# Index Product Manager

**Company**: HKEX
**Location**: HK-TWO ES 34/F
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Data Business department at HKEX and play a significant role in shaping the index product, a growth business within the group.

The newly formed team will be responsible for delivering differentiating index products that align with the strategy of the business and the exchange as a whole. We are looking for a high-caliber and motivated individual to join our team with responsibility spanning across strategy execution and project implementation.

**Responsibilities:**

- Conduct quantitative research and develop new index strategies for benchmarks and investible products across Hong Kong and global markets.

- Develop and enhance index methodologies by evaluating new models and ideas, conducting back-testing, and performing in-depth performance, market, sector, and scenario analysis.

- Possess a good understanding of the competitive landscape, understand client needs, current trends, and best industry practices to design methodology and indices clients will use and value.

- Drive automation of workflows and new analytical tools integration to enhance research capabilities. Oversee index build efforts, coordinating across multiple teams and vendors.

- Lead workstreams across new product lifecycles to ensure the smooth and timely launch of new indices, create content, and provide market intelligence.

- Promote new capabilities across asset classes and new capabilities as they are developed.

- Create presentations and papers using excellent communication skills to gain support and investment in product initiatives.

- Leverage strengths as a team player to collaborate across various functions, including IT, Product, Sales, and Operations.

**Requirements:**

- Relevant university degree or equivalent.

- 7+ years of experience in financial markets, experience from Index/ETF businesses, asset management, quantitative research, and/or product development is preferable.

- Exposure to Hong Kong, China, and APAC financial markets, good understanding of investment strategies, and portfolio construction.

- Demonstrate good understanding of relevant programming languages and tools, third-party vendor products.

- A self-starter with an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset and high agility.

- Strong analytical, collaboration, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

- Proficiency in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

## Skills

### Required
- quantitative research
- index methodologies
- analytical tools
- programming languages
- portfolio construction
- investment strategies
- Cantonese
- Mandarin

### Nice to have
- Index/ETF businesses
- asset management
- product development
- APAC financial markets

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