Platform and Product Development (Equity Derivatives Electronic Trading) - Vice President
Build the next generation of equity derivatives electronic trading. You will partner closely with front office stakeholders and technology teams to deliver measurable platform performance and user outcomes. Join a team that values ownership, transparency, and rapid iteration while maintaining a strong risk and control mindset. This role is based in Hong Kong.
As a Vice President, Platform and Product Development (Equity Derivatives Electronic Trading) in the Equities Volatility Trading team, you will own the end-to-end delivery of electronic trading platform enhancements that improve performance, usability, and reliability. You will translate trader and stakeholder needs into clear product requirements, drive execution across the software development lifecycle, and help ensure investments deliver aligned outcomes for the business.
Job responsibilities
- Partner with traders and cross-functional stakeholders (including quantitative, technology, risk, compliance, and controls) to drive end-to-end platform outcomes
- Define, write, and maintain product specifications for electronic trading features and performance enhancements
- Own product prioritization, validation, and delivery across the software development lifecycle
- Drive alignment between technology roadmaps and business objectives, outcomes, and constraints
- Establish clear success measures for deliveries (for example, latency, stability, throughput, and user workflow efficiency) and track progress
- Coordinate testing, acceptance, and production readiness for releases, ensuring appropriate governance and controls are met
- Identify emerging market and technology trends and assess their impact on platform strategy and client-facing capabilities
- Ensure delivery accountability across scope, timeline, and budget, escalating risks and trade-offs early and transparently
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Experience working with electronic trading technology in a technology, quantitative, trading, or product capacity
- Demonstrated ability to deliver large, complex initiatives end-to-end with multiple stakeholders
- Working knowledge of equity derivatives products and trading workflows
- Strong requirements-writing skills, with the ability to translate ambiguous needs into clear, testable specifications
- Proven stakeholder management skills across front office, quantitative, technology, risk, and compliance partners
- Comfort with basic scripting or coding (for example, Python) for analysis and investigation (not enterprise software development)
Strong execution discipline, including prioritization, dependency management, and delivery governance
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Front office experience in trading, structuring, or closely aligned roles
- Experience building or managing high-performance electronic trading platforms (including performance optimization and resilience)
- Exposure to regional market practices and stakeholder needs in Asia Pacific
- Relevant professional qualifications from reputable training institutes or professional bodies (Hong Kong recognition applies); if specific certifications are required or preferred, specify them here
- Experience leading transformational change programs or platform modernization initiatives