Head of Strategic Projects 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 lead high-priority strategic initiatives across Asia and APAC from problem definition through implementation. You will turn ambiguous business problems into strategic choices, business cases, executable plans, and measurable outcomes. You will assess markets and expansion opportunities, align senior stakeholders, manage risks, and track performance against project KPIs and business cases.
Requirements
- Significant experience in strategy, transformation, business operations, consulting, corporate development, or complex project leadership.
- Experience ideally within financial services, fintech, brokerage, investing, wealth, or another regulated industry.
- Ability to take major strategic initiatives from concept through execution and deliver measurable commercial outcomes.
- Commercial judgement and analytical skills, including business cases, unit economics, contribution margin, and return on investment.
- Problem-solving ability to turn unstructured issues into clear frameworks and decisions.
- Understanding of APAC markets and regional commercial, regulatory, and competitive differences.
- Stakeholder-management skills and ability to influence senior leaders, challenge assumptions constructively, and create momentum across teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic projects from problem definition through implementation and measurable business impact.
- Structure ambiguous business questions into workstreams, hypotheses, decisions, and action plans.
- Build business cases covering revenue potential, contribution economics, investment requirements, operational implications, and risks.
- Conduct market, customer, and competitive analysis.
- Assess market and product expansion opportunities, including regulatory feasibility, licensing, and execution complexity.
- Develop launch and transformation roadmaps across cross-functional functions.
- Drive alignment among senior stakeholders and surface risks and options early.
- Define project KPIs, track performance against business cases, and support regional prioritisation of capital and technology resources.
Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Private medical and dental insurance for employees and eligible dependants
- Life insurance and disability income protection
- Fitness and wellbeing benefits
- Annual health check reimbursement
- Annual leave, public holidays, birthday leave, and volunteering days
- Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their families
- Comprehensive global and local onboarding
- Mentorship and social initiatives