Director, Overlays – Future Fund Management Agency
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0771063
- Agency: Future Fund Management Agency
- Job Title: Director, Overlays
- Position Number: JR100356
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Wednesday 22 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Melbourne VIC
- Future Merit Locations: Melbourne
- Salary: Future Merit
- Office Arrangement: Hybrid (Minimum 3 days/week in office. Tuesday/Wednesday)
About Future Fund Management Agency
The Future Fund is Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, investing for the benefit of future generations of Australians. The Future Fund
Board of Guardians, supported by the Future Fund Management Agency, invests the assets of seven public asset funds: the Future
Fund, the Medical Research Future Fund, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund, the Future Drought
Fund, the Emergency Response Fund and the DisabilityCare Australia Fund. Each fund has an investment mandate that is
determined by the Australian Government under legislation. Our role is to generate strong, risk-adjusted returns over the long term.
Duties
- What you’ll do
- You will:
- Play a leading role in the construction and evolution of the Future Fund’s whole-of-portfolio
- overlay program.
- Provide deep subject matter expertise across derivatives markets, market structure, portfolio
- implementation and risk management.
- Influence strategic portfolio decisions and identify opportunities arising from changing market
- conditions.
- Lead and strengthen relationships with external managers, counterparties and market
- participants.
- Drive excellence in portfolio implementation, transaction oversight and execution quality.
- Communicate complex market and portfolio concepts to a range of stakeholders across the
- organisation.
- Mentor colleagues and contribute to the ongoing development of a high-performing and
- collaborative team.
Eligibility / Notes
- You are an accomplished investment professional with deep expertise in derivatives markets and
- a strong track record operating in complex institutional investment environments.
- We’re looking for candidates with:
- A relevant tertiary qualification and significant experience operating at a senior level within
- trading, portfolio management or derivatives risk management environments.
- Extensive experience across derivatives markets, ideally spanning both linear and non-linear
- instruments and multiple asset classes.
- Deep understanding of market structure, instrument pricing and counterparties.
- A proven ability to generate ideas, shape investment decisions and challenge thinking in
- complex environments.
- Strong commercial judgement and experience managing strategic internal and external
- relationships.
- The ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- A collaborative leadership style with a commitment to developing others.
How to Apply
Position Contact Danny Burke, 03 8656 6400
Agency Recruitment Site https://futurefund.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/future_fund
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applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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