Introducing Your New Company

Our client is a local investment manager.

Your New Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Investment Analyst to join the team in Hong Kong. You will cover macro markets and traditional financial products, playing a key role in investment research, risk assessment, and product development while collaborating closely with the core investment team.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Conducting fundamental research on macro markets including the US, Hong Kong, and China, as well as listed companies across different sectors.
• Monitoring market trends and identifying investment ideas.
• Preparing high-quality research reports, investment strategies, and recommendations.
• Supporting the Portfolio Manager with portfolio analysis, optimisation, and management.
• Executing trades and placing orders across equities, bonds, futures, and options.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline from a reputable university.
• Approximately 3+ years of solid full-time research or investment experience at financial institutions (e.g., securities firms, fund houses, futures companies, asset management firms, or private banks).
• Proven track record in macro and financial markets research, with exposure to equities, bonds, and derivatives.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and at least one programming language for data analysis (Python or VBA).

What You'll Receive in Return

A competitive compensation package, opportunities to work at the forefront of traditional finance, exposure to diverse investment strategies, and the chance to contribute to innovative solutions for a growing client base in a dynamic Hong Kong-based environment.

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Introducing Your New Company

A Hong Kong-based asset manager licensed by the SFC.

Your New Role

We are seeking an experienced Responsible Officer (RO) to join our client and take a leading role in the oversight and management of its ETF products.

In this senior position you will:

• Oversee the full product lifecycle of existing and future ETF offerings, ensuring strong performance, operational excellence and full regulatory compliance.
• Provide strategic guidance on ETF structuring, benchmarking, risk management, tracking error optimisation and cost efficiency.
• Ensure ongoing adherence to all SFC requirements for ETF issuers.
• Act as a key regulatory liaison for ETF-related matters.

This is a high-impact role offering the opportunity to shape the future of ETF products in Hong Kong.

Your Background

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience working with or at ETF issuers / asset management firms focused on ETF products. Experience in the Hong Kong or Asian ETF market is highly desirable.
• Solid, hands-on experience in managing ETF products, including product launch, ongoing portfolio management, index tracking, rebalancing and performance monitoring.
• In-depth knowledge of the SFC regulatory framework governing ETF issuers.
• The ability and eligibility to be approved and registered as a Responsible Officer (RO) by the SFC for relevant regulated activities (ideally Type 9 Asset Management). Candidates must fully satisfy the SFC’s fit and proper guidelines with a clean record and demonstrable industry experience.

What You'll Receive in Return

• Direct involvement in the management and growth of flagship ETFs that are attracting significant institutional capital.
• A collaborative, high-calibre team environment alongside experienced professionals in investment management, technology and compliance.
• Meaningful professional development opportunities.

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Introducing Your New Opportunity
A dynamic and progressive Global Insurance organization with a solid presence in Asia is seeking a results-driven Project Management & Business Transformation Lead. In this key role, you will provide strategic project management, workflow design, and consultancy services to drive process efficiency, system enhancements, and operational excellence across the business and life operations.

Your New Role

• Provide project management, workflow design, and consultancy services to the business and operations to drive continuous improvement in systems, products, services, process efficiency, and control.
• Lead the implementation of global initiatives at the local level, actively involved in process change and business transformation programs.
• Collaborate with various business units and functions on project prioritization, resource optimization, process re-engineering, and the delivery of key system and operational improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with business users, operations, IT, and relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth and effective project implementation from inception to completion.
• Proactively identify and manage project risks, recommending and implementing appropriate mitigating measures.
• Train and cultivate a strong project management culture across the organization.

Your Background

• University graduate in related disciplines or other relevant qualifications.
• Solid knowledge and experience in the Insurance industry.
• 8+ years of solid experience in project management, system implementation, or business transformation.
• Strong managerial, project management, communication, analytical, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills.
• Strong sense of ownership with a customer service mindset to deliver efficient and effective processes.
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English & Chinese
• Good PC skills.

What You'll Receive in Return
This is a high-impact role offering significant influence on operational efficiency, process transformation, and business performance within a leading global insurance organization in Asia. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders, drive meaningful change initiatives, and enjoy excellent opportunities for professional growth in a stable and progressive environment.

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Contact Jason.Kwong@upsidegroup.co  to discuss this opportunity in complete confidence.

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Introducing Your New Opportunity

A prominent HR Consulting firm with a robust and growing presence across Asia is seeking a high-performing Managing Consultant to strengthen and expand its HR Consulting Practice. In this impactful role, you will drive client development, business development, and high-quality project delivery, helping clients achieve measurable results through specialized Human Resources and Organization advisory services.

Your New Role

• Drive business development and client growth: Proactively identify and pursue opportunities, build and maintain strong relationships with HR leaders and key decision-makers, develop compelling proposals, negotiate deals, and achieve revenue and growth targets through new and existing clients.
• Lead project delivery: Take end-to-end ownership of HR consulting engagements — from scoping and solution design to successful delivery and value realization — across areas such as talent management, rewards, performance, organization development, employee engagement, and employee relations.
• Deliver senior advisory support: Act as a trusted advisor to HR directors, functional leaders, and senior management, providing practical, outcome-oriented recommendations that translate into real business impact.
• Manage projects and resources: Lead project teams (including associates and partners), ensure high delivery standards, manage engagement economics (budget, timelines, profitability), mitigate risks, and deliver exceptional client satisfaction.
• Contribute to practice growth: Support the development of service offerings, thought leadership, and capability building while collaborating closely with senior leadership on practice strategy and operations.

Your Background

• 8+ years of relevant experience in HR consulting, preferably with exposure to senior HR leadership or project-based advisory roles.
• Strong track record in business development — including opportunity identification, proposal writing, client pitching, and successful deal closure.
• Demonstrated success in client development and managing long-term strategic client relationships.
• Proven ability to independently lead and deliver complex HR consulting projects with measurable outcomes.
• Solid expertise across core HR domains (talent, reward, performance, OD, engagement, and employee relations) and the ability to convert this knowledge into commercially viable solutions.
• Experience operating effectively in lean, high-accountability environments with a strong delivery and results orientation.

What You’ll Receive in Return

You will gain significant autonomy and visibility, work directly with senior stakeholders across Asia, deliver high-impact projects that drive real business performance, and benefit from rapid career progression in a supportive, meritocratic, and high-performance culture.

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Introducing Your New Company

As a fast-growing, high-ambition insurance firm with a strong regional presence, this organisation is a dynamic player in the APAC insurance market. Known for its entrepreneurial culture, rapid expansion, and aggressive pursuit of market opportunities, the company is entering a significant growth phase through product innovation, new market entries, and strategic acquisitions. They are now seeking a high-calibre Strategic Business Lead.

Your New Role

• You will act as a trusted strategic partner with the C-Suite team, driving cross-functional coordination, accelerating key growth initiatives, and ensuring execution across  revenue expansion and geographic footprint projects in a high-growth business environment.
• You will maintain and manage the strategic initiative portfolio across product development, new market entries, and M&A workstreams — ensuring initiatives are properly prioritised, adequately resourced, and delivered on time.
• Strategic planning, new market entries, regulatory and licensing coordination to partnership structuring and operational enhacements.
• You will prepare and pressure-test business cases, investment proposals, and executive decision papers on behalf of the CEO. Additionally, you will coordinate M&A activities, including pipeline management, due diligence workstream orchestration, and post-merger integration tracking, while supporting the growth of strategic partnerships and distribution alliances in target markets.

Your Background

• You are a high-potential, strategic professional with 8+ years of experience in a strategy, corporate development, or chief of staff role, preferably supporting a CEO or C-suite executive
• You bring strong exposure to insurance M&A, strategic planning, revenue growth.
• You have demonstrable experience managing complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives, developing business cases, and driving execution in dynamic environments.
• Communications in English & Chinese will be required

What You'll Receive in Return

In return, you can expect competitive compensation, direct exposure to high-impact strategic work, significant influence at executive level, and the opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the next phase of the company’s regional growth.

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Introducing Your New Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced and visionary technology leader to an APAC organisation as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). This is a high-impact executive role focused on transforming technology into a predictable, efficient, and scalable growth engine. You will drive improvements in delivery predictability, cloud economics, platform reliability, and AI-powered product innovation while working closely with the business to deliver customer success and sustainable growth.

Your New Role

• Define and execute the company’s overall technology strategy, balancing innovation with operational excellence and long-term scalability.
• Build and lead a high-performance engineering organisation with strong focus on predictable delivery, software quality, and accountability.
• Drive AI and machine learning initiatives to create scalable, practical solutions that deliver clear business and customer value.
• Own cloud infrastructure, platform reliability, and operational efficiency while optimising costs and engineering productivity.
• Partner closely with Product, Sales, Security, and Executive teams to ensure technology execution is tightly aligned with business priorities.

Your Background

• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience with at least 5+ years in senior roles (Senior level Engineering or CTO).
• Proven track record scaling SaaS products in cloud-native environments with modern engineering practices.
• Demonstrated success improving engineering execution, delivery predictability, and operational performance at scale.
• Strong experience leading multi-functional technology teams and developing future-ready engineering leaders.
• Commercially aware with excellent stakeholder management and the ability to align technology initiatives to business outcomes.

What You'll Receive in Return

You will join a dynamic and growing organisation that values innovation and operational excellence. This is a high-impact leadership role offering competitive compensation, the opportunity to shape the future of technology, and the chance to build high-performing teams.

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We are partnering with a well-regarded insurance intermediary in Hong Kong to place a driven and client-focused professional into an Insurance Specialist position. This organisation has built a strong reputation in the local market and is looking for someone who can take meaningful ownership of client relationships while actively contributing to business growth. 

• Serve as the primary relationship contact for a defined portfolio of individual and corporate insurance clients, managing all day-to-day servicing needs with professionalism and care.
• Develop and sustain productive working relationships with insurers, banking partners, and other distribution channels to support seamless client servicing and placement.
• Handle the full client lifecycle — from preparing tailored quotations and negotiating policy terms through to managing renewals, amendments, and ongoing inquiries.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities, engaging proactively with prospective clients and converting leads through consultative, needs-based dialogue.
• Prepare customised proposals and marketing materials that address clients’ specific financial protection requirements.

Your Background

• A bachelor’s degree, combined with a minimum of three years’ experience in the life insurance industry in Hong Kong; prior exposure to bank assurance or insurance broking channels is an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience servicing Mainland Chinese visitor (MCV) clients and an understanding of the distinct needs of this customer segment.
• Familiarity with life insurance product ranges across both domestic and cross-border segments; exposure to high-net-worth clients and group insurance or employee benefits schemes is highly regarded.
• Relevant industry qualifications, including IIQE Papers 1, 2, and 3; Paper 5 is a further advantage.
• Confident communicator with strong presentation skills and the ability to build trust with clients and business partners across cultures.

What You’ll Receive in Return

You will be joining a growth-oriented organisation that genuinely invests in the development of its people. In addition to a competitive base salary, the role includes performance-linked bonuses and long-term incentive arrangements designed to reward sustained contribution. This is a role where strong performance translates directly into career progression and financial recognition.

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We are helping a insurance group to identify a talented Systems Analyst for a key position within their technology function. 

• Take ownership of day-to-day system maintenance and enhancement activities, ensuring core business applications remain stable, performant, and aligned to evolving operational needs.
• Translate business requirements into clearly defined technical specifications, coordinating with internal teams and external service providers throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Proactively manage and prioritise a pipeline of system change requests, balancing urgency, business impact, and available capacity.
• Build, test, and deploy software enhancements and new functionality across a range of business applications, adhering to established development and security standards.
• Establish and execute thorough testing protocols — including system, integration, and user acceptance testing — to validate quality before deployment.

Your Background

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• At least five years of practical experience in application or systems development, with proven proficiency across enterprise platforms, relational databases, and object-oriented programming languages.
• Solid industry experience within insurance or financial services, ideally with familiarity across core policy or operations platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Chinese; Cantonese or Mandarin proficiency is a must.

What You’ll Receive in Return

This is an opportunity to join a financially stable, long-standing organisation that takes its technology function seriously. You will have the chance to make a tangible impact on systems that matter, supported by an experienced team and clear leadership. The role offers a competitive remuneration package, a professional work environment, and real scope for technical development over time.

Contact ada.cheung@upsidegroup.co to discuss this opportunity in complete confidence.

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Introducing Your New Opportunity
We are working with a multinational financial institution to appoint a senior technology audit and assurance leader into a APAC IT audit Lead position. This mandate sits at the heart of the organisation’s internal audit function and carries end-to-end responsibility for setting direction across technology audit, risk oversight, and assurance. 

Your New Role

• Set the vision and roadmap for IT audit and technology assurance at regional level, defining how audit coverage, methodology, and capability evolve over the coming years.

• Act as a key adviser to Boards and senior executive forums on technology and digital risk, providing clear, independent perspectives on control effectiveness, resilience, and governance.

• Take overall responsibility for audit activity across the technology landscape, spanning core platforms, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data management and privacy, AI and advanced analytics and etc. 

Your Background

• Significant track record in senior IT audit, technology risk, or internal audit leadership roles, ideally within sizeable, complex, and regulated institutions.

• Comfortable operating at Board and Executive Committee level, with the confidence to challenge, influence, and shape thinking on technology risk and control.

• Broad familiarity with technology and operational risk domains, including cyber, data, outsourcing, resilience, and transformation, underpinned by strong knowledge of risk, control, and governance frameworks.

• Professional audit and technology risk credentials (for example CISA, CISSP, CRISC, CIA, CPA or similar) together with a visible commitment to staying current on emerging and digital risk topics.

What You'll Receive in Return
You will be joining a values-led organisation that places strong emphasis on purpose, inclusion, and leadership development. 

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Introducing Your New Opportunity

We are looking for a seasoned and strategic cybersecurity leader to join our organisation as the Cybersecurity Lead. This is a critical senior role responsible for defining and executing cybersecurity strategy, protecting enterprise data, infrastructure, and digital assets in a fast-evolving threat landscape. You will play a key role in balanceng robust security with business innovation and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

Your New Role

• Define and drive the global cybersecurity strategy, architecture, and governance frameworks to support business objectives and technology modernisation initiatives.
• Establish and enforce comprehensive security policies, standards, and controls for emerging technologies, including AI and machine learning applications.
• Lead threat detection, security operations, vulnerability management, and incident response to safeguard the organisation’s critical assets.
• Oversee regulatory compliance, risk assessments, and third-party vendor security across global operations.
• Partner with executive leadership and business units to communicate cyber risks effectively and embed security into technology and business decisions.

Your Background

• 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, or infrastructure security, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles within a regulated multinational environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of enterprise IT architecture, zero-trust models, cloud security, data protection, and Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Proven track record in regulatory compliance, risk management, and maintaining alignment with international standards such as ISO 27001.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex cyber risks into business terms for C-suite and Board-level audiences.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or CRISC are highly preferred.

What You'll Receive in Return

You will join a dynamic and growing organisation that values innovation, offers competitive compensation, and provides the opportunity to make a significant impact on global cybersecurity posture.

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https://upsidegroup.co/