Optiver continues to expand across APAC, deepening its presence in China, broadening market access, and advancing strategies across its major business lines. For its growing cash markets businesses in China — spanning equities, bonds, and related products — Optiver is looking to add a Senior Corporate Strategy Manager in Shanghai.
You will take prime responsibility for corporate strategy across Optiver’s China cash markets footprint — supporting strategic planning, ongoing business activities, and new growth initiatives — with scope to contribute to broader Greater China strategy initiatives where relevant.
Through your expertise, network, and analytical judgment, you will seek to add value to our business in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. You will work directly with senior business leaders across cash trading, corporate strategy, control functions, and external parties including regulators, stock exchanges, bond markets, self-regulatory organisations (SROs), industry leaders, and business partners.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Monitor developments across cash equities, bonds, FX, and beyond, including market structure, industry trends, and relevant regulatory and policy changes — informing the business for better decision making
- Identify, assess, and help develop new business opportunities, partnerships, and growth areas through rigorous, fact-based analysis
- Support the development and execution of corporate and business strategy initiatives aligned with Optiver’s Greater China priorities
- Support ongoing business activities across cash market business lines, partnering with trading, control, and support functions as needed
- Represent Optiver externally and build trusted relationships with regulators, exchanges, SROs, industry leaders, and business partners to strengthen communication, alignment, and trust
- Prepare strategy papers, management presentations, and other materials for leadership discussions
WHO YOU ARE:
- 8+ years of experience in business development, strategy, trading, or closely related roles in China cash market space, with deep understanding of cash equities, fixed income, and FX businesses and market structure in China
- Proven experience building and maintaining senior industry relationships both internally and externally, including with regulators, exchanges, and market participants where relevant
- Proven experience creating value through data-driven and fact-based strategic analysis on business opportunities, partnerships, and/or commercial outcomes
- High integrity and sound judgment in sensitive stakeholder and regulatory contexts
- Practical experience with modern productivity, data, and AI-enabled tools — comfortable using technology to improve the quality of your work and accelerate research, analysis, drafting, workflow improvement, and project delivery.
- Self-motivated, results-driven, and commercially minded, with strong ownership and accountability
- Proven ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills ; fluency in English and Mandarin is required (spoken and written)
WHAT YOU'LL GET:
- A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool, fostering a truly collaborative environment.
- The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment.
- Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities.
- Daily breakfast, lunch and snacks.
- Gym membership, sports and leisure activities, plus weekly in-house chair massages
- Regular social events, clubs and Friday afternoon drinks.
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process.
Questions? Get in touch with the recruitment team at [email protected].
PRIVACY DISCLAIMER
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Personal information protection is of utmost importance to Optiver. Before you provide any personal information to us, we strongly urge you to read Optiver China Privacy Notice for acknowledging how we collect and process your personal information.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in business development, strategy, trading, or closely related roles in China cash market space
- Deep understanding of cash equities, fixed income, and FX businesses and China market structure
- Proven experience building and maintaining senior industry relationships, including regulators, exchanges, and market participants
- Proven experience creating value through data-driven and fact-based strategic analysis on business opportunities, partnerships, or commercial outcomes
- Fluency in English and Mandarin (spoken and written)
- Practical experience with modern productivity, data, and AI-enabled tools
- High integrity and sound judgment in sensitive stakeholder and regulatory contexts
- Self-motivated, results-driven, strong ownership and accountability
- Proven ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Optiver Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Optiver and has not been reviewed or approved by Optiver.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Pay is considered highly competitive in trading, quantitative, and engineering paths, with performance-linked bonuses that materially elevate total compensation. High performers receive differentiated rewards tied to impact.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous paid vacation alongside market holidays is a consistent component of the U.S. package. This breadth of leave is a notable element of the offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive health coverage—including medical, dental, and vision—is prominently offered in U.S. roles, with indications that employee premiums are fully covered in some cases. Disability and life coverage further strengthen the core health benefits.
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What We Do
Optiver’s story began over 30 years ago, when we started business as a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s options exchange. Today, we are at the forefront of trading and technology as a leading global electronic market maker, focused on pricing, execution and risk management.
Why Work With Us
People at Optiver love challenges, welcome collaboration, and strive to be better tomorrow than they are today. Improving the market is an extraordinary challenge that requires a carefully crafted approach. Optiver provides a collaborative working environment to tackle these challenges. In fact, it is this way of working that sets us apart.
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