Recruitment Coordinator - New York

Optiver • New York, NY

12h • $88,000 - $102,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The key to Optiver’s success as a leading market marker is our people. The Recruitment Team is responsible for hiring top talent from around the world and creating a first-in-class candidate experience. Optiver is seeking a proactive, highly organized Recruitment Coordinator to join our team and manage coordination across our experienced technology pipelines. As a Recruitment Coordinator, you’ll support the team’s hiring strategies by owning a streamlined candidate management and recruitment process, while driving continuous improvement. You’ll lead the charge in designing an exceptional candidate experience, nurturing strong stakeholder connections, and consistently pushing the boundaries with innovative, future-focused ideas. This is a great opportunity to build a career in Talent Acquisition. Strong performers on the team have built a career in operations, recruitment, and HR. This role is a full-time, salaried position anticipated to last for a one-year term, but with the potential to extend.
At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilising the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritise safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.
At Optiver, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. Optiver recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in human resources, business, or a related field
• 1+ years of experience in scheduling, coordination, Recruitment, HR, logistics, or other relevant/transferrable experience is required
• Proficient Microsoft Office Suite skills, particularly Excel and Outlook
• Self-starter with strong organizational and analytical skills, attention to detail, and follow through
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with the ability to multi-task
• Driven with a strong desire to make an impact and energized by creating and refining processes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both oral and written
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening
• Located in New York area or willing to relocate for on-site work

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) like Greenhouse and other recruitment technology preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as the go-to operational partner for the recruitment and hiring teams to manage full-cycle, high volume coordination (scheduling interviews, processing assessments, maintaining and auditing pipelines, hosting interviews and candidate sell visits) and execute other hiring strategies
• Own the accuracy and flow of candidate data within our ATS (Greenhouse), acting as the go-to expert for optimizing processes, ensuring pipeline cleanliness and efficiency, and driving operational excellence.
• Own the candidate experience from start to finish, working closely with candidates throughout their interview process and deliver a top-notch experience
• Form opinions and work with others to identify and implement opportunities to optimize and scale recruitment processes and document changes
• Support a range of ad hoc recruiting and people team projects by tackling challenges, helping move things along, keeping everyone updated, and teaming up with colleagues to get great results

Benefits

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• Highly competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level