Intern - Commodities, Product Management (Fall 2026, Jul to Dec)

SGX Internship Program

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services. With about 40% of listed companies and 90% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange.

Be a part of this fast-paced world where your contributions count. SGX offers you the unique experience of gaining insights into the Exchange business and the finance value chain. You will be immersed in the respective specialist functions – at SGX, we believe that our interns are involved in real-time work from Day 1.

Note: Leave of Absence (LOA) may be required to take on the internship.

Commodities

Short overview on the Team

The intern will support the Commodities Product Management team which is one of the key business drivers in SGX. The PM team is responsible for growing the revenue and liquidity of the commodity derivatives, which include iron ore, coal, freight, rubber, dairy, oil, petrochemicals and EV metals.

Learning Objectives

• Get hands-on experience of the different aspects of derivatives product management in an Exchange and learn about the market structure and mechanics of SGX’s suite of commodity derivatives.
• Be involved in the daily functions of a derivatives product manager and gain practical knowledge of how an Exchange lists and clears derivative contracts.
• Acquire insights into the fundamentals of the commodity markets through helping with market research.
• Assist with projects such as product launches and marketing events.

Depending on the intern's preference, there will be a chance to work with quantitative analytics, liquidity measurements, pricing models, or to be involved with Singapore Iron Ore Week, the premier global iron ore event including marketing, client meetings, etc. Furthermore, from technology stacks, you will have the opportunity to learn KDB_Q, Java, Groovy as well as C# and relational database programming.

Job Responsibilities

• Build and maintain dashboards to monitor business performance (e.g., volume, revenue, product yields).
• Support, enhance and develop analytics on order book, liquidity, and pricing models for different products.
• Research and develop quantitative trading ideas and strategies for commodity derivatives products.
• Collect and analyze trade data for research reports, news articles and white papers.
• Assist with content, layout and design of marketing materials (presentations, brochures, videos) to drive trading activity.
• Organize industry events, including workshops, roundtables, seminars, forums and Singapore Iron Ore Week.
• Conduct research on peer exchanges and clearing houses to understand their product/service offerings with the goal of enhancing SGX’s offering.

Job Requirements

• Fluency in English (written and spoken) and proficiency in Chinese.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint) including VBA/macros.
• Good to have any financial quantitative knowledge.
• Know at least one programming language (e.g., C, C++, Java, C#, Python, Groovy, Perl) and SQL.
• Interest in marketing, client outreach, digital/social media knowledge is a plus.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, and the willingness and ability to work in a team.
• Ability to multitask, be process-driven, think innovatively and independently, and work under pressure and tight timelines.
• Fast and smart learner, especially in programming languages.
• Highly productive, with great intellectual curiosity, eagerness to learn and explore.
• Great team player with flexibility in handling different workstreams.
• Detail-oriented.