EMMA GROVES

At a glance
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<li>Recruiting technical, R&amp;D and go-to-market talent for a global business</li>
<li>Hybrid working&nbsp;</li>
<li>Permanent, full-time</li>
<li>Competitive salary, dependent on experience</li>
<li>Genuine ownership and shaping in the role</li>
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Key Responsibilities
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<li>Own the full-cycle global recruitment process.</li>
<li>Build high-quality candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing, market mapping and outreach.</li>
<li>Identify and engage passive candidates.</li>
<li>Work with hiring managers and senior leaders to create exceptional search.</li>
<li>Provide market intelligence, salary insight and candidate availability data.</li>
<li>Manage multiple searches simultaneously across different levels and locations.</li>
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Essential:
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<li>Experience in talent acquisition or recruitment a fast-paced global company.</li>
<li>Experience owning the full recruitment lifecycle.</li>
<li>Fast learner and ability to identify strong candidates for each discipline.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Experience using the latest and most advanced resourcing tools.&nbsp;</li>
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Why Apply?
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<li>Competitive salary, dependent on experience.</li>
<li>Hybrid working.</li>
<li>Genuine ownership in the role.</li>
<li>Varied role, no two days are the same.</li>
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Ready to apply? Get in touch with Emma Groves at Ocho People &mdash; <a href="mailto:emma@ochopeople.com">emma@ochopeople.com</a> &mdash; to find out more or submit your CV.

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Market Operations Associate - Live Events (UK)At a Glance<ul><li>Market Operations role at a high-growth prediction markets trading firm, Belfast (hybrid)</li><li>Core exposure: trading systems, market surveillance, client and partner support, Python/SQL</li><li>Shift-based schedule covering Thursday to Sunday, including weekend working</li><li>Competitive base salary plus discretionary annual incentive bonus</li><li>1+ years' experience in trade support, middle-office operations or compliance welcomed. Would suit a recently qualified Graduate.</li></ul>About the CompanyOur client is a specialist prediction markets trading firm, operating at the frontier of financial markets in partnership with major institutional players. They are building the premier prediction market platform, empowering traders to take positions on real-world events and generating market-driven forecasts for decision makers. The engineering and operations teams are lean, highly skilled, and building infrastructure and processes that operate at genuine exchange scale.The RoleAs Market Operations Associate you will provide real-time support to clients and key internal stakeholders, helping to maintain a fair and orderly market and monitoring the stability of the firm's trading systems. You will work directly with clients, engineers, product managers and executive leaders to resolve mission-critical questions as they arise. This role suits someone adaptive, highly empathetic and motivated to learn, who takes the initiative to understand partners' priorities and guide their adoption of the firm's trading, clearing and data services. You will work in-person hybrid from the Belfast office, on a shift pattern that runs Thursday through Sunday, so weekend working is a core part of this role.Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Develop expertise across trading systems, market functionality, order types and external interfaces</li><li>Support market participants, including futures commission merchants, clearing banks and other industry partners on market access and trading, clearing or data services</li><li>Synthesise user feedback and coordinate communications when escalating critical system issues to engineering</li><li>Monitor system integrity and maintain control of the trading environment</li><li>Maintain listed event contracts, ensuring accurate product specifications, trading parameters and settlement terms</li><li>Execute and maintain operational procedures across the Market Operations function</li><li>Design, build and maintain automation scripts used by the team</li><li>Collaborate with Technology Operations, Product Management, Sales, Quality Assurance, Compliance and Regulation</li></ul>What You'll NeedEssential:<ul><li>Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience</li><li>1+ years' experience in trade support, quantitative trade consulting, middle-office operations, compliance or system engineering within an institutional trading or exchange environment</li><li>Disciplined attention to detail and the initiative to go beyond surface-level answers</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Ability to quickly pick up new concepts, for example beginner-level Python or SQL</li><li>Availability and commitment to a shift-based schedule covering Thursday to Sunday, including weekends, plus an on-call environment</li><li>Right to work in the UK on a permanent, indefinite basis (no visa sponsorship available)</li></ul>Desirable / Nice to Have:<ul><li>Professional exposure to, or familiarity with, electronic trading or exchanges</li><li>Python programming experience, for example writing simple scripts to automate manual processes</li><li>Some ability to query large datasets and analyse results</li></ul>Why Apply?<ul><li>Competitive base salary plus participation in a discretionary annual incentive bonus</li><li>Pension plan with employer match, plus health, vision and dental cover</li><li>Generous paid time off</li><li>Front-row seat to real-time trading and market operations at a firm partnering with Robinhood and Susquehanna International Group</li><li>Direct exposure to clients, engineers, product managers and executive leadership from day one</li><li>Genuine career runway, with individualised training and milestone-based project work outside core shift coverage</li><li>Inclusive, values-led workplace that welcomes candidates from all backgrounds</li></ul>How to ApplyIf you believe you meet the criteria for this role and are excited about the opportunity, please apply via the link. Alternatively, reach out to Phil Gamble directly for an informal chat via LinkedIn or WhatsApp.About Phil Gamble: Phil Gamble has over 21 years of experience recruiting in global software engineering markets, delivering high-quality technical hires for scaling organisations. His relationship-driven approach ensures candidates are supported throughout the entire process.

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