Chief Operating Officer

About the Role

Evolving into a next-generation global financial platform, expanding beyond exchange into a fully integrated ecosystem spanning trading, payments, wealth, and institutional solutions.

As the business scales across multiple regions and regulatory environments, They are seeking a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to drive global execution, profitability, and operational excellence across all markets.

Reporting directly to the Founder, this role will take full ownership of group-level performance, ensuring alignment between global strategy and regional execution.

What You Will Own

• Full ownership of group-level P&L across all geographies, driving revenue growth, cost efficiency, and profitability
• Lead and manage regional business leaders globally, ensuring strong accountability on performance and execution
• Define and execute global operating strategy, aligning regional priorities with overall business objectives
• Drive market expansion and penetration by leveraging local dynamics, including regulatory environments, user behavior, and competitive landscape
• Optimize business performance across all product lines, including trading, payments, card, earn, wealth, and institutional solutions (e.g., custody, loans, B2B offerings)
• Build and institutionalize performance management systems, KPIs, and data-driven decision-making frameworks
• Partner closely with Product, Technology, Compliance, and other leadership teams to ensure scalable and compliant growth
• Identify new revenue opportunities, business models, and strategic initiatives to accelerate global expansion
• Drive operational excellence, ensuring speed, efficiency, and execution discipline across the organization

What Success Looks Like

• Strong and sustainable growth in global revenue and profitability
• High-performing regional structures with clear accountability and consistent delivery
• Effective penetration and scaling in key markets, aligned with regulatory and competitive dynamics
• Optimized performance across multiple business lines, with clear contribution to overall P&L
• A disciplined, data-driven operating model enabling fast and high-quality decision-making
• Consistent execution of strategic initiatives with measurable business impact

What We are Looking for

• Proven experience as a senior leader (COO, GM, or equivalent) with full P&L ownership in global organizations
• Strong track record of scaling businesses from 0 to 1 and from 1 to 100, ideally in high-growth environments
• Deep understanding of global markets, with the ability to adapt strategies across different regulatory, political, and economic environments
• Experience in crypto, fintech, or digital technology sectors is highly preferred
• Highly strategic yet hands-on, with the ability to translate vision into execution and results
• Strong data-driven mindset with sharp commercial instincts
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence senior stakeholders across regions and functions
• Entrepreneurial mindset with high ownership, resilience, and execution intensity
• Fluent in English; Mandarin Chinese is strongly preferred for global stakeholder management