Salary Range: 80000 to 100000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry.

Our People Team department focuses on delivering employee-first solutions to the business. We go all-out to understand and support our team member's needs, leverage data to gain insights and trends, and advance our human-capital-related applications for efficiency and consistency. We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success.  The People Team is comprised of Employee Experience, People Operations, Talent, and People & Development. These groups work closely together to bring in the best talent for Team Belvedere and from day one, make sure that all team members have all the tools they need to succeed and develop through their tenure.

Belvedere Trading is hiring a People Operations Generalist to join our People Team. This role sits at the analytical core of the function: you'll own People analytics and the HRIS as our system of record, along with compensation market data, the performance review program, and offboarding. You'll own the data and systems that tell us what's happening across the employee lifecycle and help shape how the function evolves as the firm scales.

The ideal candidate will carry People analytics and HRIS ownership at a more analytical level than administration: defining metrics, maintaining data integrity, and empowering managers and leaders to use the data to make decisions. The right person has enough analytical rigor to earn credibility with leaders, and enough People Operations depth to own programs that scale across the full employee lifecycle.This role is ideal for someone who wants real ownership over how a growing People function measures itself, likes working closely with a small team, and wants to build something rather than just maintain it.

What you'll do

Drive People analytics end to end:define the metric set, build the reporting infrastructure, and deliver the headcount, hiring, turnover, and performancereporting leaders use.

Supply and pressure-test the people data behind key workforce questions across the employee lifecycle, and work with the People Partners to turn it into recommendations leaders can act on.

Own the People Operations side of the HRIS and internal Portal, including configuration, access, integrations, and data hygiene.

Lead compensation market intelligence and benchmarking, test bands and guidelines against market movement, and partner with the People Partner to model costs and recommend compensation actions.

Manage the performance review program from design through completion reporting and run the promotion/leveling cycle with the analysis behind it.

Run offboarding end to end, coordinating across People, legal, and payroll, and turn exit data into retention insight.

Automate manual work and continuously improve how People processes run.

Support the broader employee lifecycle alongside the People Operations team, including onboarding, benefits and leave, and day-to-day employee questions.

What you'll need

3+ years in a Generalist, People Analytics, HR/Compensation, or a related analytical role, with real ownership of data, metrics, or systems.

Bachelor’s degree required, equivalent experience considered.

Advanced Excel skills, with a track record of building and auditing complex models.

Able to assemble your own datasets from multiple sources rather than relying on canned reports; SQL or similar querying experience is a plus.

Proven ability to build reporting that others use, in Power BI or a comparable tool.

Hands-on experience owning or administering an HRIS, including configuration, data integrity, and vendor management. Experience with Paycom, Culture Amp, and an HRIS migration is a plus.

Experience with compensation and market benchmarking data, or strong analytical rigor that transfers directly.

Sound judgment handling confidential People data — compensation, performance, and employee relations — including who should have access to what.

Highly organized, proactive, and resourceful, someone who spots what's broken or missing and fixes it without waiting to be asked.

Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to translate data into recommendations People partners and leaders can act on.

Able to run multiple concurrent workstreams (analytics, comp, performance cycle, offboarding)

Women and underrepresented groups frequently apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications.

We encourage you to break that mold and apply. No candidate is perfect; all have a lot to offer. We welcome your application.

Core Values

The secret to our award-winning culture is our Core Values: Team Belvedere, Me In Team, Own It, Build Rockets, and Passionate Discourse. We live and breathe these values every day.

Our Stance

Belvedere is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a non-discriminatory employment environment for its employees. Discrimination against employees and applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, military, and veteran status is prohibited. Belvedere encourages initiatives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. Belvedere is committed to providing a positive environment in which team members are treated with respect, dignity, and courtesy. Our firm believes in a dynamic culture of inclusion and diversity, where people thrive on individual and organizational characteristics, values, experiences, and backgrounds.

Please note that Belvedere Trading does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of Team Belvedere. No phone calls, please.

Any questions regarding the virtual recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected].

Work Schedule: Regular and reliable attendance during standard business hours.

Occasional nights and weekends.

Amount of Travel Required: Travel may occasionally be required for off-site events, conferences, or job fairs, depending on the needs of the role.

Physical: Ability to sit and concentrate for long periods of time as well as the ability to lift 30 pounds

Sponsorship: Not available for this position.

About the company

Belvedere Trading is a proprietary trading firm that uses its own capital to make markets in options and other exchange-traded derivatives. Its traders post prices at which they are willing to buy or sell, providing liquidity to other market participants while managing the positions those transactions create. Quantitative researchers, traders, and engineers develop pricing models, execution tools, and risk systems that support decisions and trading across electronic exchanges. The firm earns money from its trading activities and arrangements with backed trading groups, using internal technology as part of that business. Belvedere Trading was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

2002

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Capital exceeded the regulatory floor: Belvedere Trading LLC held $131.8 million net capital in December 2025, versus $1 million required.
Trader development crosses products: Belvedere's junior rotation program spans equity indices, interest rates, and commodity desks.
Training connects traders and engineers: Belvedere Trading University teaches options theory, software systems, and simulated trading.

What critics are saying

Clearing exposure is concentrated: Belvedere Trading LLC disclosed approximately $150 million credit exposure to its clearing firm in December 2025.
Campus offers have limited flexibility: Belvedere's recruiting FAQ fixes position, title, location, and internship dates after an offer.
Some engineering work starts early: Belvedere's Chicago FPGA Engineer posting requires occasional on-site attendance before standard business hours.

What makes Belvedere Trading unique

Hardware development targets trading latency: Belvedere's FPGA Engineer role builds algorithmic systems and develops new hardware platforms.
Floor execution complements technology: Belvedere recruits traders for Cboe Super Pit or AMEX open-outcry markets.
Experienced groups get customized backing: Belvedere ties trading splits to capital needs and makes proprietary technology optional.

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Benefits

Medical coverage
Life Insurance
Complimentary access to a full gym in the building
Time off
Parental leave
401(k)
Continuing education
Transit benefit program
Relocation reimbursement

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