Director, COO Office

Responsibilities

• Partner with Rates & FX Portfolio Managers to translate investment goals into resourcing, capital, and infrastructure plans.
• Drive business management, PM onboarding, and lifecycle management for the Macro & Fixed Income platform.
• Analyze desk P&L, risk, liquidity, funding, and balance-sheet usage to recommend actions for capital efficiency.
• Lead strategic cross-functional projects across operations, treasury, compliance, and technology.
• Design KPI dashboards and business metric reports to provide actionable insights to senior management.
• Manage the vendor lifecycle for trading and analytics platforms, including contract negotiation and SLA governance.
• Coordinate with Legal and Treasury on ISDA, CSA, and clearing mandates to support trading strategies.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years of experience in business management, COO, or a trading-related role within a buy-side or sell-side fixed income environment.
• Deep product knowledge of Rates and FX cash and derivatives (e.g., government bonds, swaps, futures, options, NDFs, forwards).
• Strong understanding of pricing, valuation, risk, funding, liquidity, and CCP margin.
• Proficiency with trading technologies, including order and execution-management systems and market-data feeds.
• Advanced analytical skills with mandatory expertise in Excel/VBA; Python, SQL, or PowerBI is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects and influence stakeholders in a fast-moving market environment.
• Must be based in New York, NY.

About the Company

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-strategy, multi-manager investment platform that harnesses the transformative power of people to perform in all market environments. We specialize in Quantitative Trading, Fundamental Equity, Tactical Trading, and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income, utilizing proprietary technology and risk analytics to capitalize on market inefficiencies.