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Senior Sales Director l US Listed Derivatives

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Chicago, IL
Senior level
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Chicago, IL
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As Senior Sales Director, you will drive sales in listed derivatives, manage client relationships, and provide insights to influence product development.
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About BMLL:

BMLL is the leading independent provider of harmonised Level 3, 2 and 1 historical data and analytics across global equities, ETFs, futures and US equity options. We provide market participants with immediate access to granular T+1 order book data and advanced analytics, enabling them to accelerate research, optimise trading strategies, and better understand market behaviour.

BMLL was acquired in 2025 by Nordic Capital, alongside minority shareholder Optiver, marking a joint commitment to accelerate the company’s next phase of growth.

For more information, visit our website or follow us on X (@bmlltech) and LinkedIn @BMLL.

About the Role:

Join a high-impact, agile team specializing in listed derivatives while maintaining the breadth to operate confidently across all major asset classes. We are looking for a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, requires minimal oversight, and is energized by mastering complex products, datasets, and workflows.

In this role, you will immerse yourself in the full Capital Markets ecosystem—including Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, Sell-Side institutions, Liquidity Providers, Proprietary Trading firms, Exchanges, and Regulators—to understand how listed derivatives and advanced market data power trading, analytics, and risk workflows.

You will play a key role in shaping how BMLL’s industry-leading data and analytics solutions are positioned, adopted, and expanded across client types, while actively informing the product roadmap through market feedback and client insights.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of demonstrated success selling into the Listed Derivatives market, with deep familiarity across Futures & Options and the participants who rely on them.
  • Strong network and credibility with Hedge Funds, CTAs, and other sophisticated derivatives users, with a track record of influencing decision-makers and driving commercial outcomes.
  • Clear understanding of how clients leverage data for trading metrics, TCA, strategy development, execution optimization, and risk management.
  • Ability to quickly absorb and articulate the technical capabilities of the BMLL platform and effectively differentiate our offering in a competitive landscape.
  • Proven ability to capture client needs and convert them into actionable insights - supporting a strong, continuous feedback loop with the Product team to guide enhancements and new features.
  • Able to translate market understanding into a compelling MVP definition for the Futures space, outlining priority use cases, metrics, and deliverables that resonate with target clients and drive adoption.
  • Works proactively with US and London colleagues, ensuring best practices are shared and consistently applied across teams
  • Actively manage pipeline, forecasting, and account activity in the CRM to ensure transparency and execution discipline.
  • Expertise in listed derivatives market micro structure (desirable) 

Benefits
  • 25 days PTO + selected public holidays
  • Remote working, with in-person team days in NYC as required
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Work-abroad option
  • Annual physical activity & well-being budget
  • Continuous learning through funded training and challenging projects
  • Highly collaborative culture

Top Skills

CRM

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