Chief Operation Officer-Crypto Sector
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About the Role
A global leading crypto exchange seeks a Chief Operating Officer to drive global execution, profitability, and operational excellence. Reporting to the Founder, the COO will own group-level P&L, lead regional business leaders, and define global operating strategy.
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Responsibilities
- 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
- Optimize business performance across all product lines including trading, payments, card, earn, wealth, and institutional solutions
- Build and institutionalize performance management systems, KPIs, and data driven decision making frameworks
- Partner closely with Product, Technology, Compliance, and other leadership teams for 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
Requirements
- 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 in high growth environments
- Deep understanding of global markets and ability to adapt strategies across different regulatory environments
- Experience in crypto, fintech, or digital technology sectors is highly preferred
- Highly strategic yet hands on, with ability to translate vision into execution
- 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
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Role Overview
- My client is a global leading exchange seeking a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to drive global execution, profitability, and operational excellence.
- Reporting directly to the Founder, this role will take full ownership of group level performance.
What You Will Own
- Full ownership of group level P&L across all geographies.
- Lead and manage regional business leaders globally.
- Define and execute global operating strategy.
- Drive market expansion and penetration.
- Optimize business performance across all product lines.
- Build and institutionalize performance management systems.
- Partner closely with Product, Technology, Compliance, and other leadership teams.
- Identify new revenue opportunities and strategic initiatives.
- Drive operational excellence.
What Success Looks Like
- Strong and sustainable growth in global revenue and profitability.
- High performing regional structures with clear accountability.
- Effective penetration and scaling in key markets.
- Optimized performance across multiple business lines.
- A disciplined, data driven operating model.
- Consistent execution of strategic initiatives.
What We are Looking for
- Proven experience as a senior leader (COO, GM, or equivalent) with full P&L ownership.
- Strong track record of scaling businesses from 0 to 1 and from 1 to 100.
- Deep understanding of global markets.
- Experience in crypto, fintech, or digital technology sectors is highly preferred.
- Highly strategic yet hands on.
- Strong data driven mindset.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence senior stakeholders.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with high ownership.
- Fluent in English; Mandarin Chinese is strongly preferred.
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