Operations Manager

What You'll Do

• Support the end-to-end operational lifecycle for trading and investment activity across multiple asset classes, including Hivemind's upcoming public equity hedge fund strategy.
• Maintain a systematic reconciliation framework between front office trading activity and back office records; monitor and reconcile daily trading activity, positions, balances, and transactions across internal systems, exchanges, custodians, and administrators.
• Implement and maintain portfolio management systems (PMS), operational tooling, and reporting infrastructure to improve scalability and operational efficiency.
• Support PnL attribution, exposure tracking, and risk limit monitoring across portfolios and counterparties.
• Lead and support transaction execution and movement of funds across exchanges, exchanges, and OTC counterparties, including digital asset transactions involving wallets and DeFi applications.
• Assist with digital asset wallet management processes, including address generation, whitelisting, key backup coordination, and operational maintenance.
• Lead the onboarding process and ongoing management of counterparties including prime brokers, exchanges, OTC market makers, custodians, and banking partners.
• Coordinate settlement activity and resolve operational breaks, discrepancies, and failed trades in a timely manner.
• Produce recurring operational, treasury, and portfolio reporting for internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Partner closely with existing operations team members and finance, accounting, compliance, and investment teams to ensure accurate data flows and operational controls.
• Proactively identify operational improvements and scope out workflow/process upgrades.
• Assist with and lead various Operations-related firm initiatives related to firm vendors, efficiency, and budget.

Our Ideal Candidate

• 4+ years of experience in middle office, back office, or trading operations at a hedge fund, asset manager, proprietary trading firm, prime broker, or digital asset firm.
• Strong understanding of the full trade lifecycle across traditional and/or digital asset markets, including settlements, reconciliations, cash management, and operational controls.
• Experience reconciling positions, cash balances, and transaction activity across multiple counterparties and systems.
• Familiarity with equities, derivatives, digital assets, and treasury operations preferred.
• Experience processing crypto transactions both on-exchange and onchain, including familiarity with wallets, custody platforms, blockchain explorers, and DeFi protocols, is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to identify operational inefficiencies and implement scalable process improvements.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment with evolving processes and responsibilities.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with investment, finance, compliance, and technology teams as well as external vendors.
• Advanced Excel skills required; familiarity with SQL, Python, or operational tooling is a plus.
• Interest in digital assets, blockchain technology, and the evolving institutional crypto ecosystem.

Compensation

• A well-qualified candidate, based in New York City, can expect a base salary of $130,000.00-$140,000.00.
• A standard offer from Hivemind Capital includes base compensation, incentive-based compensation such as discretionary bonuses or upside, and a highly competitive benefits and perks package.
• Offers are determined by a number of factors including (but not limited to) the applicant's experience, skills, certifications, as well as internal equity among our team.