Corporate Strategy - Digital Assets

Optiver is scaling its Digital Assets business into a 24/7 global trading operation, with desks in London and Singapore to provide liquidity in crypto derivatives around the clock . As the business grows, we are looking for a Digital Assets Strategy & Business Development professional to join our UK Corporate Strategy team in London.

You will lead strategy and commercial development across our digital assets footprint, supporting existing business activities and identifying new opportunities for growth. Working directly with the Head of Digital Assets Trading, you will partner with teams across trading, technology, research and control functions, as well as exchanges, regulators, custodians, prime brokers and other industry participants. This is a role for a commercially minded strategist who is comfortable with ambiguity and wants meaningful ownership in a fast-growing business.

You will sit within the UK Corporate Strategy team and act as the commercial and strategic counterpart to thebroader Optiver UK business, including FX, Commodities and the Digital Assets desk. Specifically, you will:

• Monitor developments across crypto derivatives, tokenised assets, stable coins , settlement rails, and the broader ecosystem, covering market structure, industry trends, and relevant regulatory and policy changes to inform business decisions.
• Identify , assess and develop new business opportunities, partnerships, and growth areas through rigorous, fact-based analysis.
• Map and prioritise the digital assets opportunity set , building the commercial case for new products, venues and geographies, including market sizing, competitive positioning and the build, buy or partner decision.
• Support the development and execution of corporate and business strategy initiatives aligned with Optiver's UK and global digital assets priorities.
• Prepare strategy papers, management presentations and other materials for leadership discussions.
• Source and secure new partnerships across the ecosystem: exchanges and trading venues,direct counter parties,token and perpetuals issuers, custodians, prime brokers, infrastructure providers and intermediaries.
• Represent Optiver externally and build trusted relationships with regulators, exchanges , standard-setting bodies, and industry leaders.
• Build and maintain a network across both traditional finance and crypto-native participants.
• Work with Principal Strategic Investments to assess opportunities where investment may be more appropriate than a commercial partnership.
• Lead commercial structuring and negotiation for new products, venues and partnerships.
• Support ongoing business activities across the digital assets business lines, partnering with trading, control and support functions as needed.
• Own integration work streams end to end, coordinating across trading, technology, legal, compliance, risk and operations to take opportunities from proposal to live trading.
• Define success metrics for new initiatives and hold the business to it after launch.
• Represent Optiver at industry events, conferences and forums.

• 3-5 years' experience in corporate strategy, corporate development, business development, or a related commercial role in financial markets , or relevant strategy consulting or investment banking experience. Working knowledge of both traditional markets (execution, clearing, settlement and financing) and digital assets (exchange and custody models, derivatives, blockchain infrastructure and tokenisation ), with a genuine interest in how the two are converging.
• Proven ability to assess opportunities through rigorous, data-driven analysis and turn recommendations into execution.
• Experience structuring and negotiating complex commercial partnerships and building and…