Head of Trade Manager

Job description

***Join the Pioneer Crypto Brand in the Philippines!*** Coins is the most established crypto brand in The Philippines and has gained the trust of more than 18 million users. Through the easy-to-use mobile app, users can buy and sell a variety of different cryptocurrencies and access a wide range of financial services. Coins is fully regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and is the first ever crypto-based company in Asia to hold both Virtual Currency and Electronic Money Issuer licenses from a central bank. ### Responsibilities As the Head of Trade Manager, you will be the core leader of the company’s trading business, responsible for formulating the overall trading strategy and business roadmap, aligning with the company’s development goals. You will oversee all trading operations, including spot trading, derivatives trading (if applicable), liquidity management, and trading system optimization, while strictly controlling trading risks and ensuring compliance with global regulatory requirements. This role requires in-depth understanding of digital asset markets, rich trading management experience, excellent leadership, and strong risk control capabilities to drive the growth of trading volume, improve trading efficiency, and enhance the company’s core competitiveness in the digital currency trading market. ## Key Responsibilities ### 1. Trading Strategy & Business Planning - Formulate the company’s long-term and short-term trading strategies, including market positioning, product layout (spot, derivatives, etc.), liquidity strategy, and pricing strategy, aligning with the company’s business development goals and market trends. - Develop detailed trading business plans and OKRs, decompose goals to the team and individuals, supervise the implementation progress, and ensure the achievement of key indicators such as trading volume, liquidity, and transaction efficiency. - Monitor global digital asset market trends, policy changes, and competitor dynamics, adjust trading strategies in a timely manner, and seize market opportunities to promote business growth. - Lead the research and development of new trading products and services, promote product iteration and innovation, and meet the diverse needs of users. ### 2. Trading Operations Management - Oversee the company’s daily trading operations, including order matching, transaction execution, trade settlement, and post-trade reconciliation, ensuring the smooth, efficient, and accurate operation of the trading system. - Manage the company’s trading liquidity, cooperate with liquidity providers, optimize liquidity allocation, and ensure the depth and stability of the trading market to improve user trading experience. - Establish and improve trading operation processes and standards, standardize the work of the trading team, and improve work efficiency and quality. - Coordinate with the technical team to optimize the trading system, improve transaction speed, stability, and security, and support the expansion of trading business. ### 3. Trading Risk Management - Establish and improve the trading risk management system, identify, assess, and control various trading risks, including market risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, and counterparty risk. - Formulate trading risk control indicators and thresholds, monitor risk indicators in real time, issue risk warnings in a timely manner, and take effective measures to mitigate risks when abnormalities occur. - Lead the trading risk team to conduct regular risk assessments and reviews, summarize risk management experience, and continuously optimize the risk control system. - Ensure that all trading activities comply with the company’s risk control policies and global regulatory requirements, and avoid regulatory and operational risks. ### 4. Team Management & Development - Build, manage, and develop the entire trading team, formulate team structure, job responsibilities, and performance assessment standards, and improve the team’s overall professional quality and combat effectiveness. - Arrange daily work assignments for the team, supervise work progress, solve work difficulties, and create a positive, collaborative, and high-performance team atmosphere. - Guide team members’ professional growth, organize market research, trading skill training, and risk control training, and cultivate a professional trading talent echelon. - Manage team performance, conduct regular performance reviews, motivate team members to achieve work goals, and retain core talents. ### 5. Compliance & Regulatory Coordination - Ensure that all trading business activities comply with global regulatory frameworks (FATF, MiCA, local regulations) and industry standards, and cooperate with the compliance team to complete regulatory reporting, audits, and inspections. - Participate in the formulation and improvement of the company’s trading compliance system, promote the implementation of compliance requirements in all trading links, and avoid compliance risks. - Respond to regulatory inquiries and requirements related to trading business, provide relevant materials and explanations, and maintain good communication with regulatory authorities. ### 6. Cross-departmental Collaboration - Communicate closely with compliance, risk control, technical, product, and operation departments to coordinate resources, promote the integration of trading business with other business links, and ensure the smooth development of the company’s overall business. - Cooperate with the marketing and operation teams to formulate trading promotion plans, carry out user acquisition and activation activities, and drive the growth of trading volume and user scale. - Feedback user needs and trading market information to the product and technical teams, promote product and system optimization, and improve user trading experience. ### Requirements 1. Experience: 10+ years of digital asset trading or financial trading related work experience, including 5+ years of senior trading team management experience; preferred experience in compliant digital currency exchanges or fintech companies. Deep understanding of digital asset trading markets (spot, derivatives), liquidity management, and trading system operations. 2. Professional Expertise: 1. Proficient in digital asset trading strategies, market analysis methods, and liquidity management skills, with a proven track record of driving trading volume growth and improving trading efficiency. 2. Familiar with digital currency trading systems, order matching mechanisms, and trade settlement processes; able to independently solve complex trading operation and technical problems. 3. Strong risk control awareness and capabilities, familiar with trading risk management methods and tools, and have experience in establishing and optimizing trading risk control systems. 4. Familiar with global regulatory requirements (FATF, MiCA, etc.) related to digital asset trading, and have rich experience in trading compliance management. 5. Proficient in using trading analysis tools and data analysis methods to conduct market analysis and trading performance evaluation. 3. Leadership & Management: Excellent leadership and team management capabilities, able to build and lead a high-performance trading team; strong strategic thinking, decision-making capabilities, and resource integration capabilities. 4. Analytical & Problem-Solving: Strong market sensitivity and analytical thinking, able to quickly respond to market changes, identify market opportunities and risks, and provide effective solutions. 5. Communication Skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills in both Chinese and English, able to effectively communicate with senior management, regulatory authorities, team members, and cross-departmental colleagues. 6. Education: Bachelor’s degree or above in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related fields; relevant professional certifications (such as CFA, FRM, Series 7) are preferred.