Recruitment Coordinator

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 looking for a self-starter and organized Recruitment Coordinator to join our Recruitment Operations Team. 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.

What you’ll do:

• 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

What you’ll get:

You'll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets. This role is a full-time, salaried position anticipated to last for a one-year term, but with the potential to extend.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• 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  

Who you are: 

• 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
• Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) like Greenhouse and other recruitment technology preferred
• 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 Chicago or willing to relocate for on-site work

Who we are:

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.