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Head of Volatility Risk Management

Selby Jennings
New York, NY, United States
Full-time

A Multi Strategy Hedge Fund is hiring a Director as Head of Volatility Risk in their NYC office.

This hire will focus on risk managing volatility strategies (rates / FX vol, macro vol, vol arb, etc) and vol risk across single name and index options market making.

Daily interaction with PMs and Traders to optimize strategies, design hedges and establish hedge / risk frameworks, and manage exposure are the core responsibility.

This individual is expected to regularly interact with the Chief Risk Officer & Chief Investment Officer to discuss macro trends, PnL movement, risk limits, and investment + hedge strategy overall.

The fund wants this risk manager to serve as a partner to the front office. It's a high visibility / high conviction role - the ideal candidate needs to collaborate with the PMs and traders to take smart risks.

Requirements :

  • 10+ years of front office risk management experience
  • Hedge fund / prop trading risk background; options trading experience is a plus
  • Expertise risk managing volatility strategies index options market making, single name option MM, dispersion trading strategies, volatility arbitrage, commodity futures and options, macro / rates / FX vol, etc.
  • Proficiency in Python / SQL - analysis, tool building, scripting; not a model dev
  • Risk taker's mindset - strong rapport with CIO, PMs, and Traders; risk-aware advisory in the front office
  • 10 days ago
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