Associate Director, Virtual Asset & Securities Trading

Standard Chartered; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Chartered Hong Kong is seeking a Product Manager to lead Equity and Virtual Asset products for Retail Banking clients. You will define strategy for Virtual Assets and Securities Trading, align with wealth management goals, and drive KPIs such as revenue, assets under management, and customer growth.

You will partner with Technology and Operations to ensure regulatory compliance and a seamless trading experience for self-directed investors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in product management with a track record of leading product initiatives.
• Proficiency in Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Understanding of risk management, governance and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product strategy for Virtual Assets and Securities Trading for Retail Banking clients.
• Implement product strategies to achieve KPIs such as revenue, AUM, customer growth, and product penetration.
• Monitor market trends to maintain a competitive edge.
• Oversee development and lifecycle management of Equity and Virtual Asset solutions for Retail Banking.
• Monitor KPIs and lead initiatives to meet targets.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to communicate insights to frontline teams and clients.
• Prepare the product selling process and platform to optimize customer experience, operations and compliance.
• Work with Technology and Operations to improve trading platform stability and latency for high-volume self-service trading.

Skills

Product management

Agile

Scrum

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

English

Cantonese

Mandarin

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering

Tools

Agile/Scrum tools

Job description

Key Responsibilities

This role is essential for the development and management of Equity and Virtual Asset Products for Retail Banking clients, supporting overall business propositions and investment product strategies.

• Define and execute the product strategy for Virtual Assets and Securities Trading in alignment with the Bank’s Wealth Management objectives for self-directed investors.
• Implement product strategies to achieve key performance indicators such as revenue, cost, assets under management, customer growth, and product penetration.
• Stay informed on market trends and emerging opportunities to maintain the business’s competitive edge.
• Oversee the development and full lifecycle management of Equities and Virtual Assets solutions tailored for Retail Banking clients, ensuring alignment with broader business strategies, enhancing investment offerings, and maintaining governance and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor KPIs and lead business initiatives to meet targets in revenue, assets under management, customer acquisition, and product penetration.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to communicate the bank’s market insights, offers, and updates to frontline teams and clients.
• Prepare the product selling process and platform to optimize customer experience, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Work closely with Technology and Operations teams to improve trading platform stability, reduce latency, and enhance user experience to support high-volume, self-service trading.

Key Responsibilities

This role is essential for the development and management of Equity and Virtual Asset Products for Retail Banking clients, supporting overall business propositions and investment product strategies.

• Define and execute the product strategy for Virtual Assets and Securities Trading in alignment with the Bank’s Wealth Management objectives for self-directed investors.
• Implement product strategies to achieve key performance indicators such as revenue, cost, assets under management, customer growth, and product penetration.
• Stay informed on market trends and emerging opportunities to maintain the business’s competitive edge.
• Oversee the development and full lifecycle management of Equities and Virtual Assets solutions tailored for Retail Banking clients, ensuring alignment with broader business strategies, enhancing investment offerings, and maintaining governance and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor KPIs and lead business initiatives to meet targets in revenue, assets under management, customer acquisition, and product penetration.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to communicate the bank’s market insights, offers, and updates to frontline teams and clients.
• Prepare the product selling process and platform to optimize customer experience, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Work closely with Technology and Operations teams to improve trading platform stability, reduce latency, and enhance user experience to support high-volume, self-service trading.

Ideal Candidates

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field; a master’s or advanced degree is advantageous.
• At least 5 years of experience in product management, demonstrating a successful history of leading product initiatives.
• Proficiency in product management tools and methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.
• Comprehensive understanding of risk management, governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

About Standard Chartered

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we’ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you’re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can’t wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you’ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What We Offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.