Operations Optimization Specialist

Janestreet; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jane Street is seeking a proactive Operations professional to join our team, contributing to smooth information and asset flow within the firm and with external partners.

You'll start embedded in an Operations group, learning day-to-day processes, products, and context. Over time, you'll drive efficiency by redesigning processes, removing handoffs, and exploring AI-enabled improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience in operations, engineering, analytics, consulting, or a related field.
• Notice inefficiencies and gaps in teams, tools, and processes; take initiative to improve them.
• Pragmatic about problem-solving and think carefully about which solution best fits your problem (e.g., spreadsheets, scripts, AI).
• Comfortable digging into complex ideas and making them clear for others.
• Self-starter and able to set your own direction in ambiguous situations.
• Humble about what you know and don't know, and not afraid to ask questions.

Responsibilities

• Embedded within an Operations team to learn day-to-day work while running processes and understanding products.
• Identify and design improvements to workflows, tools, and handoffs.
• Redesign reconciliation processes and explore AI-enabled solutions where beneficial.
• Move toward a process-improvement focus and shepherd changes from design through adoption.
• Develop a broad view of Operations through cross-team problems and real-world context.

Skills

Problem-solving

Analytical thinking

Self-starter

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Spreadsheets

Scripting

AI

Job description

Jane Street is seeking a proactive Operations professional to join our team, contributing to smooth information and asset flow within the firm and with external partners.

You'll start embedded in an Operations group, learning day-to-day processes, products, and context. Over time, you'll drive efficiency by redesigning processes, removing handoffs, and exploring AI-enabled improvements.