Government Affairs Strategy Analyst

Requirements

• 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.

About the role

Responsibilities

• 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

• $170k–$180k base salary
• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays

Skills

U.S. markets-related policy · market structure policy · political engagement