The Global Mobility Manager (12-month contract) is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day delivery and ongoing evolution of Optiver's global mobility function. The role ensures consistent, high-quality mobility services across all regions through a combination of case portfolio oversight, operational leadership, and continuous improvement.
Working with a globally distributed team of mobility professionals, the Global Mobility Manager drives alignment in global ways of working, supports on complex mobility cases, and identifies opportunities to enhance processes, controls, and the employee experience.
This is a hands-on role that combines operational execution with functional leadership, requiring the ability to balance strategic thinking with day-to-day delivery.
What you’ll do
- Oversee the global mobility case portfolio, ensuring consistent, high-quality service delivery across all regions.
- Lead and support a globally distributed team of mobility specialists through a combination of direct and matrix reporting relationships.
- Act as the escalation point for complex mobility cases and provide hands-on case management support when required.
- Embed and continuously improve global mobility processes, controls, and ways of working.
- Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, automation, and employee experience, partnering with relevant teams to implement improvements.
- Establish and monitor service levels, case trends, and stakeholder feedback to drive operational excellence.
- Ensure mobility activities remain compliant with immigration, tax, and employment requirements by partnering with internal and external subject matter experts..
- Manage relationships with external mobility vendors and service providers.
- Maintain documentation, governance standards, and knowledge resources to support a scalable global mobility function.
Who you are
- Deep expertise in global mobility practices, policies, and compliance
- Experience leading or influencing global teams across multiple regions.
- Demonstrated experience developing and improving SLAs, KPIs, and operational process.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and advisory skills, including experience partnering with senior leaders
- Experience managing vendors and external partners effectively
- A continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in leveraging technology and automation to enhance processes and the employee experience
Who we are
At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.
What you’ll get
You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.
In addition, you’ll receive:
- The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 50 different countries.
- Training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, and fully paid first-class commuting expenses.
- Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, world-class barista coffee, in-house physio and chair massages, organized sports and leisure activities, and Friday afternoon drinks.
- Training and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events.
- Competitive relocation packages and visa sponsorship where necessary for expats
How to apply
Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via our recruitment inquiry form.
Please note:
- We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role
- We cannot accept applications via email
Diversity statement
Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.
Skills Required
- Deep expertise in global mobility practices, policies, and compliance
- Experience leading or influencing global teams across multiple regions
- Demonstrated experience developing and improving SLAs, KPIs, and operational processes
- Knowledge of immigration, tax, and employment compliance related to mobility
- Experience managing vendors and external service providers
- Strong communication and advisory skills, including partnering with senior leaders
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Continuous improvement mindset and interest in leveraging technology and automation
Optiver Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Optiver and has not been reviewed or approved by Optiver.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Pay is considered highly competitive in trading, quantitative, and engineering paths, with performance-linked bonuses that materially elevate total compensation. High performers receive differentiated rewards tied to impact.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous paid vacation alongside market holidays is a consistent component of the U.S. package. This breadth of leave is a notable element of the offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive health coverage—including medical, dental, and vision—is prominently offered in U.S. roles, with indications that employee premiums are fully covered in some cases. Disability and life coverage further strengthen the core health benefits.
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What We Do
Optiver’s story began over 30 years ago, when we started business as a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s options exchange. Today, we are at the forefront of trading and technology as a leading global electronic market maker, focused on pricing, execution and risk management.
Why Work With Us
People at Optiver love challenges, welcome collaboration, and strive to be better tomorrow than they are today. Improving the market is an extraordinary challenge that requires a carefully crafted approach. Optiver provides a collaborative working environment to tackle these challenges. In fact, it is this way of working that sets us apart.
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