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🥝 Head of Derivatives Product, Dubai

Emerald Zebra Recruitment & Executive Search | dubai, United-Arab-Emirates | Posted June 12, 2026

Job Description

Our client is a well-established digital asset exchange and trading platform business that is building a crypto options trading platform (European-style, cash-settled BTC/ETH options) to complement its existing offering. As Head of Derivatives Product, you will own the end-to-end product vision, from contract specifications and margin policy through to the trader-facing options chain experience, and drive the platform from concept to live trading within six months.

Key Responsibilities
  • Define the complete product specification for v1: instrument design (expiries, strike intervals, tick sizes, contract multipliers, settlement currency), trading rules, and fee structure.
  • Own the product roadmap from MVP (isolated margin, weekly and monthly expiries) through v2 (portfolio margin, multi-leg strategies, combos and spreads).
  • Translate the quant team's risk methodology (mark price, IV surface, liquidation logic) into clear, publishable product docu...

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