Vice President – Depository - Solution & Transformation

The Vice President, Depository Payment & Transformation will lead the newly established Payment & Transformation team within Depository & Participant Services (DPS), driving strategic transformation, modernization, and business growth initiatives in support of HKEX's evolving post-trade landscape.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in strengthening leadership capacity, increasing accountability, and enhancing organizational agility while focusing on developing high-potential talent, accelerating AI and automation adoption, and developing future leaders.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the Depository Payment & Transformation team, providing strategic direction, people leadership, and execution oversight for transformation, modernization, and business growth initiatives.
• Drive post-implementation optimization, including operational readiness, governance, testing, stakeholder coordination, and continuous process improvement.
• Assume end-to-end ownership of fee and payment-related processes, including payment operations, fee collection, exceptions handling, operational controls, and market implementation.
• Act as the primary liaison with Share Registrars, regulators, market participants, and external stakeholders, representing DPS on strategic, operational, and market infrastructure initiatives.
• Lead major business projects and strategic initiatives related to post-trade and cross-asset class developments, providing guidance and direction to align with the business and market dynamics.
• Drive overall AI, digitalization, and modernization agenda, including process automation, chatbot deployment, paperless initiatives, robotics, intelligent document processing, and AI-enabled operational solutions.
• Develop and maintain future-state operating models, governance frameworks, operational playbooks, procedures, and control standards to support sustainable business growth and regulatory compliance.
• Partner closely with business, technology, risk, compliance, and operations teams to identify transformation opportunities, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen organizational capability.
• Build and develop high-potential talent, strengthen succession planning, facilitate structured knowledge transfer, and mitigate key-person dependency risks.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, operational excellence, and enterprise leadership, ensuring business and operations remain resilient, scalable, and future-ready.

Job Requirements

• University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Technology, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience, including at least 8 years in a senior leadership or management role within financial services, market infrastructure, logistics and supply chain, vault management, or other highly regulated operational environments.
• Proven track record in leading large-scale transformation, modernization, operational excellence, or strategic change programs with measurable business outcomes.
• Strong leadership and people management capabilities with experience developing future leaders, building high-performing teams, and driving organizational change.
• Excellent project and stakeholder management skills with the ability to operate effectively across senior management, regulators, external partners, and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically while delivering results, balancing long-term vision with disciplined execution and operational practicality.
• Strong commercial acumen and business judgment with experience assessing complex issues, managing risk, and developing scalable business solutions.
• Passion for innovation, technology, and continuous improvement with experience driving digital transformation, automation, AI adoption, or process redesign initiatives.
• Highly entrepreneurial, resilient, and outcome-oriented with the ability to operate effectively in dynamic, fast-paced, and evolving business environments.
• Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills with fluency in English and Chinese; proficiency in Putonghua is preferred.