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Senior Corporate Strategy Manager

Optiver
🇨🇳ShanghaiSeniorFull-timePosted June 10, 2026

About the Role

You will take prime responsibility for corporate strategy across Optiver's China cash markets footprint — supporting strategic planning, ongoing business activities, and new growth initiatives. You will monitor developments across cash equities, bonds, FX, and beyond, identify and assess new business opportunities and partnerships, and support the development and execution of corporate strategy initiatives. You will represent Optiver externally and build trusted relationships with regulators, exchanges, and business partners while preparing strategy papers and management presentations for leadership discussions.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in business development, strategy, trading, or closely related roles in China cash market space, with deep understanding of cash equities, fixed income, and FX businesses and market structure in China
  • Proven experience building and maintaining senior industry relationships both internally and externally, including with regulators, exchanges, and market participants where relevant
  • Proven experience creating value through data-driven and fact-based strategic analysis on business opportunities, partnerships, and/or commercial outcomes
  • High integrity and sound judgment in sensitive stakeholder and regulatory contexts
  • Practical experience with modern productivity, data, and AI-enabled tools — comfortable using technology to improve the quality of your work and accelerate research, analysis, drafting, workflow improvement, and project delivery.
  • Self-motivated, results-driven, and commercially minded, with strong ownership and accountability
  • Proven ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

What You'll Get

  • Performance-based bonus structure
  • Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
  • Daily breakfast, lunch and snacks
  • Gym membership, sports and leisure activities, plus weekly in-house chair massages
  • Regular social events, clubs and Friday afternoon drinks