Corporate Development Manager, China
IMC TradingAbout the Role
IMC is seeking a Corporate Development Manager to serve as a single point of contact for day-to-day interactions with Chinese exchanges, brokers, technology providers, and other partners. This highly cross-functional role sits at the intersection of trading, technology, legal, risk, and compliance.
- Act as IMC's primary contact for managing requests with Chinese exchanges, brokers, data centers, telcos, and vendors
- Collect and triage requirements from technical, legal, compliance, and operations teams, translating them into clear external asks
- Represent IMC externally and drive initiatives to closure, including market data orders, data center negotiations, and vendor documentation
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with counterparts across Chinese financial market infrastructure
- Identify opportunities to improve IMC's infrastructure and network setup in collaboration with internal teams
Requirements
- Fluent written and spoken English and Mandarin is a must
- 5+ years of experience in one of the following: an international or local financial institution (e.g. bank, (prime) broker or exchange) with significant exposure to trading technology; corporate development within a proprietary trading firm with significant exposure to technology; or a technology provider to trading firms with a solid understanding of physical infrastructure
- Strong understanding of technology and physical infrastructure used by global trading firms
- Prior working experience related to Chinese financial markets is highly preferred
- Based in Sydney or Hong Kong; if Hong Kong, willingness to travel to Sydney regularly, including for onboarding
- Comfortable representing the firm externally and building trusted relationships with counterparts at exchanges, brokers and vendors at all levels
- Strong sense of ownership — able to track multiple workstreams to closure and know when to escalate
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas clearly and engage effectively with both internal and external stakeholders
- Self-motivated and commercially minded, comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, while always maintaining the highest standards of compliance and integrity