Head of Product Compliance

Global Financial Services | Trading & Digital Assets

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Head of Product Compliance to lead our global product compliance function across a diverse portfolio of financial and trading products.

This is a strategic, business-facing leadership role that sits at the intersection of Product, Trading, Risk, Legal and Compliance. The successful candidate will play a critical role in enabling product innovation and business expansion while ensuring regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Compliance Strategy: Lead and develop the global product compliance framework, ensuring regulatory requirements are effectively embedded throughout the product lifecycle, from conceptualisation to launch and ongoing operations.
• New Product Development: Provide strategic compliance advisory for new products, features and business initiatives across financial trading, brokerage, derivatives and digital assets.
• Business Partnership: Work closely with Product, Trading, Engineering and Business leaders to understand commercial objectives, identify regulatory challenges and develop practical, business-enabling compliance solutions.
• Regulatory & Product Risk Assessment: Evaluate product structures, trading mechanisms, customer journeys and business models to identify regulatory risks and recommend appropriate controls and mitigation strategies.
• Global Market Expansion: Support product launches and business expansion across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring alignment with applicable regulatory and licensing requirements.
• Product Governance: Establish and oversee product approval processes, compliance assessments and post-launch monitoring frameworks, balancing regulatory obligations with business efficiency.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Lead and develop the Product Compliance function, collaborate with regional Compliance and Legal teams, and provide strategic advice to senior management on product-related regulatory matters.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Finance, Business, Economics or a related discipline. Relevant professional qualifications are advantageous.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in financial services, FinTech, brokerage or digital assets, with substantial exposure to product compliance, regulatory advisory or financial product governance.
• Strong understanding of financial and trading products, including FX, derivatives, leveraged trading, digital assets and related trading mechanisms.
• Proven experience advising on new product launches, product structures and business initiatives, with the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical commercial solutions.
• Solid knowledge of financial services regulatory frameworks across multiple jurisdictions, preferably including APAC, Europe and the Middle East.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, strong commercial acumen and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across Product, Trading, Risk, Legal and Compliance functions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with proficiency in both English and Chinese to effectively engage regional Chinese-speaking stakeholders.

What Makes This Role Exciting

An opportunity to shape the product compliance strategy of a global financial services group, work directly with senior business and product leaders, and influence the development and expansion of innovative trading and financial products across international markets.