Managing Director, Derivatives & Hedging (Insurance)

Location: Addison, Texas; Montpelier, Vermont; or New York, New York. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Salary: $243,750–$357,500 USD annually, plus potential incentive compensation and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an insurance company founded in 1848, with NLG Capital managing more than $40 billion in assets under management.

What you will do

• Set the enterprise strategy and direction for derivatives and hedging across asset classes, insurance products, and reinsurance arrangements.
• Build and scale a hedging platform, evolving static programs toward dynamic overlays as business and asset volumes grow.
• Oversee trade execution, monitoring, lifecycle management, hedge effectiveness, risk exposures, and capital impacts.
• Partner with actuarial, product, investment, finance, treasury, distribution, and banking teams on indexed products, M&A, reinsurance, FX exposures, and in-force risk.
• Communicate strategies, performance, and risk profiles to executive leadership, the Board, regulators, rating agencies, and external counterparties.
• Build and lead a high-performing team across trading, analytics, systems, and portfolio management.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in quantitative or mathematical finance, statistics, economics, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• At least 15 years of progressively senior derivatives and hedging experience, including significant executive leadership experience.
• At least five years developing and executing derivative strategies for insurance company assets and liabilities.
• Experience designing, implementing, and scaling enterprise hedging programs in insurance, reinsurance, or asset management.
• Knowledge of life and annuity products, including IUL, FIA, MYGA, and RILA, and their embedded market risks.
• Experience building and leading multidisciplinary hedging teams and communicating complex strategies to senior stakeholders.

Nice to have

• CFA, FRM, FSA, or equivalent professional designation.
• Knowledge of U.S. statutory accounting, GAAP, and insurance regulatory and actuarial guidelines.
• Experience with collateral management, ISDA/CSA negotiations, counterparty relationships, M&A, reinsurance, and new product launches.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, flat, meritocratic investment environment focused on transparency, intellectual honesty, learning, and excellence.
• Benefits begin on day one and can be customized for individual and family needs.
• Benefits may include medical coverage, 401(k) eligibility, vacation, sick time, parental leave, and discretionary annual incentives.
• AI tools are encouraged where appropriate, with requirements for human validation, confidentiality, data privacy, security, compliance, and accountability.