teams to develop unique and transformative policy ideas and recommendations for key decision makers considering US market structure questions.
You'll leverage your network and policy expertise to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex problems. With a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement, you'll collaborate with teams across trading, legal, compliance, development, and infrastructure teams to achieve optimal outcomes.
What you'll doAs a Government Affairs Strategy Analyst, your key responsibilities include:
- Managing and expanding an interconnected network of market structure policy experts within and outside the political, legal, and regulatory community focused on the most pressing issues facing U.S. markets
- Leading the daily relationship development and management workflow on behalf of a global trading firm
- Assisting in planning, development, and execution of political engagement through the Optiver PAC
- Owning the market regulatory support functions for senior leaders at the highest levels of the business
- Building your own expertise in equity, fixed-income, and commodity asset classes spanning products from cash equities to ETFs to futures and options and all the related market structure detail accompanying them
What you'll getYou'll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you'll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.
In addition, you'll receive:
- The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
- Highly competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus structure
- 401(k) match up to 50%
- Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
- 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
- Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more
Who you are- 4+ years of experience on Capitol Hill working on U.S. markets-related policy as staff to a Member of the Senate, Congress or relevant Committee, or 6+ years experience working on market policy issues in a comparable setting.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required; we will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening.
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