Director of COO Office, Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income (DMFI)
Director of COO Office, Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income The Role We are seeking a proactive leader to partner with Rates & FX PMs across Asia-Pacific, driving business management, PM onboarding, business analytics, and cross-functional initiatives. This role combines strategic planning, operational execution, and data-driven insights to optimize performance, enhance efficiency, and support growth across the Asia Macro & Fixed Income platform. This person will act as the day-to-day business manager for Schonfeld's Macro & Fixed Income platform in Asia, covering Singapore, Hong Kong, and any future APAC locations. This role reports into the COO of DMFI. What You'll Do Business Management Act as a partner to Rates & FX PMs across Asia-Pacific, translating investment goals into resourcing, capital, and infrastructure plans. Develop and own the business plans for various strategic growth initiatives and PM builds in the region. Continuously analyze desk P&L, risk, liquidity, funding and balance-sheet usage; recommend actions to enhance returns and capital efficiency. Identify new product or market opportunities specific to Asia (e.g., CNH/CNY markets, Asian NDF flows, local government bond markets, SGD/HKD/KRW/INR derivatives) and drive approval / launch. Leverage AI and automation tools to streamline reporting, surface actionable insights, and enhance decision-making speed. Navigate Asia-specific regulatory environments and ensure business operations remain compliant. PM Onboarding & Lifecycle Management Lead onboarding of new Macro/Fixed Income PM teams in Asia: capital allocation sizing, risk limits, market-data entitlements, trading-system connectivity, and broker relationships. Coordinate pre-launch testing, market data, and trading integrations for newly on-boarded PMs across Asian time zones. Serve as escalation point and "trusted advisor" to existing PMs for any trading, infrastructure or counterparty issues. Business & Performance Analytics Design dashboards on KPIs and business metrics; present insights to PMs and senior management. Lead cost/benefit cases for data, analytics and technology spend; track realized savings and ROI. Deploy AI/ML-driven analytics to identify patterns in performance, risk, and cost data that inform strategic decisions. Cross-Functional Leadership Lead strategic, cross-functional projects across operations, treasury, compliance, and technology—owning end-to-end delivery and change management. Run high-priority, cross-desk projects (e.g., Asia CCP onboarding, FX TCA implementation, intraday risk enhancements, local clearing mandates). Coordinate with Legal / Treasury on ISDA, CSA, give-ups and clearing mandates to support trading strategies across Asian jurisdictions. Collaborate closely with the North America and EMEA regional leads to ensure consistency of processes and best-practice sharing. Vendor & Data Management Own the vendor lifecycle for trading and analytics platf...