Head of ETF Capital Markets, EMEA
Location: London, UK. The Head of ETF Capital Markets, EMEA will lead Dimensional’s EMEA ETF capital markets team, overseeing the UCITS ETF platform and ensuring competitive market quality. The role requires expertise in ETF capital markets, effective leadership, and relationship‑management skills.
Responsibilities
- Ensure competitive ETF market quality in EMEA listings; monitor day‑to‑day ETF market quality including volume, primary flows, premiums/discounts, short interest, borrow positions, and identify trends.
- Work closely with broker‑dealer community to promote efficient primary and secondary market activity in Dimensional UCITS ETFs.
- Lead the design and adaptation of ETF capital‑markets workflows and processes to EMEA markets; manage business processes and operational requirements for the platform, and report on key performance indicators of market quality, flows, and operations to global leadership.
- Collaborate with investment teams, legal and compliance to create and maintain alignment with all local market UCITS ETF rules, policies, and procedures, and document key functions and best practices in a comprehensive procedure manual.
- Lead relationships with partners in the ETF capital‑markets ecosystem, including authorised participants, market makers, trading platforms and exchanges; manage vendor relationships for pricing and trading data, and facilitate the development of new tools and processes to monitor ETFs and identify future capabilities.
- Provide education to clients, prospects and intermediaries on ETF liquidity and communicate related information; partner with the Investment Solutions Group and Global Client Group to support business growth and respond to client inquiries; create educational materials and participate in client and industry events and conferences.
- Serve as ETF expert for Dimensional’s EMEA offices; develop partnerships and strengthen cross‑collaboration across internal teams from portfolio management, trading, operations, and investment solutions; coordinate execution of key initiatives and projects within the ETF Capital Markets platform across functional groups.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and Master’s degree or CFA preferred.
- Financial services experience with extensive UCITS ETF experience preferred.
- Alignment with Dimensional’s investment philosophy.
- Ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally; influence and collaborate effectively.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate and present to the organisation externally.
- Ability to drive results and operate independently.
- Experience with broader global market ecosystem.
- Knowledge of a range of asset classes including equities, fixed income, and FX.
- Comfort with ambiguity and proven ability to structure problems and develop analytical frameworks.
- Entrepreneurial drive and demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast‑paced environment.
- Strong technical skills (Excel, Bloomberg, etc.).
- Limited travel (<25%).
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