Leadership & Professional Development Coordinator

Jump Trading

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 95,000 - 105,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA/FSA

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Overtime eligibility

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Job summary

Jump Trading Group in Chicago is seeking a Leadership & Professional Development Coordinator to run firmwide onboarding, leadership and technical training programs.

You will leverage an LMS to manage enrollment, tracking, and reporting, while coordinating global EMEA activities and vendor contracts from a remote-ready, global perspective.

This role offers growth into learning strategy, governance, and program design within a collaborative People Ops team.

Qualifications

Coordinate and manage firmwide onboarding, leadership, and technical training programs.
Use LMS for enrollment, rosters, reporting, and learner experience across regions.
Lead global vendor management and budget tracking, including contracts and invoices.
Support EMEA program coordination remotely with regional stakeholders across time zones.
Identify process improvements and leverage AI tools to accelerate operations and content curation.
Own the program feedback process and governance documentation.

Responsibilities

Coordinate learning programs end-to-end across regions.
Leverage LMS to streamline enrollment, rosters, and reporting.
Lead vendor management and budget tracking including contracts and invoices.
Support remote EMEA program coordination with regional stakeholders.

Skills

Program coordination

L&D operations

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Data analysis

AI tools

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

Leadership & Professional Development Coordinator

Chicago, IL or New York, NY

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, detail-oriented professional to join our People Ops Team as a Leadership & Professional Development Coordinator. You will coordinate and deliver world-class learning experiences for Jump employees while driving operational excellence through process improvements and AI-enabled efficiency. This role is US-based but includes global coordination for EMEA regions, supporting remote program planning, vendor contracts, and logistics that don\'t require on-the-ground presence.

As Jump’s Leadership and Professional Development function continues to evolve, this role offers future growth opportunities to expand scope and impact into LMS ownership, program design, learning strategy, and new hire onboarding, all from a global perspective.

What You’ll Do

Coordinate learning programs end-to-end: Manage firmwide onboarding programs, leadership and professional development programs, and technical training coordination, including scheduling, participant communications, materials preparation, venue management, and completion tracking across regions.
Leverage the firm\'s Learning Management System (LMS) to streamline enrollment, rosters, reporting, and the overall learner experience.
Lead global vendor management and budget tracking, including contracts, invoices, and spend monitoring.
Support EMEA program coordination remotely, partnering with regional stakeholders across time zones.

Partner with stakeholders

Collaborate with internal teams (HRBPs, business leads) and external vendors (coaches, facilitators) to ensure high-quality learning outcomes.
Support the Speaker Series program, including scheduling guest speakers, managing logistics, and ensuring seamless execution.
Serve as the point of contact during live, virtual, and hybrid programs, troubleshooting in real-time.

Drive efficiency and continuous improvement

Identify and implement process improvements, including streamlining workflows, automating tasks, and creating reusable templates that reduce manual effort.
Leverage AI tools (Claude, Cowork) to accelerate operations, including content curation, communications, data analysis, and workflow automation.
Own the program feedback process to identify trends, areas of success, and areas of opportunity for future initiatives.
Create and maintain L&D governance frameworks, documentation, and reporting on internal platforms (Confluence), establishing quality standards and on-going review practices.
Other duties as assigned or needed.

Skills You’ll Need:

3-5+ years of experience in program/project coordination, L&D operations, HR, or similar fast-paced environment.
Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
Proven attention to detail with a focus on quality; reviews own work for accuracy, considers potential gaps, and balances speed with thoroughness.
Business-oriented mindset with the ability to connect operational work to broader outcomes (employee experience, program effectiveness, talent retention).
Excellent written and verbal communication across all levels and functions.
Strong analytical skills and comfort with data interpretation.

Experience with a Learning Management System (LMS) preferred; comfort using AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) a plus.

Bachelor\u2019s Degree or equivalent relevant and practical experience.

Reliable and predictable availability.

Benefits