Government Affairs Strategy Analyst

As a Government Affairs Strategy Analyst, you’ll drive Optiver’s external engagement strategy by collaborating with the corporate strategy teams to develop unique and transformative policy ideas and recommendations for key decision makers considering US market structure questions.

You’ll leverage your network and policy expertise to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex problems. With a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement, you’ll collaborate with teams across trading, legal, compliance, development, and infrastructure teams to achieve optimal outcomes.

What you’ll do

As a Government Affairs Strategy Analyst, your key responsibilities include:

Managing and expanding an interconnected network of market structure policy experts within and outside the political, legal, and regulatory community focused on the most pressing issues facing U.S. markets

Leading the daily relationship development and management workflow on behalf of a global trading firm

Assisting in planning, development, and execution of political engagement through the Optiver PAC

Owning the market regulatory support functions for senior leaders at the highest levels of the business

Building your own expertise in equity, fixed-income, and commodity asset classes spanning products from cash equities to ETFs to futures and options and all the related market structure detail accompanying them

What you’ll get

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries

Highly competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus structure

401(k) match up to 50%

Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage

25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays

Who you are

4+ years of experience on Capitol Hill working on U.S. markets-related policy as staff to a Member of the Senate, Congress or relevant Committee, or 6+ years experience working on market policy issues in a comparable setting.

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required; we will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening.

Who we are

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Below is the expected base salary for this position. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.

Base Salary Range $170,000 — $180,000 USD