Head of Product & Design, APAC
IG operates an award-winning trading platform and provides forex trading services, support, and educational resources through IG Academy.
About IG
IG is a trading-services company offering an award-winning trading platform, including forex trading services in the US. Its website highlights instant support and educational resources through IG Academy, and warns users about the risks of leveraged CFD trading.
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About the Role
You will own the product vision, strategy and roadmap across APAC markets. You will lead product, design and UX research, localize products for each market, improve onboarding, KYC, funding and lifecycle experiences, and partner with engineering, commercial and global product leaders to deliver growth initiatives.
Requirements
- Experience building and leading product at scale for regulated digital financial products across multiple markets.
- Commercial product expertise, including monetisation, onboarding, KYC, funding, payment rails, compliance-driven product design and growth.
- Experience owning or leading product design and UX research.
- Experience building and leading large multi-market teams and scaling a product hub.
- Knowledge of Asian markets, regulators, payment behaviours and client expectations, with product localization experience.
- Experience working with global product organizations and regional and central engineering teams.
- Experience navigating MAS or equivalent regulators as a product owner.
- Platform consolidation or migration experience is useful.
- CFD or leveraged-products experience is useful.
Responsibilities
- Own the APAC product vision, strategy, roadmap, North Star and product metrics.
- Prioritize product delivery across regulatory constraints, technical feasibility, client needs and commercial goals.
- Localize products for Australia, Japan, Singapore and emerging markets.
- Lead product design, user experience and UX research across APAC.
- Improve onboarding, KYC, funding, activation, retention and reactivation.
- Own the pipeline and sequencing of new regional product propositions.
- Build, lead and develop the APAC product and design organization.
- Build the Singapore product hub and establish its operating model.
- Align APAC priorities with global product leadership and the consolidated roadmap.
- Translate the roadmap into clear requirements and align delivery with APAC and global engineering.
- Partner with commercial leadership and market heads on roadmap sequencing.
Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working with 2 days working from home
- Private medical and dental insurance for employees and eligible dependants
- Life insurance coverage
- Disability income protection
- Fitness benefits, including discounted Platinum Fitness Raffles Place access and up to SGD 720 yearly reimbursement
- Annual health check reimbursement
- 20 days annual leave plus public holidays, birthday leave and volunteering days
- Option to sell or carry forward annual leave
- Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their families
- Health and wellbeing benefits
- Comprehensive global and local onboarding programme
- Employee community and social initiatives