Strategy and Operations Manager
About The Position
Our employees are truly our greatest asset. We have spent years building a team of talented, dedicated technologists, data-driven traders, and expert leaders with an emphasis on our core values: Collaboration, Ethics, Risk Management, and Diverse Experience and Opinions. Simplex is an in-office organization, helping to foster a collaborative and communicative culture. We are seeking a Strategy and Operations Manager to manage firm-wide initiatives that improve operational efficiency, performance reporting, and strategic execution across trading, risk, and corporate functions. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a high-ownership environment, is highly analytical, and can translate messy business needs into structured solutions. Reporting directly into the CEO, you will partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to improve processes, build reporting visualizations and dashboards, and drive key initiatives that support growth.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
- 3 - 5 years of experience in a highly analytical role managing deliverables
- SQL experience and comfort working directly with data
- Experience with Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or similar tools
- Experience implementing process automation and AI tools
- Strong analytical thinking and comfort working with ambiguity
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical teams
- The role requires handling sensitive executive and HR data, demanding a high level of discretion
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a proprietary trading firm or market maker environments
- Management consulting experience
Responsibilities
- Manage high-priority projects from progress tracking to implementation
- Build structured analysis to support leadership decision-making
- Partner with cross-functional teams to improve workflows, reduce manual processes, and identify operational bottlenecks and implement improvements
- Identify opportunities for, and drive automation and workflow improvements
- Help build, maintain and improve reporting for performance, operational KPIs, and risk-related metrics using Excel, SQL, and/or BI tools
- Document processes and develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for recurring workflows
- Support analysis of trading P&L drivers, costs, performance attribution, and operational trends
- Improve data integrity by identifying inconsistencies, gaps, and process failures
Benefits
- Excellent a la carte Medical/Dental/Vision (free employee coverage!)
- 401(k) match
- generous parental leave!
- The kitchen is stocked with snacks, and beverages; you also have daily stipends for breakfast and lunch!
- As an investment in our employees’ careers and the company’s future, we offer educational assistance to provide employees with professional development opportunities that increase their skills and enhance their contributions to the organization!
- To gyms, national brands, and more!
- As a tenant, you have access to a building gym and a full cafeteria.
- We match up to $2,000 a year in donations to the charities of your choice!
- In-person happy hours, celebrations throughout the year, game nights, video game fun, and so much more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
