APAC COO Trading Implementation Specialist

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data-driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset, enabling us to solve complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high-quality returns for our investors.

Join our COO team in Hong Kong as a Trading Implementation Specialist, responsible for delivering strategic and operational initiatives across QRT’s electronic trading environment. Working closely with Trading, Technology, Infrastructure, Operations, Product and Compliance teams, you will coordinate and deliver projects that support the expansion and optimisation of our trading capabilities across APAC markets.

Your future role at QRT: 

• Lead strategic projects across Trading, Technology, Infrastructure and Operations teams.
• Coordinate the implementation of new trading capabilities, markets, brokers, exchanges, trading venues and products.
• Drive electronic trading infrastructure initiatives and ensure alignment across trading desks and supporting teams.
• Support market access, exchange connectivity, venue onboarding, low-latency and co-location projects across APAC.
• Partner with exchanges, broker-dealers, vendors and internal stakeholders to evaluate and implement trading solutions.
• Manage project timelines, dependencies, risks, testing and deployment activities.
• Facilitate communication between Trading, Technology, Infrastructure, Product, Legal, Compliance, Risk and Operations teams.
• Support day-to-day trading desk initiatives and contribute to the ongoing optimisation of QRT’s electronic trading platform.

Your present skillset:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• 5+ years’ experience delivering projects within electronic trading, trading infrastructure, market connectivity, trading technology or a related front-office environment.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate complex initiatives across multiple teams.
• Good understanding of electronic trading workflows, exchange connectivity, market access and front-to-back trading processes.
• Familiarity with low-latency trading environments, co-location or trading infrastructure concepts.
• Experience supporting Equities, Futures, ETFs or other exchange-traded products.
• Strong communication skills, able to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience across APAC markets, particularly Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan or India, would be highly desirable.
• Prior experience within a sell-side electronic trading, trading technology, market structure, trading infrastructure or front-office delivery environment would be advantageous.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.