Chief of Staff (DV Equities)

As Chief of Staff at DV Equities, you help run the Asia-Pacific equities and ETF market-making business day to day and own projects that span multiple teams. DV Equities is part of DV Trading, a Chicago-headquartered proprietary trading firm with over 600 people across North America, Europe and Asia. The desk is expanding across markets, products and headcount, and the role exists to support that growth through planning, reporting, and cross-functional execution.

What you'll do

• Run the desk's management cadence, including leadership meetings, priority tracking and follow-up on decisions
• Lead cross-functional projects from start to finish, working with trading, technology, operations, risk, compliance and legal
• Prepare management reporting for the desk and DV Group leadership covering P&L, costs, headcount, capital and risk usage, and project status
• Coordinate headcount planning and recruiting, including pipeline tracking, interview scheduling and onboarding
• Track budgets, vendor contracts and renewals; prepare business cases for new tools, data and infrastructure spend
• Support regulatory and licensing work with compliance and legal, including SFC matters and exchange memberships
• Prepare materials for internal and external meetings and represent the desk where necessary
• Identify and resolve operational issues across the desk

What you bring

• 2-5 years of experience in a business management, COO office, strategy or chief of staff role at a trading firm, bank, asset manager, exchange or consulting firm
• A good understanding of how a trading desk operates, including P&L, risk, technology and the regulatory environment
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience running several projects at once and working with senior stakeholders
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Discretion in handling confidential commercial and personnel information
• Fluent English and Mandarin
• Based in Hong Kong or willing to relocate

Nice to have

• SQL or Python skills

About DV Equities

DV Equities is the Asia-Pacific equities and ETF market-making business of DV Trading, a proprietary trading firm founded two decades ago and now operating across North America, Europe and Asia. The team spans trading, sales, operations, low-latency engineering, software development, hardware and research.