Senior Technical Project Manager - Trading Platforms

The Recruitment Company; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

2 days in the office

Private health insurance

Extra day of leave per year

Job summary

The Recruitment Company is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager for Trading Platforms in Sydney. You will lead end-to-end delivery of trading functionality on a large-scale SaaS platform, coordinating five squads (50–60 people, 65–70% offshore) across Australia, Vietnam and the UK, with a focus on cloud-native architecture.

This is a full-time hybrid role (2 days in the office). You will collaborate with solution architects, developers, designers and portfolio leaders to deliver scalable

Qualifications

• Experience leading large, multi-squad delivery programs.
• Background with wealth or trading platforms or related domains.
• Strong knowledge of SaaS product delivery and technical platform builds.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical delivery of trading functionality.
• Coordinate 5 squads across multiple regions (Australia, offshore).
• Translate complex trading requirements into clear technical solutions.
• Drive agile delivery standards, documentation and reporting.
• Bridge UK business/product teams with Australian technology squads.
• Ensure SaaS deployments, API integrations and cloud-native builds meet high standards.

Skills

Trading platforms expertise

Large-scale delivery

Agile / scaled Agile

Jira/Confluence

AWS & cloud-native

API-first SaaS

Tools

Jira

Confluence

AWS

React UI

Job description

Senior Technical Project Manager - Trading Platforms

Senior Technical Project Manager – Trading Platforms

We’re inspiring innovation for wealth and trading organisations globally. Our flagship platform has delivered 30+ years of product success, and we’re now building the next generation of trading capabilities on a modern, API-first, cloud-native SaaS platform. This is a rare opportunity to lead one of the industry’s most ambitious large-scale replatforming programs and help shape the future of trading technology.

About the Role

As Technical Project Manager – Trading Platforms, you’ll lead the end-to-end delivery of new trading functionality across a large-scale SaaS platform. You’ll manage 5 squads (50–60 people, 65–70% offshore) spanning Australia, Vietnam, and the UK. This is a technical delivery role, sitting above multiple Scrum teams and ensuring trading product builds are delivered to scale, on time, and in line with the overall architecture roadmap.

You’ll be deep in the technology, trading platforms, and delivery management, working closely with solution architects, developers, designers, and portfolio leaders. You’ll also act as the Australian voice into the UK business and product teams, ensuring smooth handovers from design/discovery into delivery.

This is a full-time permanent role based in Sydney, with hybrid working (2 days in the office). Evening collaboration will be required 2–3 nights per week (never on Fridays) to align with offshore and UK teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical delivery of trading functionality.
• Manage large-scale distributed teams (5 squads / 50–60 people), balancing offshore capacity with onshore delivery needs.
• Translate complex trading requirements into clear, actionable technical solutions aligned to product strategy.
• Drive agile delivery – setting standards for development frameworks, documentation, and reporting.
• Act as the delivery bridge between UK-based business/product teams and Australian technology squads.
• Ensure SaaS deployments, API integrations, and cloud-native builds are executed to the highest standard.

About You

• Trading domain expertise – experience with trading platforms, systems, or products. Background with organisations like FNZ, HUB24, Bravura, Netwealth, SS&C, GBST, ASX, J.P. Morgan, Avaloq or other similar companies highly valued.
• Large-scale technology delivery – proven track record running major software delivery programs with multiple squads/teams.
• Platform/product expertise – strong knowledge of SaaS product delivery and technical platform builds, ideally in wealth/trading contexts.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence in scaled agile environments.
• Familiarity with AWS, domain-based APIs, React UI. (desirable)
• Prior exposure to UK financial services or trading environments. (desirable)

What’s in it for You

• Lead flagship global trading programs (£20M+ delivery scale).
• Flexible hybrid model – 2 days in the office.
• Competitive salary + full benefits
• Extra day of leave each year
• Option to swap public holidays for days of significance
• Paid parental leave & Employee Assistance Program
  Study Assistance Program
• Discounts with major retailers & private health insurance
• Novated leasing & annual flu vaccinations