Senior eTrading Project Manager / electronic trading Project Manager, Greenfield Project, Tier One Investment Bank recruitment
Senior eTrading Project Manager / electronic trading Project Manager, Greenfield Project, Tier One Investment Bank
Introduction: Montash Associates have been engaged by a leading Investment Bank to assist in the attraction and acquisition of a VP level Project Manager with expertise in electronic trading.
The Team: The EMEA Projects Team that manages and drives strategic programs to support this bank’s electronic trading, exchange mandatory upgrades and exchange on-boarding.
The Skills: Very strong ability to work on exchange mandatory and electronic trading projects are a must, as daily tasks and projects will require a clear understanding on how trading systems and exchanges interact. The team is responsible for the project management, analysis and support of exchange and application environment changes. In addition, gathering business requirements and translating to technical deliverables new features sponsored by the business will be required. As such, the candidate must be able to work in parallel on medium to long term projects (release of new binaries, architecture, features) as well as daily tasks (troubleshooting and helping the production teams). The following skills are required:
- Strong knowledge of Project Management concepts and tools
- Strong Business Analysis skills
- Strong Futures Product Exchange knowledge and experience dealing with the intricacies of the futures exchanges in the EMEA
- Strong knowledge of Futures electronic trading (buy/sell sides)
- Experience with exchange connectivity software (GL/SunGard software SLE/SLC good to have)
- Experience with EMS / OMS software
- Self-motivated, innovative and self-starter
- Ability to work in a team environment and partner with business, development and support teams globally
- Strong business focus and a clear understanding that technology is the means to achieving business goals.
- Ability to learn and assimilate knowledge of proprietary and vendor systems quickly
- Strong communication skills
- Effective partnership skills to work with the business to ensure requirements are captured correctly
- Ability to lead projects independently and provide guidance to junior members of the team
- Ability to perform in a fast paced environment where time to delivery and/or resolution is critical to protect/increase revenue stream
- Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects at the same time in a complex environment
- Strong knowledge on the order lifecycle.
- Strong knowledge of the SDLC
- Very strong experience required in vendor/project management within the E-trading space
The Package: This is a senior PM role in a high profile division of this bank. As such, remuneration will be strong; a base of up to £120,000 plus benefits and bonus mean that only exceptional candidates need apply.
Contact: If this excellent opportunity is of interest, or for a conversation about the London/Global finance market in general, please contact Paul Kirtley on 0207 749 60 66 or email paulk@montash.com
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