Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) is looking for a passionate professional to join its Fintech team as Senior Vice President(Fintech) to drive our investment promotion work in this field. You will leverage your sector knowledge, industry experience and network to promote Hong Kong as a fintech hub. You will work with our global network to attract and support leading companies from the Mainland and overseas to set up and/or expand their operations in and via Hong Kong.

You will need to demonstrate: • extensive knowledge and work experience in the fintech sector, gained in Hong Kong and/or globally; • strong business acumen and proven record of performance in client-facing activities with savvy marketing and business development skills; • excellent track record of generating leads and capable of managing relationships with ecosystem stakeholders; • excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and public speaking skills in English, Cantonese and Putonghua; • knowledge of and good understanding of Hong Kong’s business environment and familiarity of business opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area would be an advantage; and • willingness to conduct duty visits outside Hong Kong when required.

Duties

• (a)To support the implemention of strategies and business plans to attract Mainland and overseas fintech companies, talent and entrepreneurs to Hong Kong and promote the city as a global fintech hub;
• (b)To provide support to the one-stop service platform to facilitate fintech companies to set up and expand in the city and connect them with relevant stakeholders;
• (c)To build a strong network and database facilitating the team to work closely with fintech startups and key stakeholders in the fintech community in Hong Kong, and to attend fintech events and engage with organisers and stakeholders;
• (d)To implement fintech initiatives through working closely with team members in Hong Kong and overseas to support roadshows and sponsored events organised locally and in other hubs;
• (e)To collect and analyse market intelligence and information to build market knowledge and recommend ways to improve Hong Kong’s competitiveness and attractiveness as a leading fintech hub in Asia; and
• (f)To carry out administrative work in the budget and resource management of the team, and any other work as required by the seniors.

• (a)Five years’ relevant full-time work experience gained in account management and/or business development within financial services sector, fintech sector, business professional firm, and/or marketing agency; or five years’ full-time work experience in foreign direct investment promotion or economic development;
• (b)A Bachelor’s degree from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent, preferably in business administration, finance, computer science, mathematics, economics or international marketing, or related fields. A higher degree would be an advantage;
• (c)Demonstrable knowledge and good understanding of fintech ecosystems, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cyber security, green fintech, insurtech, payment methods and technology, regtech, wealthtech;
• (d)Experience in marketing and event management is a plus;
• (e)Good networks within the Hong Kong and/or overseas fintech startup ecosystems is desirable; and
• (f)A good command of both written and spoken Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua) and English. Proficiency in another language would be an advantage.