Early Career Talent Partner - Trading

What you'll do

• Execute the early career recruitment strategy for the Trading Department and influence future campus recruiting cycles, including undergraduate and graduate-student recruitment 

• Represent Belvedere at collegiate trading competitions, poker tournaments, and industry networking events using these events as a primary sourcing and brand-building channel for quant trading talent 

• Foster and maintain relationships with campus trading groups, investment clubs, and quant/finance student organizations, positioning Belvedere as a destination employer within those communities 

• Build and deepen pipelines with academic programs that feed directly into our industry (such as financial mathematics, financial engineering, quantitative/quant research, applied math, and statistics programs) including faculty, program-director relationships, and alumni groups 

• Full-cycle campus recruiting for Trading roles: managing a high-volume candidate pipeline from initial application through Super Day and offer stage, in partnership with our People Operations team on engagement and onboarding, including candidates with extended non-compete periods 

• Partner with Trading hiring managers to understand evolving skill and market needs (quantitative reasoning, probability, market intuition) and translate them into sourcing strategy and candidate evaluation criteria 

• Represent Belvedere during campus visits and virtual open houses, presenting our internship programs and early trading talent development paths 

• Retroactively analyze engagement efforts to understand the return on strategic partnerships (competitions, clubs, academic programs) and the success of new engagements, out of the box engagement ideas area embraced  

• Provide a high-touch candidate and hiring manager experience by articulating our core values in ways that resonate with a quantitative, trading-focused candidate pool 

• Evaluate and measure recruiting results and identify areas for process and performance improvement, systematization, and automation 

What you'll need

• 2+ years recruitment experience, preferably with intern, entry-level and early career talent pools in fintech, professional services, and financial firms 

• Ability to manage full-cycle recruiting process including resume review, phone screens, interview scheduling and facilitation, and offer calls 

• Demonstrated success recruiting at multiple universities in highly competitive markets, ideally within quantitative trading, prop trading, or finance 

• Comfort engaging with quantitative and markets-adjacent concepts (probability, statistics, game theory) enough to speak credibly to trading competition organizers, quant faculty, and student trading groups 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills 

• Ability to travel as needed during peak campus recruiting periods in the fall and spring, including to trading competitions and conferences 

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities/projects, meet deadlines, and facilitate change with a sense of urgency 

• Proven analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills with demonstrated negotiation skills and influencing positive outcomes 

• Eager to take on new tasks/responsibilities and passion for candidate experience, operational excellence, and continuous development 

• Experience coordinating and participating in both in-person and virtual recruiting events/activities 

• Comfortable working with and presenting recruitment data and market data, reporting, and analytics 

• Bachelor's Degree required