Director - Structured Derivatives & Capital Markets 80-100% — Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino)
- Location
- s
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 16 days ago
Role overview
Do you want to contribute to Zurich's Global Investment Management organization, its business strategy, projects and to pursue innovation and continuous improvement?
Investment Management is Zurich’s center of competence for managing over USD 160bn of insurance assets.
This role combines senior derivatives investment expertise with end‑to‑end implementation ownership, quantitative tooling leadership, and strong governance accountability.
It sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, risk, and operations, requiring both deep technical skills and the ability to drive cross‑functional alignment in a regulated insurance asset management environment.
What you will do Derivatives Implementation, Infrastructure & Monitoring - Assist the Head of Financial Engineering in the management of team mandates, ensuring effective utilization of resources and adherence to strategic goals - Own the end‑to‑end implementation of derivatives programmes across local, regional levels, from structuring and pricing through execution, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Design, enhance, and maintain derivatives pricing, analytics tools, and structured payoffs, ensuring robustness, documentation, and calibration governance.
- Lead the development of market and risk monitoring dashboards, providing timely and actionable insights on rates, credit spreads, volatility, equity factors, and counterparty risk.
OTC Derivatives Operations & Collateral Management - Coordinate the full non‑cleared derivatives value chain, ensuring alignment between Legal, Middle Office, Treasury Operations, Risk, Custodian, and external counterparties.
- Provide senior oversight of initial and variation margin frameworks, ensuring appropriate collateral standards, operational alignment, and effective issue resolution across stakeholders.
- Support and lead discussions on initial margin frameworks, clearing versus non‑clearing choices, custodial arrangements, and regulatory thresholds Cross‑Asset Advisory & Portfolio Support - Contribute to governance and analytical oversight of complex asset classes adjacent to derivatives, including CLOs, asset‑backed investments, and mortgage programmes.
- Experience with other investment areas beyond derivatives (e.g.
Key requirements
- Experience with other investment areas beyond derivatives (e.g.
Application process
- We look forward to receiving your online application today!
Company and context
- Do you want to contribute to Zurich's Global Investment Management organization, its business strategy, projects and to pursue innovation and continuous improvement?
- Investment Management is Zurich’s center of competence for managing over USD 160bn of insurance assets.
- This role combines senior derivatives investment expertise with end‑to‑end implementation ownership, quantitative tooling leadership, and strong governance accountability.
- It sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, risk, and operations, requiring both deep technical skills and the ability to drive cross‑functional alignment in a regulated insurance asset management environment.
- What you will do Derivatives Implementation, Infrastructure & Monitoring
- Assist the Head of Financial Engineering in the management of team mandates, ensuring effective utilization of resources and adherence to strategic goals
- Own the end‑to‑end implementation of derivatives programmes across local, regional levels, from structuring and pricing through execution, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Design, enhance, and maintain derivatives pricing, analytics tools, and structured payoffs, ensuring robustness, documentation, and calibration governance.
- Lead the development of market and risk monitoring dashboards, providing timely and actionable insights on rates, credit spreads, volatility, equity factors, and counterparty risk.
- OTC Derivatives Operations & Collateral Management
Additional details
- Strengthen analytics, reporting, and benchmarking frameworks across asset classes, supporting informed investment and risk decisions. What you bring Education
- Strong understanding of regulatory requirements (FINMA / equivalent), and experience leading or supporting their implementation at Group level. Stakeholder & Leadership Skills
Notes and original content
- Strengthen analytics, reporting, and benchmarking frameworks across asset classes, supporting informed investment and risk decisions.
- What you bring Education
- Strong understanding of regulatory requirements (FINMA / equivalent), and experience leading or supporting their implementation at Group level.
- Stakeholder & Leadership Skills
Questions about this listing
What salary does Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) offer for this role?
Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) lists CHF 189'000 - 331'500 gross per year for this position in s. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
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