ETF Capital Markets Specialist

Recognising tomorrow's opportunities today. Yours and ours.

At Swiss Life Asset Managers you will contribute your own talent and expertise in a motivated and flexible working environment. You will take on a high degree of responsibility and master demanding challenges independently, with the scope to express yourself and in cooperation with professional teams.

Working at Swiss Life Asset Managers is a dynamic experience in a stable environment. Our employees make the difference. People count.
Flexible working models will enable you to reconcile your professional and personal ambitions.

• Market Architecture & Ecosystem Design: Build and manage the legal, operational and commercial framework for an AP and Market Maker network across Europe’s major exchanges.
• Secondary Market Quality: Monitor liquidity metrics (spreads, depth, premiums/discounts) and coordinate with market makers to maintain world‑class trading quality. Conduct liquidity reviews, benchmarking, and intervene when pricing efficiency deviates from targets.
• Primary Market Operation: Oversee daily creation/redemption processes with our Irish ICAV administrator, custodian, and service providers. Implement and refine capital‑markets procedures, SLAs, and risk controls.
• Strategic Partner Selection: Lead RFPs and negotiations with Lead Market Makers, APs, and liquidity providers. Establish robust due‑diligence and onboarding frameworks.
• Product Development
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner with Portfolio Management to optimize PCFs, custom baskets, and structures improving secondary‑market efficiency. Provide capital‑markets insight during product design and launch planning.
• Institutional Client Advisory: Act as technical expert for institutional clients, supporting block trades, RFQ workflows, and transitions. Organize and deliver capital-markets education for internal sales teams and key clients.
• Execution Desk
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Support multi‑asset trade execution (equities, fixed income, FX, derivatives, futures), including order handling and allocations.
• Governance, Regulation & Risk: Develop reporting, dashboards, and risk‑monitoring standards.

• Experience: 7+ years in ETF capital markets, Delta‑One trading, ETF issuance, or a senior AP/MM role.
• Expert Knowledge: Deep understanding of Irish‑domiciled UCITS, European ETF market microstructure, and creation/redemption mechanics.
• Network: Strong relationships across Tier‑1 banks, APs/MMs, exchanges, and the ETF ecosystem.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Expertise in arbitrage/hedging mechanisms, NAV pricing, basket construction, and relevant tax considerations.
• Interpersonal Skills
  :
  Ability to build relationships within our team, across our organization, and with our clients.
• Mindset: Entrepreneurial, hands‑on “builder” with the ability to design and scale processes.
• Languages: Fluent in German and English;
  French is a plus.

We help our employees shape their professional development and their private life to their best advantage, throughout all phases of their life. Our attractive benefits play a part in this effort.

Barbara Dailey
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