Options Market Maker

The role

Options Market Makers will manage the options book and perform risk management. The role involves designing and implementing new trading strategies and improving existing ones through analysis and prototyping.

What you will do

• Day-to-day responsibility of the options book
• Rigorous risk management and perfect compliance with regulatory rules
• Improving strategies through analysis, prototyping and collaboration with developers
• Proactive behavior in helping other books achieve their goals through observation and analysis of trading behavior
• Designing and implementing new trading strategies
• Openness to trading new products and willingness to set them up
• To comply with all applicable Compliance policies, procedures, laws and regulations

Required qualifications

• Prior options trading experience
• Successful track record of proven P&L and market share
• Good understanding of trading systems
• Outstanding numerical and analytical skills
• Familiarity with automated options trading strategies and an interest in their development
• Proactive interest in improving existing trading strategies and identifying new opportunities
• Ability to take a high level of responsibility in an expanding, highly successful firm
• Excellent attention to detail
• Fast problem solving skills
• Embodiment of Maven’s core values: Integrity and fairness, market leading, creativity, individual and collective success, discipline and accountability

Nice to have

• Programming skills
• Experience using AI-powered tools to improve efficiency and workflows

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
• employer paid short term and long term disability and life insurance
• paid parental leave
• retirement plans with an employer match
• annual learning and development stipend

About the company

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm deploying its own capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. The firm focuses on improving liquidity across global listed derivatives through advanced execution and pricing technologies.