Director, Strategy and Execution

Summary

Join OKX, a leading crypto exchange, as a high-impact leader driving strategic projects for launching new products and services. You will bridge product, technology, legal, compliance, and risk teams, ensuring innovation aligns with regulatory requirements. This role demands deep expertise in trading, market technology, digital assets, derivatives, and regulatory frameworks. You will lead business partnerships, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and collaborate across divisions to implement product mandates. You'll design controls and governance for regulatory approvals, build trading technology, and define product offerings for various market participants. Monitor market trends and regulatory shifts to drive innovation and adaptability, and participate in discussions with regulators and industry groups.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience
• Expertise in market structure, trading protocols, margin methodologies, risk and collateral management across traditional and crypto markets
• Deep understanding of crypto market structure, including derivatives, and credit and margin lending for digital assets
• Strong leadership, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working across product, technology, legal, compliance, and risk functions
• Experience with custody models, cross-margining frameworks, and on-chain asset management for digital assets and stablecoins
• Strong familiarity with US and global regulatory requirements and frameworks, especially digital assets and derivatives

Responsibilities

• Leading and evaluating business partnerships to improve OKX US offerings in a compliant manner
• Ensuring that OKX systems, processes, and controls meet the highest standards of regulatory compliance, risk management, and operational excellence
• Working closely across divisions to develop and implement product mandates
• Act as business lead in designing and developing appropriate controls and governance necessary for required regulatory approvals and compliance
• Collaborating across technology, product, operations, legal, compliance, and risk teams to build necessary trading technology, processes, and controls for a best-in-class trading platform
• Pre-trade and post-trade risk controls, including real-time margining, liquidation engines, and on-chain collateral management, where applicable
• Clearing and settlement processes that support both crypto and stablecoin assets, ensuring secure custody, fast transfers, and capital efficiency
• Define and oversee product offerings designed specifically for crypto-native market participants, including institutions, market makers, and sophisticated retail users
• Work closely with legal and compliance teams to ensure the platform evolves in line with US regulatory developments and expectations
• Monitor market structure trends and regulatory shifts to drive both product innovation and regulatory adaptability
• Participate in discussions with regulators, institutional clients, and industry groups to help shape the future of regulated crypto markets

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience trading traditional and digital assets preferred
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to adapt quickly and execute effectively in dynamic, rapidly evolving environments

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
• Various team building programs and company events