Project Manager / Market Data Lead – Banking, Infrastructure, Trading
- Take ownership of all of the market data access and projects!
- Be the point person for relationships with vendors, exchanges, legal, etc.
- Technical environment, excellent company culture, permanent role.
Our client, a financial services powerhouse, has engaged us to scour the market for a switched-on project manager that has extensive experience in the Market Data field. If you’ve worked in trading either at a smaller boutique firm, an investment bank, a hedge fund, or an asset management organization and have extensive experience and understanding of Market Data systems, this could be for you. If you have or do work in this space, you know these types of opportunities are rare and it could be a long time before a high-visibility such as this one pops up again.
You’ll be in charge of all access to Market Data across the business – that’s kind of a big deal. While this is not a technical role, a strong understanding of trading systems infrastructure and operations would be beneficial. You will be the go-to when liaising with not only external vendors and exchanges, but the various internal departments of the business.
Requirements:
- At least 3+ years of experience as a Project Manager or Senior / Lead Business Analyst with stakeholder management responsibility.
- At least 6+ years working in Market Data – perhaps as an analyst, or support, or even a developer – what’s crucial is strong understanding of Market Data systems.
- Stakeholder Management skills – as outlined above, you’ve got to be able to manage relationships with the vendors, the exchanges, and anybody else who has anything to do with Market Data.
- Strong documentation skills are absolutely essential.
- Excellent communication and business acumen – be able to discuss concepts, both technical and non-technical and understand the tradeoffs when making decisions regarding this organization’s infrastructure with regard to Market Data.
Bonus Points for:
- Exposure and understanding of the Asian Markets and Exchanges – Osaka, Korea, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, or any others.
- A techy background with regard to trading technologies and systems.
KEYWORDS: Project, Manager, Market, Data, Banking, Finance, Trading, Exchange, Vendor, Relationships, Management.
If this position interests you, please submit a word copy of your resume via the 'Apply Now' button or email. Or for further information please contact Francisco Morales quoting reference SUPERMARKET.
***Unfortunately this opportunity does not offer visa sponsorship so please only apply if you already have full working rights for Australia. ***
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