Key Responsibilities
- Product Nature and Regulatory Classification - Assess the fundamental nature of new products prior to launch (e.g. equity derivatives, crypto perps, structured financial products), determine applicable regulatory classifications, and validate key assumptions through collaboration with internal stakeholders and external advisors.
- Regulatory Pathway and Jurisdictional Feasibility Analysis - Analyse regulatory requirements, licensing needs, and constraints across jurisdictions, and produce clear assessments on priority markets, conditional markets, and markets where launch should be deferred.
- Pre-Initiation Decision Support - Consolidate regulatory and product research into decision-ready materials to support CEO and senior management in go/no-go decisions, market prioritisation, and regulatory pathway selection, with a focus on strategic risk reduction.
- Cross-Functional Pre-Alignment and Handover - Serve as a front-loaded coordination point across product, compliance, legal, and business teams, and ensure clear handover of regulatory logic, assumptions, and constraints as initiatives move into execution.
- Phase-Based Project Support - Provide targeted, phase-based support to selected initiatives to unblock or accelerate critical milestones, while maintaining clarity of the Regulatory Product Enablement mandate.
- Methodology and Knowledge Development - Develop and refine internal frameworks for regulatory pre-assessment and product enablement to continuously improve decision quality and speed in uncertain regulatory environments.
Qualifications & Attributes
- Educational Background: Bachelor's degree or above in Finance, Law, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Relevant Experience: 2-3 years of experience related to derivatives or complex financial products, with solid understanding of product structures, contract terms, trade booking processes, and middle-/back-office, clearing, and operational workflows.
- Cross-Domain Perspective: Ability to understand regulatory logic from a product perspective, or product structure from a regulatory perspective, and make sound judgements between the two.
- Communication & Collaboration: Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills comfortable working across functions and time zones, and able to support non-standard working hours when required.
- Adaptability & Learning Agility: Strong analytical and structured thinking skills able to translate complexity into decision-ready conclusions. Fast learner across new products, business models, and regulatory regimes. Thrives in fast-paced, high-uncertainty environments with strong ownership and resilience.
