Description

Are you ready to drive electronic trading in Asia Pacific? Join our broader cross‑functional Equities Electronic Client Solutions team in Hong Kong to drive platform strategy execution, client integrations, and low‑latency infrastructure for our systematic cash equities franchise. You will collaborate across Equities & Prime to deliver scalable, resilient, and compliant solutions that improve client performance and market access. This is a high‑impact individual contributor role in a dynamic environment.

As an Executive Director in the Equities Electronic Client Solutions team, you will drive strategy execution, governance, and day‑to‑day operational stewardship of our electronic trading platform and infrastructure in Asia Pacific. You will execute client integrations, low‑latency market access, and risk controls, partnering across functions to deliver resilient, scalable solutions aligned with commercial and regulatory objectives. You will join a broader cross‑functional team, partnering across product, engineering, markets, risk, legal, compliance, and operations to deliver measurable outcomes.

Job Responsibilities

• Drive electronic trading platform strategy execution and governance, including co‑location and market data distribution for client setups
• Drive platform and infrastructure enhancements based on client demand and regulatory change, including pre‑ and post‑trade risk improvements
• Execute end‑to‑end client integration: define market access (latency, co‑location, native protocols, risk workflows), documentation, certification, and go‑live
• Provide senior day‑to‑day coverage of low‑latency platforms and clients; handle exceptions across positions, inventory, and risk controls
• Produce client reviews using performance analytics (latency, burst rates, fill ratios) and identify optimization opportunities
• Partner with prime brokerage, production management, and application development to maintain stability and address scalability and capacity needs
• Establish transparency and control mechanisms with credit, market risk, legal, and compliance to support growth
• Coordinate vendor relationships with third‑party infrastructure and risk solution providers; evaluate tools against control standards
• Define and track performance goals across resiliency, capacity, client adoption, and delivery timelines; report progress to senior stakeholders
• Share best practices in integration, risk management, and operational excellence; provide peer mentorship as needed
• Ensure adherence to all applicable regulatory requirements, firmwide risk frameworks, and internal policies

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in equities electronic trading platforms or systematic cash equities infrastructure
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technology discipline
• Proven track record delivering complex electronic trading platform initiatives across the full lifecycle
• Strong knowledge of low‑latency trading applications, system architecture, network engineering, market access protocols, and exchange connectivity
• Expertise in electronic trading risk controls (pre‑trade order checks, post‑trade portfolio calculations, systemic kill switches)
• Demonstrated ability to drive client integrations and custom market access solutions in Asia Pacific markets
• Strong technical communication skills; able to triage and escalate system issues while keeping clients informed
• Experience partnering with prime brokerage, technology, legal, compliance, risk, and operations in a front‑office environment
• Data‑driven approach to platform analytics and client performance insights
• High attention to detail; organized, execution‑oriented, and effective under pressure

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience coordinating initiatives across global lines of business related to electronic trading
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks affecting electronic trading and market access in Asia Pacific
• Prior front‑office financial services experience within an electronic trading team
• Working knowledge of capacity planning, resiliency engineering, and production management best practices
• Multilingual proficiency beneficial given client base; professional English required

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.