Flow Traders is looking for a Program Manager to join our team in Hong Kong. As Program Manager, you will be involved in the creation, direction and execution of global strategy initiatives with the goal of optimizing Flow Traders’ way of working and growing the business. You will be responsible for the successful and timely delivery of all projects, where collaboration between different regions, focus groups, internal departments and external stakeholders is required.
In this role you will report to the Global Strategy Manager and be responsible for continuous execution of the Flow Traders global strategy. This function plays an important role in Flow Traders’ continued evolution towards a world-class global institution. The ideal candidate should be able to work with the organization in a peer-to-peer fashion, be effective without formal hierarchy, they should understand the whole value chain of the business including trading, technology, operations, risk and compliance. They understand the relevant wider market infrastructure impacting the business activities of Flow Traders including trading venues, prime brokers, CCPs, custodians, and finally, it’s important they have the industry knowledge and comprehension of the relevant regulatory framework.
- Working closely with the Global Strategy Manager, the Global and Local Heads and the
Trading Leadership to bring structure and clarity to key strategic business initiatives - Supporting Global Heads in solving key challenges
- Coordinating and managing complex projects where the collaboration of various teams, departments, regions and focus areas is required
- Ensuring cross-departmental projects are delivered to meet expected impact within planned timeline
- Adding structure and rigor to the wider team.
- Acting as a trusted advisor and sparring partner to the Global Strategy Manager, the Global and Local Heads and the Trading Leadership
- Acting as a point of contact to ensure vision/strategy/direction is clear to all relevant stakeholders
- An academic degree in a relevant field of study
- 5-10 years of relevant professional experience
- 5+ years in program management/ large-scope project management
- Strong background in Trading, process improvement programs and procedures
- Strong content knowledge in market infrastructure, trading protocols, clearing and settlement
- Organized, structured and process- and data-driven approach
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with the whole organization
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Proactive problem-solving
- Hands-on mindset and can-do attitude
- Aim for excellence: a competitive hunger to perform at very best and constantly push limits
- Team-playing spirit, collaborative and self-management
Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.
What We Do
Since 2004, Flow Traders has been a principal trading firm and one of the world’s largest liquidity providers, specialised in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). Our headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Milan and Cluj accommodate more than 500 employees. Throughout the years, Flow Traders has received the industry’s recognition, winning numerous awards and has been listed as a company since 2015.
Our non-hierarchical approach stimulates innovation and development. We value creative minds and out-of-the-box thinkers and challenge them to make full use of their capacities. Our demanding, high-paced environment continuously puts us to the test.
Flow Traders fosters a strong team-oriented culture which rewards people for their contributions to the company as a whole rather than only in their direct area of responsibility.
At Flow Traders, we focus on professional and personal development; we encourage our people to be the best at anything they do by offering the right training. On top of that, we have our private gym where our health coaches provide our people with the right personal sports programs. We invest in our hard working people, because they hold the key to our success.
