Schonfeld · 11 hours ago
Director of COO Office
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$200K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expSchonfeld is a global multi-strategy investment platform focused on delivering risk-adjusted returns. The Director of COO Office will drive business management, PM onboarding, business analytics, and cross-functional initiatives to optimize performance and support growth across the Macro & Fixed Income platform in North America.
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Responsibilities
Act as a partner to Rates & FX PMs in North America, translating investment goals into resourcing, capital, and infrastructure plans
Develop and own the business plans for various strategic growth initiatives and PM builds
Continuously analyze desk P&L, risk, liquidity, funding and balance-sheet usage; recommend actions to enhance returns and capital efficiency
Identify new product or market opportunities (e.g., cleared swap markets, NDFs, SOFR transition trades) and drive approval / launch
Coordinate pre-launch testing, market data, and trading integrations for newly on-boarded PMs
Lead onboarding of new Macro/Fixed Income PM teams: capital allocation sizing, risk limits, market-data entitlements, trading-system connectivity, and broker relationships
Serve as escalation point and “trusted advisor” to existing PMs for any trading, infrastructure or counterparty issues
Design dashboards on KPIs and business metrics; present insights to PMs and senior management
Lead cost/benefit cases for data, analytics and technology spend; track realized savings and ROI
Lead strategic, cross functional projects across operations, treasury, compliance, and technology—owning end to end delivery and change management, and ensuring these projects are appropriately prioritized in the overall book of work
Run high-priority, cross-desk projects (e.g., CCP onboarding, FX TCA implementation, intraday risk enhancements) and own end-to-end delivery
Coordinate with Legal / Treasury on ISDA, CSA, give-ups and clearing mandates to support trading strategies
Own the vendor lifecycle for trading and analytics platforms (contract negotiation, SLA governance, ongoing performance reviews)
Stay abreast of emerging data/analytics vendors in macro and fixed income and evaluate fit for the platform
Qualification
Required
7-10+ years in business management / COO, product or trading-related role on the buy-side (hedge fund, asset manager) or sell-side fixed income business
Strong preference for candidates that have already been in broad business management roles within hedge fund platforms
NY Based
Deep product knowledge across rates and FX cash & derivatives: government bonds, swaps, futures, options, swaptions, NDFs, forwards, cross-currency swaps
Strong grasp of pricing, valuation, risk, funding & liquidity, CCP margin and capital usage
Fluency with trading technologies: order & execution-management systems, market-data feeds
Advanced analytical toolkit—Excel / VBA a must; Python, SQL or PowerBI strongly preferred
Proven ability to negotiate commercial terms with banks, venues and data providers
Exceptional project-management, prioritization and stakeholder-influencing skills; comfortable presenting to senior management
Highly organized, proactive and able to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-moving market environment
Impeccable integrity and discretion when handling sensitive trading and financial information
Benefits
Performance bonus
Competitive benefits package
Company
Schonfeld
Founded in 1988, Schonfeld is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund with an investing footprint that spans five continents.
501-1000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
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Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
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