Managing Director, Global Markets Strategy and Execution at Anchorage Digital

This role is designed for a seasoned financial operations leader with 8–10 years of experience in high-stakes environments like sell-side trading desks, hedge f

Work type: remote

Location: United States

Type: Full-time

Summary

This role is designed for a seasoned financial operations leader with 8–10 years of experience in high-stakes environments like sell-side trading desks, hedge funds, or proprietary trading firms. The ideal candidate is a "player-coach" who deeply understands the operational lifecycle of complex instruments—specifically spot markets, derivatives, and prime finance—and can translate that knowledge into the evolving world of digital assets. You will join a $3 billion Series D institution backed by giants like Goldman Sachs and Visa. As a leadership-level hire, you’ll act as the bridge between front-office traders and back-office technical teams, overseeing everything from "New Product Approval" processes to the integration of trading and risk systems. This is a fully remote U.S. position offering the stability of a federally chartered bank with the fast-paced innovation of the crypto industry. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have deep functional knowledge of ISDA/CSA documentation and traditional prime brokerage workflows. * Understand the nuances of on-chain vs. off-chain settlement and the specific risks of trading digital assets. * Are a "complex trade orchestrator" who can vet non-standard products and resolve trade breaks under pressure. * Possess the senior-level gravitas to lead cross-functional committees and manage relationships with external prime brokers.

Job Description

At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.

The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.

About the Role: Business Operations Lead, Prime

We are seeking an experienced and highly analytical and hands-on Trading Business Operations Lead to lead the operational and non-trading functions for Anchorage Digital Prime business.

## Operational and Trade Lifecycle Management

• Complex Trade Vetting: Act as the orchestrator for non-standard, complex, or high-value trades (e.g., structured derivative products, non-vanilla financing arrangements) across all three desks.

• Process Design and Implementation: Collaborate with Front Office and Middle/Back Office to design, document, and implement robust, scalable, and efficient operational workflows.

• Issue Resolution: Be the senior escalation point for trade breaks, settlement failures, reconciliation issues, and other operational delays, driving swift resolution.

• Risk Partnership:Support the Head of Global Markets in maintaining a close relationship with the Risk team, ensuring that all operational workflows are built with risk mitigation as a core requirement.

• Compliance Alignment: Ensure all trading activities adhere to internal policies, regulatory requirements, and jurisdictional rules.

• Counterparty Management: Manage relationships and necessary documentation (e.g., ISDA, CSA, GMRA, MSLA) with prime brokers and custodians.

• Infrastructure Scaling: Partner with the Head of Technology to plan and execute infrastructure upgrades and capacity planning to support desk growth and evolving complexity.

• Vendor Management: Evaluate, onboard, and manage external technology and service providers critical to the trading and operations function.

• Applied Expertise:Leverage knowledge of Global Markets, including Spot, Prime Financing, and Derivatives, to provide strategic direction and operational guidance.

• Risk Framework Support: Assist the Head of Global Markets in staying on top of divisional risk, implementing the monitoring systems and controls required to maintain a strong partnership with the Risk team.

• Infrastructure Architect:Architect and launch new, high-impact business frameworks, integrating market activities with Product and Engineering teams to deliver scalable infrastructure-as-a-service.

• Technical Product Depth:Develop a deep working knowledge of the technical architecture of our products to support both current revenue and future pipeline development.

• Strategic Writing: Demonstrate strong writing and presentation skills to document execution roadmaps and business plans for executive leadership.

• Life-cycle Path Ownership:Serve as the path owner for strategy execution, determining the methods necessary to move the business forward against internal deadlines and market shifts.

• Risk and Compliance Alignment: Support the Head in proactively identifying bottlenecks and operational risks, ensuring the division remains compliant with global regulatory requirements.

• NPC Leadership:Lead the internal New Product Committee process, conducting thorough due diligence on the operational, compliance, and legal impact of proposed new products.

• 24/7 Operational Management: Navigate the unique challenges of a global, 24/7 market, resolving senior escalations for trade breaks, settlement failures, or reconciliation issues.

• Selling Ahead Support:Support the commercial team by ensuring the infrastructure is capable of delivering on future-state products while maintaining excellence in current-state services.

• Cross-Stakeholder Collaboration:Collaborate across Sales, Legal, Risk, and Compliance to define strategy, prioritization, and resolve roadblocks.

• Integration Mastery:Cultivate deep knowledge of core operations, customer experience, and compliance to ensure new Global Markets services are seamlessly integrated.

• Strategic Prioritization:Direct the prioritization and development of key product features and automation from a strategy and business perspective.

• Knowledge Sharing:Play an active role in promoting and growing the Global Markets division within the broader strategic priorities and Product and Engineering goals of the firm.

• Strategic Documentation:Independently document and execute strategic proposals, business plans, and execution roadmaps.

• Institutional Client Discussions:Independently lead client-facing discussions and oversee business line deals, establishing feedback loops on services and products.

• Cross-Functional Consensus: Cross direct team and functional boundaries to gain consensus, identify solutions, and present to senior stakeholders and executive leadership.

• Mentorship and Best Practices: Mentor and guide team members on internal best practices and team strategies to promote discipline against strategic goals.

We are seeking an experienced and highly analytical and hands-on Trading Business Operations Lead to lead the operational and non-trading functions for Anchorage Digital Prime business.

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