Job Description, Position Summary & Primary Purpose of the Role:

This individual will play a critical role in helping to build out the Derivatives Market Intelligence franchise with high-impact, data-driven research that enhances Cboe's reputation as a trusted source of market commentary and analysis.

The research product will include not only the established suite of options and futures product listings, but also support new and recent product launches and developing new client channels. Success in this key aspect of the role will be driven by the individual's breadth and depth of understanding of volatility products and their market structure, the client base who utilizes these products as investors, and larger global cross-asset public markets ecosystems. The ability to distill themes from data, as well as generate use cases and respond to inbound external and internal customer questions real time are critical. Publishing research reports, preparing client-facing content and presentations, speaking on podcasts and webinars, and traveling to visit clients are all requirements for this senior role.

As a high-level individual contributor, this person will have a broad understanding of the company's strategy. They will leverage various internal resources to execute best-in-class derivatives and cross-asset macro research and analysis which appeals to different investor types globally.

This role will interface with multidisciplinary Cboe teams to work to identify and enhance global relationships that can deliver valuable content for our global institutional and retail customers and long-term growth for Cboe. The role will require active dialogue and collaboration with sales, coverage, business, and marketing teams. This content is supported by and reactive to measurable KPIs.

A top performer in this role will proactively identify and build relationships with both prospects and existing customers, maintain ongoing client contact to strengthen relationships, and through these activities will work with the sales and coverage teams to support Cboe's goals to increase volumes and revenues each year.

Requirements

Domain knowledge in derivatives (volatility products as well as futures, with an understanding of the OTC markets in addition to listed being a plus), global economic drivers, derivatives market structure and content production expertise are required.

A top candidate for the role has expert written and oral communication skills, previous experience creating high-impact market commentary, and ability to break down complex topics into easily digestible themes and tailoring the content to what is relevant to each client type.

• Ability to write clearly and present well is critical - previous experience writing derivatives research or market commentary at a US broker-dealer preferred

• In-depth derivatives & macro market knowledge required, trading experience and/or investment analysis a plus

• Strong analytical skills, as evidenced by gathering information from various sources and then interpreting the data to reach logical conclusions relevant to the derivatives business and its clients

• 8+ years' professional experience within derivatives markets; 6+ years selling/marketing investment products and writing content