Head of Strategy and Operations

You will join Wintermute's Strategy and Operations team in the COO office, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. You will co-design, own, and implement strategic initiatives while building core business functions for scale. The role is practical, hands-on, and highly cross-functional.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic cross-functional initiatives through successful implementation and act as a hands-on problem solver and executor.
• Oversee Strategy and Operations projects while delivering personal projects with a player-coach mentality.
• Lead go-to-market analysis and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and revenue.
• Identify growth opportunities and help launch operations, including licensing and new products.
• Build reporting and analytics capabilities and automate dashboards to inform decisions.
• Develop talent operations and internal training programs.
• Deliver operations for multidisciplinary processes and ensure cross-department alignment.
• Review and negotiate commercial agreements and liaise with investors and external advisors.

Requirements

• 8-10 years of experience in a high-performance environment such as management consulting, investment banking, private equity, venture capital-backed startups, or law firms.
• 2+ years of in-house execution experience in trading or crypto firms.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on execution ability and ownership mentality.
• Strong, concise communication and listening skills.
• Structured, organized, reliable, and able to drive urgency and alignment.
• Deep understanding of trading and crypto.
• Ability and interest to learn new technologies quickly.
• Experience with SQL and Python is a plus.
• Familiarity with Tableau or PowerBI.
• Results-driven with strong execution skills.
• Top-tier MBA is a plus.

Benefits

• Exposure to all departments of a top-tier trading firm.
• Work alongside the COO on growth-focused strategic projects.
• Hands-on entrepreneurial experience.
• Influence over the role's scope and direction.
• Personal accountability and non-linear rewards for results.
• Experience in a dynamic crypto-native company with diversified exposure across the ecosystem.