Derivative Sales Lead
Polymarket is a decentralized information markets platform that lets users bet on the outcome of real-world events.
About Polymarket
Polymarket is an information markets platform where users can trade on the outcomes of various events, leveraging the power of free markets to forecast the future. It provides a mechanism for users to bet on real-world events and earn money based on the outcomes.
Skills
About the Role
You will build and manage a pipeline of VIP retail derivatives traders, taking ownership of outreach, qualification, conversion, onboarding, and ongoing relationship management. You will understand client needs around perpetual futures and communicate product feedback internally. You will create sales and onboarding playbooks, monitor client health and churn risk, grow wallet share, and represent the business at relevant trading and crypto events.
Requirements
- Have 3+ years of experience in a client-facing derivatives role, such as retail sales, VIP account management, or business development
- Demonstrate deep familiarity with perpetual futures, including funding rates, liquidation mechanics, tick size, and margin modes
- Demonstrate the ability to source and close revenue-generating clients
- Independently manage a client book and create processes without existing infrastructure
- Communicate clearly in writing and in person and simplify complex product mechanics for non-technical clients
- Work across product, legal, compliance, and operations to progress deals and onboard clients
- Experience in sales or VIP coverage at a crypto derivatives exchange is a plus
- An existing network of active retail derivatives traders or trading communities is a plus
- Familiarity with prediction markets or event-driven trading is a plus
- Experience building a client vertical or product line from scratch is a plus
Responsibilities
- Build and manage a pipeline of VIP retail derivatives traders
- Drive the full sales cycle, including outreach, qualification, conversion, onboarding, and relationship management
- Develop expertise in perpetual futures and position the product effectively
- Coordinate with product, legal, and compliance to onboard clients
- Synthesize VIP client feedback on product gaps, pricing, and user experience
- Create playbooks, outreach templates, and onboarding materials
- Track client activity and health, flag churn risk, and identify wallet-share growth opportunities
- Represent Polymarket at trading events, crypto conferences, and community spaces
Benefits
- Equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Health coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401k match
- MacBook Pro, display, and accessories
