How Our
Search Process Works

A disciplined methodology behind every engagement — from initial client mandate through confidential shortlist presentation. The structured approach that has defined how Paul Murphy Associates delivers senior leadership for the institutions at the core of global capital markets.

The Search We Bring You

Curated roles
across global capital markets.

Our Current Opportunities section highlights select roles across the global capital markets ecosystem. These positions span Associate and Mid-level to Executive and C-suite level appointments within exchanges, clearing institutions, trading firms, financial technology providers, and other market infrastructure organizations.

Every opportunity reflects an active search engagement with a capital markets institution — we do not aggregate roles from public sources or post speculative listings. Each position is one we are actively engaged on as the search partner.

How Our Search Works

The Opportunity Selection Flow

A disciplined search process — from client engagement to
confidential shortlist delivery.

01
Client Mandate

Capital markets institution engages PMA as retained search partner.

02
Role Definition

Detailed scoping of mandate, role profile.

03
Market Mapping

Structured research of senior leadership talent across global capital markets.

04
Evaluation

Rigorous prospect assessment against client job description.

05
Presentation

Confidential shortlist delivered to client with full institutional context.

Live Opportunities

Browse active opportunities

Our live job board lists current search engagements across capital
markets — from senior executive appointments to functional and board-level
roles.

Updated continuously as new roes are added.

Representative Engagements

Examples of recent search opportunities

A snapshot of the types of roles we engage on across capital markets institutions.
These are representative of past engagements — for live opportunities, visit our job board
above.

Sales

Head of Compliance Sales (Americas)

Trading Technology · New York

Strategic commercial leadership hire to drive growth and expand the firm’s compliance product footprint across the Americas.

Risk

Chief Risk Officer

Derivatives Platform · Chicago

Enterprise risk leadership for an Institutional CFTC-regulated designated contract market (DCM) and derivatives clearing organization (DCO)

Technology

Chief Technology Officer

Trading Infrastructure · Chicago

Self-cleared Futures Commissions Merchant (FCM). Hired as the firms first CTO to lead them through their technology transformation

Technology

Chief Data Officer

Derivatives Platform · Chicago

Secured the client’s inaugural Chief Data Officer to lead enterprise-wide data transformation and elevate data as a strategic business asset.

Representative examples of recent search mandates. View live opportunities on our job board →

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