What are the responsibilities and job description for the Trader, Cross Asset Electronic position at Wellington Management?
About Us
Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.
About The Role
The Position
We are seeking a Trader to join our Cross Asset Electronic Trading (XAET) team. This role leverages a range of electronic execution protocols to systematically trade across multiple asset classes, with a primary focus on macro markets, in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Responsibilities include executing and monitoring trades, tracking market moves and evolving market structure, developing and testing trading strategies, and producing performance and risk reporting. The successful candidate will partner closely with other Traders, Portfolio Managers, and our Data and Technology teams to optimize execution quality and strengthen risk management. A strong interest in financial markets and market structure, combined with a continuous-improvement mindset, is essential.
Wellington Management's trading philosophy and practices are based on the principles of seeking best execution, contributing to portfolio alpha, and managing regulatory, operational, liquidity and investment risks. We seek to execute orders in a manner consistent with these principles and in accordance with our written policies, which emphasize the fair dissemination, aggregation and allocation of investment opportunities across our investment platform and ultimately our clients.
Wellington Management’s Trading Department employs approximately 60 traders globally across all markets. Our investment and trading activities are conducted on an industry-leading internally developed software platform, which we believe creates a meaningful competitive advantage. We are also supported by an in-house research and analytics team who provide in-depth, action-oriented insights into our trading capabilities and activities.
Responsibilities
A successful candidate should have the following qualifications:
As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.
Benefits
At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:
USD 120,000 - 225,000
This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.
Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)
We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.
Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.
About The Role
The Position
We are seeking a Trader to join our Cross Asset Electronic Trading (XAET) team. This role leverages a range of electronic execution protocols to systematically trade across multiple asset classes, with a primary focus on macro markets, in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Responsibilities include executing and monitoring trades, tracking market moves and evolving market structure, developing and testing trading strategies, and producing performance and risk reporting. The successful candidate will partner closely with other Traders, Portfolio Managers, and our Data and Technology teams to optimize execution quality and strengthen risk management. A strong interest in financial markets and market structure, combined with a continuous-improvement mindset, is essential.
Wellington Management's trading philosophy and practices are based on the principles of seeking best execution, contributing to portfolio alpha, and managing regulatory, operational, liquidity and investment risks. We seek to execute orders in a manner consistent with these principles and in accordance with our written policies, which emphasize the fair dissemination, aggregation and allocation of investment opportunities across our investment platform and ultimately our clients.
Wellington Management’s Trading Department employs approximately 60 traders globally across all markets. Our investment and trading activities are conducted on an industry-leading internally developed software platform, which we believe creates a meaningful competitive advantage. We are also supported by an in-house research and analytics team who provide in-depth, action-oriented insights into our trading capabilities and activities.
Responsibilities
- Execute systematic trades across macro markets and other asset classes using electronic execution protocols and continuously enhance execution workflows/strategies to improve outcomes, efficiency, and risk controls.
- Partner with Portfolio Managers, Research Analysts, and Strategists to translate investment views and portfolio objectives into executable trading plans, informed by real-time monitoring of market moves, liquidity, and venue flow.
- Maintain deep expertise in market structure and the electronic trading ecosystem (venue microstructure, regulation, and technology), adapting execution approaches as conditions evolve.
- Build strong relationships with brokers, market makers, and trading venues to improve market access, liquidity sourcing, and execution quality.
- Collaborate with Traders, Trading Research & Analytics, and Trading Technology to improve tools/data and deliver ongoing performance and risk reporting.
A successful candidate should have the following qualifications:
- Prior experience in systematic trading using electronic protocols; Knowledge of various trading platforms and tools is a plus
- Versatility is critical: ability and willingness to learn and trade instruments across the entire team’s remit
- Excellent analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills, detail oriented and ability to multi-task in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Proactive in learning about market structure evolution, industry solutions, and pursuing new opportunities to improve execution outcomes and/or trading workflows
- Project management and strong organizational skills, with the ability to drive projects from inception to completion
- Solid work ethic and a growth mindset, continuously investing in personal development
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with experience working in a highly collaborative, team-based, and results-oriented environment
- Impeccable integrity, fiduciary mindset, and ability to consistently place the interests of our clients as the number one priority
- Technical mindset with experience in programming languages such as Python, R or C , constructing and analyzing SQL/database queries is preferred
- Academic credentials: a bachelor’s degree is required and additional business, financial, or technology degrees and skills (MBA, CFA, CAIA) would be highly additive
As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.
Benefits
At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:
USD 120,000 - 225,000
This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.
Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)
We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.