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As a Government Affairs Strategy Analyst, you’ll drive Optiver’s external engagement strategy by collaborating with the corporate strategy teams to develop unique and transformative policy ideas and recommendations for key decision makers considering US market structure questions.
You’ll leverage your network and policy expertise to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex problems. With a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement, you’ll collaborate with teams across trading, legal, compliance, development, and infrastructure teams to achieve optimal outcomes.
What you’ll do
As a Government Affairs Strategy Analyst, your key responsibilities include:
- Managing and expanding an interconnected network of market structure policy experts within and outside the political, legal, and regulatory community focused on the most pressing issues facing U.S. markets
- Leading the daily relationship development and management workflow on behalf of a global trading firm
- Assisting in planning, development, and execution of political engagement through the Optiver PAC
- Owning the market regulatory support functions for senior leaders at the highest levels of the business
- Building your own expertise in equity, fixed-income, and commodity asset classes spanning products from cash equities to ETFs to futures and options and all the related market structure detail accompanying them
What you’ll get
You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, 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, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.
In addition, you’ll receive:
- The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
- Highly competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus structure
- 401(k) match up to 50%
- Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
- 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience on Capitol Hill working on U.S. markets-related policy as staff to a Member of the Senate, Congress or relevant Committee, or 6+ years experience working on market policy issues in a comparable setting.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required; we will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening.
Who we are
At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.
Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.
Below is the expected base salary for this position. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience on Capitol Hill working on U.S. markets-related policy as staff to a Senate or House member or relevant committee
- 6+ years of experience working on market policy issues in a comparable setting
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
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 materially elevating total earnings for strong contributors. High performers are described as seeing outsized upside when firm and team results are strong.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is depicted as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, alongside HSA/FSA options and mental-health support. Some locations note unlimited therapy access through a partner platform.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. roles are often described as offering 25 days of paid vacation plus market holidays, alongside generous parental leave. This breadth of time off is highlighted as helping to offset a high-intensity environment.
Optiver Insights
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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