Job description
Role Overview
We are looking for a Head of Spot Business with a combined background in traditional finance and crypto assets, responsible for the overall asset system of the platform, including asset introduction, liquidity building, institutional cooperation, asset operation, trading tools system, and information tools system construction. This role will directly be accountable for the company's core business metrics and will be a key link between traditional financial assets (such as stocks, bonds, RWA) and on-chain trading systems.
Key Responsibilities
1. Asset and Product Strategy
- Develop and execute the overall strategy for the spot business, focusing on:
- Introducing on-chain mapped assets for traditional financial assets such as stocks, ETFs, funds, and commodities while addressing liquidity issues
- Mainstream and innovative crypto assets
- Design asset listing standards, structural design, compliance pathways, and lifecycle management strategies.
2. Liquidity and Market Building
- Fully responsible for the liquidity strategy and execution of the spot market, including:
- Building and managing a market maker system
- Introducing institutional liquidity (brokerages, market-making institutions, hedge funds, quantitative teams, etc.)
- Optimizing core metrics such as depth, spreads, and transaction rates
- Establish a multi-tiered liquidity structure to enhance the overall trading experience and competitiveness of the spot market.
3. Institutional and Ecosystem Cooperation
- Lead collaborations with the following types of institutions:
- Traditional financial institutions (brokerages, asset management, banks, custodians)
- RWA issuers / SPVs / asset managers
- Professional market makers and quantitative institutions
- Promote the collaborative implementation of the entire process of asset issuance, custody, clearing, and trading.
4. Asset Operation and Trading Tools
- Build a complete asset operation system, including:
- Asset performance monitoring and liquidity health management
- Trading behavior analysis and user segmentation
- Plan and promote the development of spot-related trading tools:
- Professional trading functions (API, quantitative interfaces, institutional-level tools)
- Advanced order types, liquidity incentive mechanisms, etc.
5. Team and Cross-Department Collaboration
- Build and manage the spot asset and liquidity team (product, operations, institutional BD, etc.).
- Collaborate deeply with compliance, technology, risk control, and market teams to ensure the steady advancement of the business.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements
- Over 8 years of experience in finance or digital assets, with at least 3 years in a core business leader or team leader role.
- Deep understanding of spot trading, liquidity mechanisms, and market-making models.
- Familiarity with crypto market structures while truly understanding the operational logic of traditional financial assets.
- Proficient in English with professional-level listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Key Competencies
- Institutional Perspective: Understand institutional trading needs, risk control models, compliance, and custody requirements.
- Asset Structuring Ability: Able to comprehend and design RWA and stock asset on-chain or mapping structures.
- Results-Oriented: Responsible for core metrics such as trading volume, liquidity, and asset scale.
- Cross-Disciplinary Ability: Able to "translate" and implement between TradFi and Crypto.
Preferred
- Preference will be given to candidates with one or more of the following backgrounds:
- Core positions in securities firms, asset management, investment banking, or market-making institutions
- Heads of spot/institutional/liquidity at digital asset exchanges
- Experience in RWA, STO, Tokenized Securities-related projects
- Global perspective, with experience in Asian and European/American markets preferred.
Reporting Relationships and Development Opportunities
- Reports to the core management team of the company (CEO / President / Partner level).
- Potential to grow into a group-level head of asset and trading business.
- Deeply involved in the company's long-term asset and financial infrastructure strategy.
