Trading Initiatives & Business Manager

About the role

This role focuses on driving new trading strategies and financial instruments across various markets, including crypto, traditional finance, and prediction markets. The manager will evaluate new trading opportunities, conduct market analysis using AI tools, and coordinate the listing of new contracts, tokens, and coins. This involves providing insights from a trading perspective and maintaining a roadmap of new initiatives.

A core component of the position is end-to-end project management for trading initiatives. This includes maintaining project plans, timelines, and status updates, as well as coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure milestones are met. The role also involves using AI to streamline project management workflows, such as automated updates, documentation, and task tracking.

Beyond initiatives and projects, the manager will handle day-to-day business management for trading desks. This involves preparing performance reports and dashboards, tracking key performance indicators, and coordinating with legal, compliance, risk, and finance teams. The role also requires managing relationships with external partners like exchanges, brokers, and data providers.

The salary for this position ranges from $98,000 to $162,000 USD.

Skills that matter here

• trading: The role requires evaluating new trading opportunities and strategies across various asset classes and markets.
• project management: This position involves owning the end-to-end project management of trading initiatives, including planning and coordination.
• business management: The manager will oversee day-to-day business operations for trading desks, including reporting and external partner relations.
• AI tools: AI will be used for market research, competitor analysis, and streamlining project management workflows.
• Agile: Familiarity with Agile methodology is required for managing project workstreams and initiatives.
• Jira: Experience with Jira is expected for tracking and managing project tasks within the SDLC.

Who this role suits

• Someone who is commercially curious and focused on execution in financial markets.
• A professional with a background in trading, strategy, project management, or financial services.
• An individual who is highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• A candidate who is comfortable leveraging AI tools for research and operational efficiency.

From the employer

New Trading Initiatives

• Evaluate new trading opportunities and strategies across multi-asset classes and new markets, apply AI-assisted research workflow to conduct market sizing, requirement analysis, pricing and risk analysis, providing insights from Trading perspective.
• Leverage AI tools to conduct competitor analysis — tracking competitor strategies, new instrument launches, exchange activity, and market positioning.
• Oversee the listings of new prediction markets contracts, tokens and coins from Trading perspective, coordinating with product, risk, operations, and tech teams.
• Maintain a rolling pipeline and prioritised roadmap of new trading initiatives.

Project & Programme Management

• Own the project management of assigned trading initiatives end-to-end — maintaining project plans, timelines, action logs, RAID logs, and status updates.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams, ensuring milestones are met and blockers are escalated promptly.
• Prepare and distribute clear, concise project status updates.
• Manage prioritisation and planning of the broader initiatives pipeline, flagging capacity constraints and dependencies proactively.
• Ensure all project documentation is well-structured, up to date, and accessible to all relevant team members.
• Use AI to streamline project management workflows — including automated status updates, documentation drafting, meeting summarisation, and task tracking.

Business Management

• Own day-to-day business management across the various trading desks, including preparation of reporting packs, performance dashboards, and KPI tracking.
• Coordinate with legal, compliance, risk, and finance teams on new trading initiatives.
• Manage relationships with exchanges, brokers, data providers, and external partners, acting as a key point of contact for day-to-day queries and ongoing coordination.

• Min 3-4 years of experience in a trading, strategy, project management, business management, or financial services role.
• Working knowledge of at least one of the following: TradFi markets, crypto markets, prediction/event markets.
• Demonstrable project and programme management skills — Familiar with Agile / Scrum methodology. Familiar with SDLC and use of Jira.
• Experience or keen on AI tools (e.g., LLMs, AI research assistants, automation platforms) in a professional or personal capacity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills — able to produce clear briefing notes, status updates, and stakeholder presentations.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.