Lead of Trading Operations

This is a remote position. We are looking for a Lead of Trading Operations to build, lead, and evolve our global Trading Operations function. This role sits at the intersection of trading, technology, and risk management, and is mission-critical for ensuring resilient and scalable execution processes across markets and time zones. You’ll lead a team that owns operational integrity end-to-end: from pre-market checks to intraday monitoring and post-trade reconciliations, managing tooling and SLAs, and collaborating with trading, dev, quant, and compliance teams. Key Responsibilities Operational Ownership Design and continuously refine pre-/post-session checklists, intraday monitoring protocols, and post-trade processes Build and enforce intrasession controls and real-time invariants across trading systems Develop and execute escalation playbooks for operational incidents Performance & Capacity Management Monitor capacity trends across venues, instruments, and internal systems Define KPIs and maintain SLAs (latency, fill rates, reconciliation windows) Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks Anomaly Detection & Incident Response Oversee systems and workflows for anomaly detection (latency spikes, data mismatches, P&L gaps) Lead structured post-mortems, track root causes and remediation Continuous Improvement Drive automation across key workflows Evolve internal dashboards, monitoring systems, and alerting infrastructure Build a culture of proactivity and robustne