Global Head Of Production- AWS, Fixed Income

Harvey Nash IT Recruitment UK; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency specializing in IT seeks an experienced professional with extensive knowledge in supporting technology implementations within financial services. The ideal candidate will have proven leadership skills, a strong understanding of the Equities market, and the ability to manage small to medium teams effectively. This role requires excellent communication and relationship-building skills to navigate complex stakeholder environments.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting business critical technology implementations.
• Experience in financial services production management.
• Experience overseeing technology platforms during transformation projects.

Skills

Applied knowledge of business critical technology implementations

Production management in financial services

Global Equities market structure

Implementation of technology platforms

Agile leadership

Budget negotiation

Team management

Communication skills

Relationship building

Proactive problem solving

Education

Degree in statistics, maths, computer science

Job description

Experience/Competences

Essential

• Demonstratable applied knowledge of supporting multiple significant business critical technology implementations in a production context
• Experience in a production management role within financial services
• Demonstrable experience of global Equities market structure and workflows, including regulatory responsibilities, electronic trading workflows that support cash Equities and Listed Derivatives asset classes, including a solid understanding of algorithms
• Experience overseeing implementation and support of various technology platforms, including significant transformation projects and high profile strategic projects.
• Experienced leader, able to drive successful outcomes in an agile environment within financial services.
• Ability to objectively develop a production support roadmap, recommend and negotiate appropriate priorities across multiple stakeholder with conflicting priorities.
• Ability to identify and negotiate appropriate budget to support delivery requirements.
• Experience managing small to medium teams and facilitating positive outcomes in a large financial services organisation.
• Personable and engaging.
• Effective communicator with an ability to adapt communication style to suit audience and context.
• Strong relationship building and networking skills.
• Demonstrates strong, objective customer focus.
• Proactive, tenacious individual with ability to resolve issues and work autonomously or part of a team in a variety of contexts.
• Capable of internalising and responding well to constructive challenging feedback.

Desired

• Degree or equivalent in statistics, maths, computer science
• Creative and enthusiastic approach to new or existing challenges.