Head of Market Surveillance

About the Role

We are looking for Head of Market Surveillance to build and lead our trading risk control function. You will own the end-to-end framework that protects our platform and users from market manipulation, abnormal trading behavior, and systemic risk — spanning Spot, Derivatives (Futures & Options), Copy Trading, and Institutional products.

Key Responsibilities

1. Framework & Strategy

Design and implement the overarching market surveillance architecture, including policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.

Develop short- and long-term roadmaps for surveillance capabilities aligned with business growth and regulatory evolution.

Establish a full-lifecycle risk control system to proactively identify and mitigate user-behavior-driven risks before they materialize into losses or complaints.

2. Cross-Product Risk Governance

Own surveillance coverage across Spot, Futures, Options, Copy Trading, and Institutional/OTC product lines.

Detect and mitigate market manipulation (wash trading, spoofing/layering, pump-and-dump, front-running, etc.), abnormal trading patterns, and whale-concentration risks.

Define alert thresholds, escalation protocols, and enforcement actions (warnings, restrictions, liquidation safeguards).

3. Strategy Development & Intelligence

Build and continuously refine quantitative detection models and rule engines for manipulation identification and real-time intervention.

Leverage data analytics and machine learning to improve detection precision and reduce false positives.

Stay current on emerging manipulation tactics in crypto markets and adapt surveillance strategies accordingly.

4. Team Leadership

Recruit, develop, and performance-manage a high-caliber surveillance team (analysts, quant developers, investigators).

Drive the team toward standardization, automation, and intelligent (AI-assisted) operations.

Foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and cross-functional collaboration with Compliance, Legal, Product, and Engineering.

Requirements

Must-Have

Master's degree or above in Finance, Computer Science, Statistics, or related quantitative field.

3+ years of market surveillance / trading risk control experience at a top-tier centralized exchange (CEX) or equivalent financial institution.

Deep familiarity with CEX product mechanics and the risk scenarios that lead to customer disputes or financial losses.

Strong understanding of common market manipulation typologies and detection methodologies; able to articulate a personal surveillance philosophy.

Hands-on capability in strategy/rule development and data analysis (SQL, Python, or similar).

Nice-to-Have

Experience with regulatory frameworks (MiCA, MAS, JFSA, or equivalent) applicable to crypto trading platforms.

Track record of building surveillance systems from the ground up (0→1).

Familiarity with real-time streaming architectures (Flink, Kafka) and ML-based anomaly detection.

Multilingual communication skills (English + Mandarin preferred).