Lead Macro Analyst

About the role

IMC’s Macro Analyst team provides traders with market-moving insights and trading ideas across global macro and volatility markets. As the Lead Macro Analyst, you will be based in Amsterdam and oversee a team focused on generating actionable analysis and trading strategies across European equity index volatility and related markets. You will collaborate closely with IMC traders to identify opportunities, manage a portfolio of macro-driven positions, and ensure IMC remains at the forefront of interpreting key economic, political, and market events.

Your Core Responsibilities: 

• Lead the European Macro Analyst team in developing trading ideas and options strategies on equity index volatilities, spreads, and related financial instruments.
• Manage the team’s PnL portfolio, focused on global events, European market themes, and major macro headlines.
• Develop and maintain scenario analyses around key market-moving events such as economic data releases, central bank meetings, national budgets, elections, and geopolitical developments.
• Provide traders with timely insights and actionable updates on what’s driving markets during trading hours and in out-of-hours futures sessions.
• React quickly to unexpected market events, generating scenarios and strategies to capture emerging opportunities.
• Ensure strong operational coverage and responsiveness to trader needs.
• Foster collaboration with other IMC analyst teams in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, and Mumbai, sharing insights and best practices.
• Mentor and develop team members, creating an environment that encourages ownership, innovation, and high-quality output.

Your Skills and Experience: 

• 5–6+ years of experience at a high-frequency trading firm or leading investment bank, with strong exposure to equities, volatility, and options markets.
• Deep understanding of European financial markets and the macroeconomic and geopolitical factors driving them.
• Proven ability to generate actionable trading ideas and manage a portfolio around global and regional market themes.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with a collaborative, goal-oriented approach to managing a team.
• Excellent communication skills, able to engage traders and convey insights clearly and succinctly under time pressure.
• Calm and analytical under fast-moving market conditions.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a drive for innovation and continuous improvement.

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.