Responsibilities:
- Oversee the daily operations of the systematic trading platform, working in partnership with developers, researchers, and technology teams.
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of market microstructure, financial products, regulations, and the trading platform to support business expansion (e.g., entering new regions, venues, or products, defining technology requirements, and deploying new strategies).
- Contribute to the design and ongoing enhancement of a world-class trading platform.
- Monitor market trends and strategy performance metrics to identify actionable insights.
- Navigate macroeconomic event risks by developing and implementing trading playbooks.
- Take ownership of risk management protocols and maintain authority over trading activities.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM, Finance, Economics, or Business from a leading institution.
- Strong problem-solving and strategic decision-making skills, with the ability to maintain a broad perspective and make informed, defensible decisions in a fast-paced trading environment.
- Previous experience in electronic trading.
- Detail-oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proactive self-starter with a strong drive to learn, adapt, and deliver results through change.
- Desirable skills: familiarity with Linux and proficiency in Python.
Principle Partners is an Asian specialist in buy-side executive search with a focus on Asset Management, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds, Technology Companies, and Wealth Management.
The firm is headquartered in Singapore and covers the Asia Pacific region.
Client profiles for asset management include international, regional and boutique fund houses and sovereign wealth funds. For private equity, we serve global, pan-Asian, regional and country-specific funds looking to deploy capital in Asia, with strategies including buy-outs, control investments, growth equity, and early stage investments.
Our hedge fund clients range from start-ups to the largest international funds, with strategies including equity long-short, event-driven, convertible bond arbitrage, Asian/global macro, distressed debt/special situations and high-frequency trading.
We have a strong track record for senior positions placements at the world’s largest asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, private equity, hedge funds, and family offices. We also cover middle and back office roles such as legal, compliance and risk management to support the core front-office investing roles.
