Business Strategist

• Support identification and definition of strategic priorities in close collaboration with IMC leadership to help IMC achieve its rapid growth ambitions over the next years;
• Apply structured problem-solving methodologies to assess challenges evaluate opportunities and recommend solutions;
• Lead or become involved in specific projects relevant to the business and have a "seat at the table" with IMC Chicago's leadership team;
• Work closely with leadership business units and cross-functional teams to align on project goals secure buy-in and drive execution;
• Monitor market trends industry developments and best practices to inform project execution and strategic decision-making.

• Leading structured problem solving on growth-critical questions for existing and new businesses including creative market sizing under sparse data (proxy modeling expert elicitation bottom-up builds) and diligence of new markets with global and regulatory considerations; informed go/no-go and investment decisions;
• Complex operational skills including understanding key areas to explore identifying different operational set ups and the pros and cons for each and building a roadmap with the optimal approach;
• Operating autonomously in a fast-paced environment leading multiple concurrent workstreams by owning workplans driving analyses coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and producing decision-ready materials and recommendations on tight timelines;
• Managing senior stakeholders facilitating alignment through structured updates risk-based options and clear trade-off narratives that accelerated decision-making; and
• Driving end-to-end execution across a broad initiative portfolio: scoped problems built workplans collected/validated data ran quantitative/qualitative analyses synthesized insights and communicated recommendations through executive-ready narratives and visuals to internal and external stakeholders.

What We Do

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989 we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US Europe Asia Pacific and India our talented quant researchers engineers traders and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative high-performance culture and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

Why Work With Us

At IMC the best ideas win regardless of hierarchy. Graduates receive mentorship and make an impact from day one while experienced hires get to shape their own path in a flexible high-performance environment. We remove barriers so everyone can grow and help drive one of the world’s leading liquidity providers.

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