Head of Risk — Hong Kong

We're hiring a Head of Risk, based in Hong Kong, to lead risk strategy across our global trading business. The role covers our proprietary trading desks and multi-strategy fund, with responsibility for building and overseeing risk frameworks across offices worldwide in fast-moving trading environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the firm's global risk appetite framework, providing strategic guidance to the Board and senior management on risk-taking across all regions and business lines.
• Approve trading limits, new investment strategies, and the launch of new products, instruments, and market initiatives, ensuring appropriate risk controls are in place before implementation.
• Lead, develop, and expand the global risk function, mentoring team members across multiple offices and building a scalable risk management capability to support business growth.
• Partner with senior leadership on strategic business initiatives, expansion plans, and capital allocation decisions across global markets.
• Serve as the primary risk representative and key point of contact for the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and other regulatory authorities globally.
• Establish and continuously enhance risk methodologies, including Value at Risk (VaR), Expected Shortfall (ES), stress testing, scenario analysis, and portfolio risk measurement frameworks.
• Drive the adoption of technology and AI-enabled solutions to modernize risk monitoring, reporting, and decision-making processes.
• Exercise authority to suspend, restrict, or escalate trading activities when risk limits, policies, or governance standards are breached.
• Represent the risk function at Board and executive committee level, providing independent challenge and advice on strategic decisions, including market expansion, capital deployment, and new business opportunities.
• Ensure a robust risk governance framework is maintained across all global operations, balancing effective risk oversight with commercial objectives.

Requirements

• 8+ years in risk management, including a senior leadership role
• Experience leading and growing a team, ideally at a hedge fund or prop trading firm with a global footprint
• Strong understanding of trading activities and market dynamics, with a trading or front-office background strongly preferred over a purely risk, control, or back-office career path.
• Experience managing risk and regulators across multiple countries and markets.
• Solid grasp of VaR, stress testing, and risk modeling; comfortable with AI.
• Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM, or PRM are highly desirable.
• Bachelor's degree or above in finance, economics, or related field
• Confident communicator; Fluent in English and Cantonese and or/ Mandarin.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, global environment, collaborating across different time zones and multicultural teams.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and lead the risk agenda of a globally active trading organization, working closely with executive leadership to support sustainable growth while maintaining a strong risk culture.