VP, Global Equity Derivatives Operations & Transformation

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

On-site amenities

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Senior Vice President to lead Post-Trade Operations for Equity Derivatives and Structured Products in New York. You will oversee three core teams spanning Flow Derivatives, Strategic Derivatives, and Exotics/Structured Products, driving scale, risk controls, and automation.

In this leadership role, you will partner with Sales, Trading, Structuring, Origination, Legal and other Ops functions to deliver transformation, develop talent, and embed best practices across the

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in post-trade Operations, Middle Office, Trade Support, or related function within a sell-side or buy-side institution.
• Deep subject-matter expertise in equity derivatives (flow and exotic) and structured/securitized products, including trade lifecycle, valuation, and lifecycle event management.
• Strong understanding of P&L, reconciliation, and trade booking across front-to-back systems.
• Proven leadership of operational teams with a track record of delivering transformation at scale.
• Strong product knowledge enabling credible engagement with Sales, Trading, Structuring, Origination, and Legal.

Responsibilities

• Lead Equity Derivatives Middle Office, Exotic Trade Review, and Securitized Products Servicing teams across trade lifecycle.
• Oversee trade capture, validation, confirmation, settlement, and lifecycle event management for flow and exotic equity derivatives and structured/securitized products.
• Provide front-to-back trade support for structured equity derivatives and resolve trade discrepancies and booking issues.
• Validate economic terms of new trades and lifecycle events (e.g., fixings, knock-ins/outs, barriers, corporate actions).
• Perform daily P&L and position reconciliation; investigate and resolve breaks between front-office and back-office systems.
• Strengthen risk and control environment; identify operational and market-risk-adjacent exposures.
• Partner with Market Risk and Finance on valuation reviews, exposure monitoring, and risk reporting.
• Define and track KPIs/KRIs; report on operational performance to senior management.
• Drive scalable processes to accommodate high-volume, complex derivative flows; push for automation and AI-enabled solutions.
• Collaborate with Sales, Trading, Structuring, Origination, Legal, and other Ops functions to support growth and talent development.

Skills

Leadership

Post-trade Operations

Equity Derivatives

P&L Reconciliation

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Python

SQL

AI Tools

Job description

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Senior Vice President to lead Post-Trade Operations for Equity Derivatives and Structured Products in New York. You will oversee three core teams spanning Flow Derivatives, Strategic Derivatives, and Exotics/Structured Products, driving scale, risk controls, and automation.

In this leadership role, you will partner with Sales, Trading, Structuring, Origination, Legal and other Ops functions to deliver transformation, develop talent, and embed best practices across the