Tech Project Manager Mortgage Trading recruitment
Technical Project Manager Mortgage Trading
The department’s Project Management team is responsible for full scale business analysis and project coordination on each initiative, working closely with both the technologists and business sponsors throughout all phases of the project lifecycle (most heavily concentrated on requirements documentation, design, testing and implementation). Several members of the team are dedicated to this group, the firm’s business that delivers class-leading electronic fixed income trading solutions.
The team is seeking a candidate to lead the project management, business analysis and quality assurance efforts for the mortgage technology trading platform.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Translating business requirements to development staff and assisting with system design
- Drafting detailed functional specification documents
- Creating and managing detailed test plans
- Developing and presenting proof-of-concept prototype designs
- Executing and validating function and regression test cases
- Coordinating and supporting user acceptance test cycles
- Providing post production support and tracking open issues
- Administering systems (e.g. user administration, maintaining entitlements, etc.)
- Create reference documentation for end users
- Conducting user training sessions
- Manage and continue to refine a highly structured quality assurance process for the platform
- Maintain the master project list and manage a comprehensive project plan for the platform’s continued build out, aligning the priorities from all stakeholders.
- Provide subject matter expertise on industry trends and best practices. Recommend solutions to business leaders as appropriate.
- Partner with business sponsors to define business requirements
- Manage vendor relationships.
- Coordinate software release cycles.
- Draft project scope documents.
- Work with the development staff to prioritize, resolve and implement system changes and fixes.
- Work with the lead technologist to continue refining change management processes for software development on the platform.
- Oversee the implementation of new software
Target Candidate Qualifications:
- A deep background in MBS specifically Residential Mortgage Back Securities, end-to-end trade processing and data requirements.
- Hands on product development experience with Mortgage trading platforms – ECN’s, retail broker workstations, internal trader systems, market access systems, etc.
- A deep background in loan origination workflows and warehouse lending systems, as well as a working knowledge of mortgage trading processes.
- Specific experience with Mortgage Cadence, ReverseVision or another loan origination system is a plus.
- 5-10 years of experience in financial services
- Minimum 3 years project management experience and a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle. This includes a proven track record in successfully managing large scale initiatives, from both business and a technology perspective.
- Ability to collaborate with and influence individuals at all levels of the firm.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Customer service oriented.
Send resumes to cory@gmsadvisors.com / cory (at) gmsadvisors.com