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PhD Sourcing Specialist

IMC Trading - Chicago, United States

Posted Jun 5, 2026

Benefits

Parental leave
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Non-birth-parent leave
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Salary
$100K-$150K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
$61,842 U.S. median for this role
Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
+1.9% - Slower

102% above the BLS role benchmark for operations aggregate.

Matched to SOC 11-1021 - Operations aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function
Operations From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
Seniority
Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Weekend work
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Company

Company stage
Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

PhD Sourcing Specialist Chicago, United States As a PhD Sourcing Specialist, you will be focused on mapping the research talent landscape, building relationships with academics before they enter the job market, creating programs that strengthen IMC's presence in research communities, assessing candidates against our technical and cultural standards, and partnering with recruiters by delivering strong pipelines. Your Core Responsibilities Talent Landscape & Market Intelligence - Map the PhD and postdoc talent landscape across the technical disciplines relevant to IMC's business - understanding which programs, labs, and research communities are producing the talent that matters to us - Track competitive hiring trends, fellowship programs, and academic community dynamics to keep IMC's strategy current and proactive - Serve as an internal expert on the research talent market, regularly sharing insights with recruiting leadership and business stakeholders Attraction & Community Building - Develop and maintain relationships with faculty advisors, lab leads, and student researchers at target institutions - building IMC's presence and credibility in academic communities over time - Represent IMC at key academic conferences and research events (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and others) with a candidate-facing focus: building connections, identifying talent, and deepening relationships - not managing logistics - Partner with our APAC and European recruiting teams on shared talent pools, ensuring a coordinated global approach to PhD-level attraction Programs & Initiatives - Own IMC's PhD-focused programs end-to-end: our PhD Fellowship, conference travel grants, and lab partnership initiatives - from strategy and design through execution and iteration - Identify gaps in our current

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