Job Description

Primary Responsibilities
The role is within DerivStrats arm of Institutional Securities group, where key aspects of the role combine broad market understanding, knowledge of structured products and their pricing. We are looking for proactive, self-starting individual to be part of our India team working with Derivatives Platform Strats team. This is a challenging role and offering exposure to an interesting, dynamic product group and work environment to build your career in.
Responsibilities for this role would involve:

• Contribute to the development of our vanilla and structured products platform from product modelling to pricing, ordering, and life cycle events.
• Be responsible for accurate internal product representations
• Working closely with traders, sales, financial engineers, technologists and global strats team to determine how we onboard new products and price them competitively.
• Regular communication with team members in HK and Paris

Leadership, Stakeholder & Team Management:
Lead, groom, and develop the Derivatives Platform Strats team in Mumbai
Foster a culture of collaboration and efficiency, ensuring that the team provides top-tier support to the desk.
Monitor team performance and feedback, handle resource planning, recruitment, and staff training
Build strong relationships with Trading desks, Risk, Compliance, and Technology teams
Serve as a liaison between the Strats, Trading desk and other departments to resolve issues and implement solutions.
Regularly report on key metrics and performance to senior management.
Strategize to expand the Mumbai footprint
Skills required (essential)

• Advanced Degree in quantitative discipline (such as BE, BTech in Computer Science, MS in Mathematics/Physics/Statistics/ FE) from Tier 1 & 2 institutes.
• Strong programming skills (Java, C++, C#, Python, KDB)
• Any progress towards CFA would be preferred
• Strong equity derivatives and structured products knowledge required
• 7-10 years of relevant working experience in a Tier1 investment bank.
• Must be able to flexibly respond to changes in priorities, be able to communicate results to a less-technical audience, work well in a team and be comfortable in a front office environment.
• Strong attention to detail
• Drive and desire to work in an intense team-oriented environment.

Skills Required