Jefferies
Vice President - Equity Derivative Sales
New York, NY, United States · Exec · Full-time
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About the role
- We are seeking an experienced Equity Derivatives Sales professional with 5-7 years of relevant markets experience to join our Global Equities team.
- The role requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and derivative strategies, along with cross-functional collaboration, partnering with trading, research, prime brokerage and other areas of the firm.
Responsibilities
- Support senior sales professionals in expanding wallet share and deepening client penetration.
- Coordinate pricing requests, term sheets, trade execution, confirmations, and post-trade support.
- Maintain accurate client records, call reports, pipeline updates, and transaction documentation.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to cover institutional clients and generate actionable trade ideas.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
- Relevant regulatory licenses or registrations as required by jurisdiction.
Nice to have
- Existing relationships with hedge funds, asset managers, private banks, family offices, corporates, or other institutional investors.
- Strong quantitative aptitude and comfort discussing Greeks, volatility surfaces, dividends, correlation, and hedging mechanics.
- Advanced degrees, CFA, FRM, or other relevant professional qualification is a plus.
- Experience using Bloomberg, trading platforms, CRM systems, and internal pricing tools.
- Key Skills & Competencies
- Client relationship management
- Trade idea generation
- Commercial origination
Compensation
- New York, NY Full Time Base Salary Range of $175,000-235,000.
Benefits
- Build and maintain strong client relationships across the equity derivatives product suite through proactive engagement, market updates, and tailored product solutions.
- Market a broad range of equity derivatives products including listed, flex and OTC options.
- Understand and communicate market drivers, volatility dynamics, positioning, flows, and macro themes impacting equity derivatives markets.
- Develop new client opportunities in coordination with broader equities, fixed income and investment banking coverage teams.
- 5-7 years of experience in equity derivatives sales, structuring, trading, or a closely related markets role.
- Client Coverage & Origination
Company info
- Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Equity Derivatives Sales professional with 5-7 years of relevant markets experience to join our Global Equities team.
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