Financing Solutions Product Strategy, Assistant Vice President

State Street; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street Markets Financing Solutions division encompasses the full suite of Securities Financing products, and this APAC growth role centers on shaping product strategy, guiding new offerings, and coordinating across Front Office teams to deliver scalable client solutions.

As Product Strategy AVP, you will work with trading, sales, risk, compliance and technology to translate business needs into executable roadmaps, manage regulatory changes, and drive initiatives that balance client value

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial services, ideally within securities lending, repo, equity finance or prime brokerage.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and execute multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including proficiency in MS PowerPoint, Excel and Visio.
• Experience supporting or coordinating projects; formal project management experience is a plus.
• High attention to detail with the ability to distil and summarise key concepts for varied audiences.
• Degree level
• Intellectual curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to challenge existing processes.
• Understanding of the regulatory landscape

Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of Financing Solutions APAC in defining and driving the Financing Solutions product strategy for the APAC region.
• Support cross functional teams across the bank in designing and implementing solutions to complex business challenges involving both existing and new products.
• Conduct detailed analysis with stakeholders required to progress specific projects and initiatives.
• Assist in identifying potential areas of risk or exposure and contribute to developing solutions to mitigate risk to Financing Solutions, State Street, and its clients.
• Help manage project activities across multiple departments, ensuring timelines, requirements, and deliverables are well-structured and achieved.
• Contribute to defining and validating the scope of projects, ensuring proposals are clearly articulated and reviewed with relevant areas before product implementation.
• Support the due-diligence process by helping identify risks and potential mitigants for new product launches and enhancements to existing products.
• Develop subject-matter expertise in assigned products and initiatives, enabling you to support internal teams in understanding, positioning, and deploying new product offerings to clients.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Regulatory understanding

Intellectual curiosity

Education

Degree level

Tools

MS PowerPoint

Excel

Visio

Job description

Who We Are Looking For

State Street Markets Financing Solutions division encompasses the full suite of Securities Financing products: Agency Lending, Prime Services, Secured Financing (Repo) and Synthetic Financing (Equity Swaps). These products allow State Street clients to generate income, facilitate short sales or generate financing through the lending and borrowing of Securities. The Agency Lending product is a long-established business and State Street is considered an industry leader in this space. The Prime Services and Repo products are more recently established and are among the fastest growing products at State Street.

Who We Are Looking For

State Street Markets Financing Solutions division encompasses the full suite of Securities Financing products: Agency Lending, Prime Services, Secured Financing (Repo) and Synthetic Financing (Equity Swaps). These products allow State Street clients to generate income, facilitate short sales or generate financing through the lending and borrowing of Securities. The Agency Lending product is a long-established business and State Street is considered an industry leader in this space. The Prime Services and Repo products are more recently established and are among the fastest growing products at State Street.

Why this role is important to us

The Product Strategy team at State Street plays an integral role in the overall success of the Financing Solutions organization. Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. Our business has ambitious growth plans across the APAC region, the Product Strategy role is critical in enabling this growth, assessing the opportunities with clients, considering market evolution and navigating the organization to drive solutions. In your role you will strive to develop solutions, that are both client centric and scalable. You will help us build resilience and execute day to day deliverables at our best.

Join us if making your mark in the financial services industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

What You Will Be Responsible For

As a Product Strategy AVP, you will contribute to the development and delivery of product strategy, support the implementation of new products, assist in managing regulatory change, and provide business solutions aligned with the evolving needs of the industry. Reporting to the Head of Financing Solutions APAC, you will work alongside Trading and Sales teams within the Front Office to assess new product proposals against existing capabilities and coordinate with teams across the business to define and plan strategic enhancements to our products and platforms. This role requires strong collaboration with Trading, Relationship Management, Legal, Risk, Finance, Tax, Compliance, Operations and Technology teams to ensure all perspectives are considered and incorporated.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of Financing Solutions APAC in defining and driving the Financing Solutions product strategy for the APAC region.
• Support cross functional teams across the bank in designing and implementing solutions to complex business challenges involving both existing and new products.
• Conduct detailed analysis with stakeholders required to progress specific projects and initiatives.
• Assist in identifying potential areas of risk or exposure and contribute to developing solutions to mitigate risk to Financing Solutions, State Street, and its clients.
• Help manage project activities across multiple departments, ensuring timelines, requirements, and deliverables are well-structured and achieved.
• Contribute to defining and validating the scope of projects, ensuring proposals are clearly articulated and reviewed with relevant areas before product implementation.
• Support the due-diligence process by helping identify risks and potential mitigants for new product launches and enhancements to existing products.
• Develop subject-matter expertise in assigned products and initiatives, enabling you to support internal teams in understanding, positioning, and deploying new product offerings to clients.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years+ of experience in financial services, ideally within securities lending, repo, equity finance or prime brokerage.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and execute multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including proficiency in MS PowerPoint, Excel and Visio.
• Experience supporting or coordinating projects; formal project management experience is a plus.
• High attention to detail with the ability to distil and summarise key concepts for varied audiences.
• Degree level
• Intellectual curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to challenge existing processes.
• Understanding of the regulatory landscape

Key words

Securities Financing, Equity Swaps, SBL, Stocklending, Repo, Prime, Prime Brokerage, Portfolio Swaps, Synthetic Financing, Agency Lending, Financing Solutions, Secured Financing.

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