Head of Trading - Crypto Finance
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Overview
Join Crypto Finance as Head of Trading, leading a trading desk within a regulated financial institution, focusing on digital asset markets and institutional client flow. Crypto Finance Group, part of Deutsche Börse Group, provides professional digital asset solutions to institutional clients. The Group comprises Crypto Finance AG, regulated by FINMA in Switzerland, offering trading, custody, and wallet services, as well as Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH, regulated by BaFin in Germany, offering trading and custody services. In January 2025, Crypto Finance secured a MiCAR license for the European market as one of the first providers in the EU. Crypto Finance AG is a SIX-approved crypto custodian for ETP issuers.
What you'll do
- •Lead and manage the trading desk, including a team of traders, ensuring reliable and consistent execution of client trading activity across spot and derivatives
- •Act as business owner of the trading product and service, with accountability for pricing, P&L, platform roadmap, and client experience
- •Set and continuously tune the pricing and execution logic of our proprietary spot order and execution management system, covering spread, skew, automated quoting, and hedging behavior, in close collaboration with Product and Technology
- •Own market risk across spot and derivatives, including inventory, hedging, limit framework, and escalation, supported by an institutional risk management platform
- •Select, onboard, negotiate, and maintain counterparty relationships across liquidity providers, exchanges, and prime brokers
- •Oversee operational and strategic trading account management, including cash, collateral and margin optimization across venues
- •Represent the trading function toward key institutional clients, partners, and stakeholders at senior level
- •Act as senior subject matter expert for Sales and Product on client conversations, pricing questions, and new product design
- •Define and execute the strategic direction of the trading function, including new trading products, venues, order types, and connectivity, in alignment with overall business objectives
- •Develop and mentor traders, own performance management and succession planning, and build a disciplined, collaborative trading culture
- •Work closely with senior management, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Sales, and Product on both run the bank and change the bank initiatives, ensuring proper market conduct at all times
- •Maintain strong market knowledge across derivatives and digital asset markets to support informed decision making and to position the team for new opportunities
Conditions
- •Be part of an international, fast-paced blockchain and fintech team led by experienced professionals
- •Opportunity to travel and attend leading events
- •Shape the future of finance while working at the cutting edge of B2B digital asset solutions
- •Contribute to a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture with flat hierarchies
- •Take on meaningful responsibility with room for learning and professional growth
- •Gain deep industry insights and make a tangible impact
- •Join regular company-wide meetings, knowledge-sharing sessions, and team events
- •Enjoy a modern and central workplace in Zurich with top-tier infrastructure