Director, Core Brokerage Operations and Clearing - Brokerage and Futures Prediction Market

Your Role

We are seeking a Director to serve as a key operational leader within our Brokerage Operations organization. This role is designed for a highly strategic operator who can function as a critical strategic partner to senior operations leadership — owning complex operational domains, driving cross-functional initiatives, scaling brokerage infrastructure, and helping shape Alpaca’s expansion into Futures and Prediction Markets.

Things You Get To Do

• Lead Brokerage & Market Infrastructure Operations
  • Serve as a senior operational leader across Alpaca’s brokerage and clearing ecosystem
  • Help oversee and scale operational workflows across equities, options, cash management, transfers, reconciliations, settlements, and operational risk domains
  • Build and scale operational workflows supporting Futures and Prediction Markets products
  • Design scalable clearing, settlement, reconciliation, collateral, fraud prevention, and lifecycle management processes
  • Partner closely with Product and Engineering teams to operationalize new products and trading capabilities
  • Evaluate operational risk across new market structures and proactively implement controls and monitoring
  • Help shape Alpaca’s long-term operational strategy across brokerage operations and multi-asset clearing infrastructure
• Drive Automation, Scale & Operational Excellence
  • Identify high-impact automation opportunities across reconciliation, exception management, settlement, margin, and reporting workflows
  • Lead initiatives that materially improve operational efficiency, scalability, and reliability