Index Derivatives Specialist

Your Team Responsibilities

Team Responsibilities

The MSCI Index Coverage team is responsible for the growth, adoption, and commercial advancement of MSCI indexes across all segments in the Americas. Within our Index Coverage team, the MSCI Derivatives team is charged with the growth and adoption of Listed, Over-the-Counter, and Structured Product derivatives linked to MSCI indexes.

The team is client-focused, connecting with all parts of the trading ecosystem, including buy-side, sell-side, market makers, and Asset Owners (Pensions, endowments, etc.) As one of the fastest growing product segments within MSCI, the team is constantly engaged with senior management, Coverage, Index Product, ESG Product, Analytics Product, Marketing, Research, Legal, and Technology in order to drive adoption of index based derivatives.

Your Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• The Americas Index Derivatives Specialist will report to the Americas Head of Index Client Coverage and will be responsible for engaging with Sell-Side, Market Makers, Asset Managers and Asset Owners in the Americas, with the goal of driving adoption volumes, new products, and revenues.
• Be entrepreneurial in efforts to establish and maintain relationships with key personnel across the liquidity and trading ecosystem.
• This is a highly collaborative role working across the Americas Index coverage team to coordinate efforts and initiatives with clients.
• Share market color obtained through relationships and market observations with Product, Coverage, and Research to identify trends and new product opportunities.
• Be innovative with new derivative product ideas and strategies.
• Prepare and present quarterly results to senior management. Pitch new ideas for investment opportunities.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

Desired Skills and Experience

• The successful candidate will have a minimum 6 years’ client facing experience within sales and trading industry, with direct experience in futures, options, ETFs, derivatives, and/or Delta One a plus.
• A fundamental understanding of the equity and fixed income index product ecosystem and key players.
• Strong team player, collaborative and creative.
• A solid understanding of various client segments including asset owners, asset managers and wealth managers.

About MSCI

What we offer you

• Salary range: $ 120,000 - $165,000 / year plus eligible for annual bonus
• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

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