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Talent Lead - CTO Office

Optiver
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/24/2026 CLOSED ON 4/4/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Talent Lead - CTO Office position at Optiver?

Optiver’s technology teams build and run the systems that power our trading every day. As Talent Lead for the CTO Office, you’ll partner closely with the CTO and tech leadership to shape how we attract, grow, and retain top engineering talent. You’ll work at the intersection of people, data, and strategy – helping to ensure our technology organization scales with the right capabilities for the future.

What You’ll Do


  • Act as a strategic partner to the CTO and senior tech leads on all talent matters – from workforce planning to leadership development and mobility.
  • Develop dashboards and metrics that generate meaningful insight across the talent lifecycle.
  • Design and coordinate the implementation of strategic talent interventions.
  • Partner with brand, marketing and comms specialists to craft clear internal and external messaging
  • Serve as a bridge between technology leadership and HR leadership, ensuring alignment across priorities


What You’ll Get


  • The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
  • Highly competitive compensation package
  • Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
  • 401(k) match up to 50%
  • Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
  • 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
  • Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more


Who You Are


  • Analytical and data-driven: you can find insight in complexity and separate the signal from the noise
  • Conceptual and strategic: you see the system, not just the symptom – distilling complex org dynamics into clear, actional insights
  • Strong communicator: clear, concise, assertive when needed; confident across written, verbal and boardroom settings
  • Experience that helps
    • Talent management, technology, trading or management consulting backgrounds
    • 7 years of experience in a fast-moving, high-performance environment, e.g., Tier 1 consulting, Tier 1 investment banking (Goldman, JPM), leading tech firms or top specialist talent firms
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required; we will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening.

Who We Are

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100 exchanges across the globe.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Below is the expected base salary for this position. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.

Base Salary Range

$200,000—$375,000 USD

Salary : $200,000 - $375,000

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