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Senior Institutional Sales Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in institutional BD, sales, or relationship management
  • Strong understanding of crypto markets, derivatives, and institutional trading flows
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business or related field (preferred, not required)

Responsibilities

  • Identify, engage, and onboard institutional clients
  • Build and manage a high-quality pipeline of institutional prospects
  • Serve as the primary contact for priority institutional accounts
  • Negotiate and close high-value institutional agreements

Key facts

Other skills

  • Negotiation
  • Relationship Management
  • Sales
  • Communication
  • Presentations

About the company

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WavesReach

Staffing & Recruiting

We're more than just matchmakers; we're wave riders, expertly navigating the dynamic currents of talent acquisition. With a keen eye for potential and a knack for aligning skills with opportunities, we ride the waves of industry trends to bring you exceptional candidates who can make a transformative impact. Join us on a journey where we tame the waves to find and deliver the best people for your team's success.

Company details

IndustryStaffing & Recruiting
Company size2 - 10

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Job description

We are looking for a Senior Institutional Sales Manager to accelerate institutional adoption and deepen relationships with hedge funds, trading firms, asset managers, family offices, and HNW professional investors.

This role requires a strong network across traditional finance and crypto-native institutions, with the ability to translate institutional needs into actionable solutions. You will serve as a strategic partner to key accounts, drive revenue growth, and strengthen the platform’s position in the global institutional market.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify, engage, and onboard institutional clients, including: hedge funds, family offices, asset managers, proprietary trading firms, high-net-worth (HNW) individual clients.
  • Build and manage a high-quality pipeline of institutional prospects.
  • Serve as the primary contact for priority institutional accounts.
  • Maintain deep, long-term relationships with key decision-makers.
  • Provide timely market insights, product updates, and tailored support.
  • Oversee the complete onboarding cycle: initial outreach, due diligence, KYC/AML, account setup, ongoing account support
  • Work closely with trading, product, compliance, and operations teams to ensure seamless onboarding.
  • Negotiate and close high-value institutional agreements.
  • Attend industry events, conferences, and networking forums to strengthen presence.
  • Monitor industry trends, regulatory updates, and competitor activity to identify new business opportunities.
  • Provide market feedback to product teams to influence roadmap and institutional feature development.
  • Achieve and exceed institutional sales targets.
  • Drive meaningful trading volume and wallet share from institutional clients globally.

Requirements:

  • 3+ years in institutional BD, sales, or relationship management within: crypto exchanges, prime brokerage / equity sales, capital markets, institutional crypto firms. 
  • Strong understanding of crypto markets, derivatives, and institutional trading flows.
  • Existing network across Crypto funds / TradFi institutions / Family offices is strongly preferred.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
  • Able to translate complex products (spot, futures, OTC, yield, structured solutions) to institutional clients.
  • Proven track record in meeting sales targets and managing key accounts.
  • Strong self-management; thrives in fast-paced, global, remote environments.
  • Familiarity with compliance & regulatory standards for institutional onboarding.
  • Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics, Business or related field (preferred, not required).

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with OTC desks, derivatives, or structured products.
  • Knowledge of quant / API trading, algorithmic trading workflows.
  • Relationships with crypto-native institutions (trading firms, miners, funds, DeFi protocols).

Benefits:

  • Drive institutional growth for one of the worlds leading exchanges.
  • High-impact global role with significant revenue contribution.
  • Work closely with product & trading teams building next-generation institutional infrastructure.
  • Competitive compensation, performance-driven culture, and strong career upside.

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