About this role
Director, Options Trader, Equity Derivatives
Requisition ID: 249606
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
Title: Director, Options Trader, Global Equity Derivatives, Global Banking and Markets
Position & Team Overview/Highlights:
Contributes to the overall success of Global Equity Derivatives & Investor Solutions teams by ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted comply with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.
This role has been identified as a Material Risk Taker (MRT) and falls into scope under the PRA/FCA Certification Regime. Therefore, the individual is required to be internally ‘Certified’ as a significant harm function.
What You’ll Do
- Responsible for managing all market risks across the Exotic Europe Index and Single Stock books.
- Ensures all risks are contained within the approved limits outlined in the Desk’s LCS.
- Provides timely and accurate pricing updates for products within my area of responsibility; provide backup across the GED trading team as required.
- Partners with the financial engineering team to expand and improve the EQD model suite and risk management capabilities.
- Ensures all trading is conducted within the Desk’s approved Volcker operating plan.
- Assists the EDT team in testing new model enhancements to help reduce model risk post implementation.
- Com говоритсяmunicates with clients on matters related to equity market volatility when requested by Sales.
What You’ll Bring:
- Experience in equity exotic options trading, with a proven track record in risk management.
- Deep expertise in global equity derivatives and structured products, including pricing and managing risk for complex, model-dependent structures such as autocallables, issuer callables, multi-asset, and barrier options.
- Advanced knowledge of derivatives modelling, including Local Stochastic Volatility (LSV) frameworks and correlation skew dynamics.
- Strong academic foundation with a degree in Finance, Mat