Head of Quant & Risk Analytics

Michael Page (Hong Kong); Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page International (Hong Kong) Limited seeks a leader to build and guide the Quant & Risk Analytics function at a rapidly expanding CFD Trading platform. The successful applicant will leverage over a decade of experience in quantitative analytics, optimizing pricing and trading strategies, and enhancing overall market performance.

This role demands advanced skills in data analysis, stakeholder management, and the ability to influence decision-making at the executive level, with fluency in English and Chinese being essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in quantitative analytics, trading risk, or quantitative research with proven leadership experience.
• Strong track record of shaping commercial and risk decisions through analytics and quantitative modelling.
• Deep expertise in at least one of the following: retail FX/multi‑asset brokerage, market making/HFT, or derivatives risk.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior executives and business leaders. Fluent in English and Chinese.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of quantitative researchers and analysts.
• Optimize pricing, spreads, and customer lifetime value through data-driven experimentation.
• Enhance market-making performance through analytics.
• Own exposure monitoring, P&L attribution, and routing optimization.
• Develop analytical frameworks to detect fraud and suspicious trading activity.

Skills

Quantitative analytics

Trading risk

Quantitative research

Python

SQL

Statistics

Machine learning

Large-scale data analysis

Job description

• A rapidly expanding CFD Trading platform with global presence
• Global Top 5 of trading volume platform

About Our Client

A global financial services firm delivering electronic trading, market access, risk management, and analytics capabilities across multiple asset classes, serving millions of clients worldwide

Job Description

• Build and lead a team of quantitative researchers and analysts, establishing a firm-wide source of truth for risk and commercial performance.
• Optimize pricing, spreads, client segmentation, customer lifetime value, and conversion strategies through data-driven experimentation.
• Enhance market‑making performance through analytics on quoting quality, inventory management, capital efficiency, and liquidity provider performance.
• Own real‑time exposure monitoring, P&L attribution, routing optimization, flow toxicity analysis, and hedging effectiveness measurement.
• Develop analytical frameworks to detect fraud, abuse, arbitrage, and suspicious trading activity, partnering closely with operational teams to reduce losses and improve detection speed.
• Deliver board‑level insights, maintain model governance standards, and support business expansion into new asset classes.

The Successful Applicant

• 10+ years' experience in quantitative analytics, trading risk, or quantitative research with proven leadership experience.
• Strong track record of shaping commercial and risk decisions through analytics and quantitative modelling.
• Deep expertise in at least one of the following: retail FX/multi‑asset brokerage, market making/HFT, or derivatives risk.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, statistics, machine learning, and large-scale data analysis.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior executives and business leaders. Fluent in English and Chinese.

What's on Offer

Join a high‑growth trading business where you'll build and lead the firm's Quant & Risk Analytics function, influence executive decision‑making, shape risk and performance infrastructure, and drive measurable commercial impact across global trading operations.