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Posted October 21, 2026

Product Control Quantitative Lead

DRW

Category:Finance & Accounting

Location:Chicago

Seniority
Senior
Employment type
Full-time
Work arrangement
On-site
Salary (per year)
$200k–$250k
Bonus
Yes

Requirements

  • Minimum 7 years of relevant experience, ideally at a Proprietary Trading Firm, Hedge Fund, Investment Bank or Trading Venue.
  • Experience constructing and analyzing volatility surfaces and option skews, including interpolation/extrapolation and smoothing techniques.
  • Experience managing data and building tools in Python.
  • A strong understanding of control functions - Comfortable interrogating assumptions, performing sensitivity analysis, and translating model behaviors into business impact.
  • Prior experience in model validation or model governance frameworks preferred.

About the role

We are seeking a Product Control Quantitative Lead to focus on the valuation and independent validation of options, structured products and related derivatives. The role will review pricing models, validate volatility surfaces/skews, verify model inputs, and present findings to the Valuation committee. This role will work closely with trading desks, risk, quants, and software engineers to ensure robust, auditable valuation processes and build scalable verification tools.  This role will require you to be in office 4 days per week.

Responsibilities

  • Independently verify pricing models and the inputs used for options valuation and present results to the valuation/model validation committee.
  • Assist Middle office and commercial groups by analyzing skew data to determine appropriate sources for valuation.
  • Work with trading desk analysts, quantitative developers and risk to validate new instruments, and bespoke structures.
  • Identify unobservable inputs and assumptions, and test sensitivities to those assumptions inputs are not directly observable.
  • Work closely with software engineers to provide pricing verification system specifications.
  • Develop and maintain auditable valuation documentation and model governance artifacts (methodologies, calibration procedures, data provenance).

What you'll get

  • $200k–$250k base salary
  • group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance
  • 401k (with discretionary employer match)
  • short and long-term disability
  • life and AD&D insurance
  • health savings accounts
  • flexible spending accounts

Skills

volatility surfaces · option skews · interpolation/extrapolation and smoothing techniques · Python · model validation · model governance