Director, Derivative Portfolio Management

Job description

This important Director role is regarded as a subject matter expert (SME) for Portfolio management and trading oversight of derivative positions to hedge capital market risk exposures of Variable Annuity liabilities and/or other risk exposures. The Director will lead one or more aspects of our derivative performance programs and will also develop and provide direction to more junior staff members. The primary work location for this opportunity will be West Chester, Pennsylvania with secondary preference to our New York City office. Primary Responsibilities: Assumes ownership and accountability on one or more aspects of derivative portfolio performance which include listed and OTC interest-rate and equity derivatives (e.g., futures, total-return swaps, interest-rate swaps, options and swaptions, and variance swaps) Leverages expertise to provide input on innovative trade ideas/hedging strategies for efficient risk mitigation, opportunistic monetization, target market dislocations etc through a range of hedge structures including vanilla and exotics equity, rate and credit derivatives. Effectively communicates (verbally and in writing) and provides input on various initiatives includ...