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We provide liquidity algorithmically across all major cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading solutions as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto.\nWintermute is not just a trading company, it is one the most prominent and influential players in the digital asset markets: we are connected and partnering with all major players in the industry, we actively participate in the development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments, partnerships, and incubation of projects. You can read more here.\nWorking at Wintermute\nWintermute is a global company with offices in London and Singapore. It opened its US office in New York in early 2025 and it is set to grow significantly over the next several years.\nInstitutional Business Development at Wintermute\nWe are hiring an Institutional Business Development Manager or Director in London and New York to support and accelerate Wintermute's institutional expansion across global financial markets. The level will depend on your experience, existing relationships, product knowledge and track record of delivering commercial results. We are looking for candidates with a strong understanding of traditional financial markets and experience engaging sophisticated institutional counterparties across trading, liquidity and market infrastructure.\nYou will be responsible for originating, developing and managing strategic commercial relationships across Wintermute's institutional business lines, while working closely with trading, product and operations teams to drive growth across OTC, derivatives and liquidity solutions. Wintermute operates at the intersection of institutional finance and digital asset markets, partnering with leading exchanges and a broad range of institutional counterparties globally.\nResponsibilities:\nDrive growth across Wintermute's institutional OTC and derivatives businesses.\nOriginate, develop and manage relationships with institutional counterparties including hedge funds, asset managers, proprietary trading firms, family offices, pensions, endowments, exchanges, custodians and market infrastructure providers.\nDevelop and execute commercial strategies focused on institutional client acquisition, relationship development and revenue growth.\nWork closely with trading, product and operations teams to commercialise new products and trading solutions, including derivatives offerings.\nProactively identify client hedging, liquidity and risk-transfer requirements and develop relevant solutions across Wintermute's product suite.\nCross-sell Wintermute's broader liquidity offering, increase wallet share and identify new revenue opportunities across existing relationships.\nMaintain active dialogue with counterparties to gather market intelligence, product feedback and evolving institutional requirements.\nIdentify strategic partnerships and expansion opportunities across traditional and digital asset markets.\nMonitor market structure developments, competitive dynamics and regulatory trends to identify new commercial opportunities.\nMaintain a structured business development process, including effective pipeline management, CRM usage and client follow-up.\nWork with internal teams to continuously improve institutional client engagement and commercial processes.\nManager level:\n4-7+ years of relevant experience in institutional financial markets, trading, capital markets, financial infrastructure or a related commercial environment.\nExperience in institutional business development, sales, partnerships, capital markets coverage or another counterparty-facing 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stakeholders across hedge funds, asset managers, banks, trading firms and market infrastructure providers.\nAbility to contribute to Wintermute's broader institutional growth strategy and shape how we approach key markets and counterparties.\nSeries 7 and Series 63 licences are preferred for relevant US-based candidates. \nHere is why you should join our dynamic team:\nOpportunity to work at the world's leading algorithmic trading firm.\nEngaging projects offering accelerated responsibilities and ownership growth compared to traditional finance environments.\nA vibrant working culture with team events, celebrations and company wide team building events.\nGreat company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet with a startup vibe, collaborative and entrepreneurial.\nA performance-based compensation with a significant earning upside alongside standard perks like private medical 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