Associate Head of Trader Education

Old Mission•Chicago, IL

1d•$175,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Old Mission is seeking an experienced trader to serve as second-in-command of our Education function, partnering directly with the Head of Education to build, run, and continuously improve how we develop traders across the firm. The right candidate has sat on a market-making or trading desk, understands P&L and risk at an intimate level, and wants their next chapter to be shaping the next generation of traders.

Requirements

5+ years of experience as a trader at a proprietary trading firm, market maker, or similar quantitative trading environment
Fluency in options pricing, hedging, and risk management (experience trading other asset classes a plus)
Experience designing and/or teaching a formal training curriculum
Comfortable operating with authority on the desk and in the classroom
Program/project management experience: comfortable owning a curriculum, tracking cohort progress, and iterating based on outcomes
Basic programming experience in Python
Excellent communication skills with the ability to break down complex concepts

Nice To Haves

experience trading other asset classes a plus

Responsibilities

Co-own the design and delivery of Old Mission's trader training curriculum and deliver a meaningful share of the teaching load which includes but isn’t limited to options theory, market microstructure, risk management, and mock-trading exercises
Act as the bridge between the trading desks and the classroom to pull real, current market scenarios into training content, so it stays grounded in how Old Mission actually trades
Directly mentor and evaluate junior traders and interns, and provide hands-on, desk-level feedback
Work with the Head of Education on day-to-day program management which includes scheduling, curriculum iteration, cohort tracking, and reporting on trainee progress to senior leadership
Partner with desk heads to identify skill gaps and build targeted training curriculums for existing traders, not just new hires
Help build out a more formal trader development pipeline, including rotational assignments, structured feedback loops, and criteria for promotion into trading seats
Continue to build out and professionalize internship programs, from structure and curriculum through selection and conversion to full-time offers
Collaborate with other stakeholders (Recruiting, Quantitative Research, Technology, etc.) on an ad hoc and as-needed basis to improve and strengthen other talent pipelines within the firm
Pursue other trading and non-trading projects during non-teaching periods as time and interest allow