Overview
We are seeking a Strategy & Platform Development professional to drive the growth and strategic development of the organisation’s brokerage, digital trading, and investment platform. The role will focus on identifying and implementing the right investment products—including funds, unit trusts, structured products, and other investment solutions—to meet evolving client needs and strengthen the platform’s commercial proposition.
A critical aspect of this role is the ability to operate across both B2B and B2C environments, with a strong understanding of the different client needs, distribution models, commercial considerations, and engagement strategies across institutional, intermediary, corporate, and retail segments.
Reporting to senior leadership, you will work across Product, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Technology to execute strategic projects and commercial initiatives, while leveraging your understanding of brokerage operations, banking infrastructure, capital markets, and digital investment platforms.
The ideal candidate will bring 6–14 years of experience in financial services, with exposure to brokerage, securities, wealth management, investment banking, fintech, digital wealth, or related businesses. Candidates should demonstrate a combination of strategic thinking, commercial acumen, product knowledge, platform experience, and the ability to translate market and client needs into scalable business solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute business strategies to drive growth across brokerage, digital trading, and investment product platforms.
- Define and shape the investment product strategy for the platform, including assessing and recommending suitable funds, unit trusts, structured products, and other investment solutions based on client needs, market trends, commercial potential, and platform objectives.
- Develop strategies that address the needs of both B2B and B2C client segments, ensuring that products, propositions, pricing, distribution models, and platform capabilities are relevant to each target audience.
- Provide strategic advice on product selection, product onboarding, distribution, and platform implementation, leveraging a strong understanding of investment products, market practices, operational processes, and regulatory considerations.
- Establish and optimise the end-to-end process for bringing new investment products onto the platform, working closely with Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and external product providers.
- Develop go-to-market strategies for new products and platform capabilities, including target client segments, positioning, pricing, distribution channels, sales enablement, and marketing approach across both B2B and B2C channels.
- Identify opportunities to optimise client idle cash and enhance commercial performance through appropriate cash management, investment, and yield-enhancement solutions.
- Analyse market trends, competitor activities, customer insights, and industry developments to identify new growth opportunities and support strategic decision-making.
- Evaluate competitor platforms, products, pricing, client propositions, and distribution models to identify gaps, opportunities for differentiation, and potential new products or services.
- Collaborate with Product and Technology teams on the development and enhancement of digital trading and investment platforms, translating business and client requirements into scalable platform capabilities.
- Build a strong understanding of banking mechanisms, cash management
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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