Head of Commercial and Projects
IG Group is a FTSE 250 online trading platform (CFDs, forex, shares) that launched spot crypto trading in 2025 and acquired crypto exchange Independent Reserve in 2026.
Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026
About IG
IG Group Holdings plc (LSEG: IGG) is a London-headquartered FTSE 250 online trading platform offering CFDs, forex, shares and ~19,000 markets. It launched spot crypto trading for UK retail in June 2025, obtained FCA cryptoasset registration in October 2025 (50+ coins by May 2026), and completed the acquisition of crypto exchange Independent Reserve on 30 January 2026.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will lead commercial strategy, planning, pricing, capital allocation, analytics, and strategic projects across four APAC markets. You will build business cases, guide cross-market decisions, prepare board-quality materials, partner with market and product leaders, and lead a team spanning commercial analytics and projects.
Requirements
- Regional or divisional commercial strategy, pricing, or planning experience
- Experience in financial services, trading, brokerage, or fintech
- Analytical and strategic problem-solving skills
- Experience building business cases, pricing models, or capital-allocation models
- Influencing senior autonomous market leaders without line authority
- Experience producing board-quality work
- Experience leading major cross-functional projects with governance
- Experience building and leading analytics and delivery teams
- APAC market experience is advantageous
- Pricing experience across trading or investment products is advantageous
- Understanding of commercial strategy and product roadmaps is advantageous
- Awareness of MAS or equivalent regulatory considerations is helpful
Responsibilities
- Lead commercial strategy and planning across APAC
- Own capital allocation across four markets
- Set commercial targets and cadence
- Own the pricing agenda across the APAC portfolio
- Lead commercial and business analytics
- Build competitor and market insight
- Lead cross-market commercial projects from business case through post-launch tracking
- Evaluate new segments, revenue diversification, and strategic partnerships
- Partner with four market heads on strategy, pricing, analytics, and projects
- Align business strategy and capital allocation with the product roadmap
- Prepare board-quality memos, papers, and presentations
- Turn complex commercial questions into recommendations
- Build and lead the commercial analytics and projects team