Proprietary Trading - Head of Operation

Proprietary Trading - Head of Operations Location: Hong Kong Company Overview Our client is an international asset management firm with a growing presence in Asia. The firm operates in a data-intensive and technology-enabled environment. As its regional activities continue to develop, it is investing in stronger business planning, management reporting, and execution capabilities in Hong Kong. The Opportunity A newly created position is available within the regional management team for an experienced business manager who can help turn strategic priorities into coordinated execution. This hands-on business management role maintains the desk's operating rhythm and delivers initiatives that involve multiple functions. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leaders across trading, technology, operations, risk, finance, compliance, legal, and human resources. Key projects may include regional market expansion, counterparty onboarding, recruitment, regulatory applications, and trading infrastructure development. This is not an administrative position. It requires an individual who can assess commercial and operational issues independently, develop clear recommendations and maintain momentum across several workstreams. Responsibilities

• Establish and manage the desk's regular planning, review and decision-making processes.
• Maintain visibility over business priorities, key deliverables and follow-up actions.
• Lead cross-functional projects involving front-office, technology, operations, risk and corporate functions.
• Produce management information covering trading performance, operating expenses, staffing, capital deployment, risk consumption and project progress.
• Support annual and ongoing headcount planning, recruitment tracking and new-joiner onboarding.
• Coordinate budgeting, vendor management and contract renewals.
• Develop commercial cases for investment in market data, systems, connectivity and other trading infrastructure.
• Work with compliance and legal teams on regulatory applications, licensing matters and exchange-related requirements.
• Prepare presentations and briefing materials for leadership, internal committees and selected external meetings.
• Identify operational gaps and coordinate the relevant teams to implement practical solutions. Qualifications
• 5+ years of experience in business management, strategy, transformation, programme management, management consulting or a related discipline.
• Experience within financial services, financial technology, professional services or another complex and highly regulated industry.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand financial and operational performance.
• Proven experience delivering initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups.
• Ability to work effectively with senior leaders and subject-matter specialists.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with large or complex datasets.
• Advanced Excel and presentation-development capabilities.
• Familiarity with reporting, visualisation, or data-analysis tools would be useful.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Mandarin or another Asian language would be advantageous.
• Based in Hong Kong or able to relocate. Required Skills
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand financial and operational performance.
• Proven experience delivering initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups.
• Ability to work effectively with senior leaders and subject-matter specialists.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with large or complex datasets.
• Advanced Excel and presentation-development capabilities.
• Excellent written and spoken English.