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Head of Europe ETF Capital Markets Solutions, Vice President - State Street Investment Management
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Head of Europe ETF Capital Markets Solutions, Vice President - State Street Investment Management
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The Head of Europe ETF Capital Markets Solutions will lead the management and optimization of State Street's ETF platform, focusing on liquidity outcomes and market quality. Responsibilities include overseeing trading activities, managing relationships with market makers and APs, and driving initiatives for ETF-as-a-Service offerings.
Role OverviewThe Head of Europe ETF Capital Markets Solutions within the ETF Capital Group will be responsible for leading all primary and secondary market activities across State Street Investment Management’s European ETF platform, with end-to-end accountability for liquidity outcomes, market quality, and trading efficiency. This role sits at the center of the ETF franchise, shaping how the platform performs in the market and how it competes across an increasingly complex and evolving market structure landscape.In addition to overseeing the integrity and performance of State Street ETFs, the role will play a key strategic role in advancing the firm’s ETF-as-a-Service (EaaS) offering, leading and delivering comprehensive Capital Markets support for external clients across the full ETF lifecycle. This includes advising on go-to-market strategy, coordinating onboarding of authorized participants, market makers, and exchanges, and designing efficient primary market structures. Post-launch, the role will actively manage liquidity outcomes through ongoing engagement with trading counterparties, continuous monitoring of market quality, and delivery of data-driven diagnostics and reporting, ensuring both State Street and client ETFs achieve consistent, scalable, and competitive performance.Key Responsibilities
- Own and lead secondary market quality across ETFs, including spreads, depth, and execution consistency relative to peers
- Oversee primary market activity, including creations/redemptions, basket construction, and AP engagement
- Build and maintain senior relationships with market makers, APs, exchanges, and liquidity providers
- Develop a Contractual Market Making strategy that improves market quality and sales effectiveness
- Drive automation and scalability of ETF markets oversight through data and technology initiatives
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Investments, Funds Management, Trading, Legal, and Operations teams to improve market quality outcomes
- Improve ETF market quality versus peers (spreads, depth, execution quality, premium/discount behavior)
- Optimize contractual market making relationships, including economics, quoting obligations, and liquidity outcomes
- Enhance primary market efficiency, including tighter arbitrage linkage, improved basket execution, and reduced friction in creations/redemptions
- Increase AP diversification and reduce concentration risk across primary market activity
- Strengthen spread resilience and liquidity provision during periods of market stress
- Improve speed, consistency, and accuracy of market commentary and diagnostics delivered to stakeholders
- Lead capital markets support for external ETF clients across Europe
- Advise on exchange listing strategy, AP onboarding, and liquidity provider selection
- Guide clients on ETF market structure, including primary market design, basket strategy, and trading considerations
- Support ETF launches, including pre-launch liquidity planning and post-launch oversight
- Deep expertise in ETF capital markets, including primary and secondary market mechanics
- Strong understanding of European ETF ecosystem (UCITS, multi-listing structure, etc.)
- Established relationships with APs, market makers, and exchanges
- Proven leadership experience managing teams and driving cross-functional initiatives
- Strong analytical mindset with ability to translate data into actionable insights
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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