Senior Director, Derivatives Trading & Hedging (Hybrid NY)

Solomon Page; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Solomon Page client, a major asset management firm in New York, seeks a Senior Director of Derivatives Trading for a hybrid role. You will lead complex derivatives strategies, manage real-time risk, and drive profitability within risk limits.

You'll collaborate with technology, accounting, and product teams to advance reporting, models, and automation, while communicating findings to senior leadership. A strong quantitative background and 8+ years of derivatives experience are required.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in derivatives trading and risk management.
• Proven ability to develop hedging and pricing strategies.
• Strong programming skills in Python and MATLAB for modeling.

Responsibilities

• Execute derivatives trades in accordance with hedging strategy and risk limits.
• Manage portfolio risk in real time and develop hedging strategies.
• Design and implement tail hedging strategies to protect the portfolio.
• Evaluate risk and profitability of trading strategies for senior leadership.
• Collaborate with technology teams to enhance trading and risk systems.

Skills

Derivatives trading

Risk management

Quantitative analysis

Communication to leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Solomon Page client, a major asset management firm in New York, seeks a Senior Director of Derivatives Trading for a hybrid role. You will lead complex derivatives strategies, manage real-time risk, and drive profitability within risk limits.

You'll collaborate with technology, accounting, and product teams to advance reporting, models, and automation, while communicating findings to senior leadership. A strong quantitative background and 8+ years of derivatives experience are required.