Project Manager

Chicago Organizing; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services exchange is seeking a Project Manager in London. The role involves driving crucial initiatives across various business lines, ensuring project alignment with business objectives, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates possess strong organizational skills and a solid track record in managing multiple projects.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Flexible working hours

Group Policies (Life Assurance, Income Protection)

Discretionary bonus

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience as a project manager delivering tech solutions.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong communication skills with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish project management frameworks and methodologies.
• Create detailed project plans and manage timelines.
• Identify project risks and develop strategies.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

PRINCE 2 or APM certification

Job description

ProjectManager

• This is a hybrid role, 3 days in the office and 2 days remote***
  
  

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager (with ideally 2-4 years of experience) to join a well-established growing exchange based in the City London, my clients culture is one of trust, openness, and excellence. Theywork in a collaborative style and take collective responsibility for successes and failures. This is an excellent opportunity to join a small, friendly and growing team. This role will offer the successful candidate to gain experience within the FinTech (financial technology) / Financial Services space.

Wevalue:ProjectManager

• High personalintegrity
• Innovative thinking
• Efficient and reliable performance
• Spark
  
  

Benefits (not exhaustive list):ProjectManager

• Competitivesalary
• 25 days annual leave-not including bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Hybrid working Flexible working hours Company pension
• Group Policies Life Assurance, Income Protection and Critical Illness
• Discretionary bonus
• Electric Car Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Policy
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Length of service holiday entitlement
  
  

In this role you will join a supportive team,where we aim to recruit the best people from all walks of life and diverse business backgrounds. If these sentiments align with your thinking, then my client could be the ideal place for you to develop your career.

Job Overview:ProjectManager

The Product and Project Management team sits at the cross roads of most departments in the company, acting as the central coordination group touching development, sales/client management, operations, surveillance, quality assurance, and senior management.

As a Project Manager, you will drive the delivery of critical initiatives across all three of my clients business lines. In this central role,you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure every project aligns with business objectives.

You will be responsible for creating clear project plans, managing resources and timelines, mitigating risks, and communicating updates to both internal and external stakeholders. As well as defining project management frameworks and best practices. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, technology-focused environment, and who possesses the organizational skills, leadership, and attention to detail necessary to deliver complex projects in large enterprise scale projects.

The successful candidate will have a track record of managing multiple projects concurrently, overseeing the software delivery throughout the SDLC, identifying and mitigating risks, and proactively communicating progress. An understanding of regulated markets,trading venues,and cross-asset instruments(such as equities,ETFs, listed derivatives, bonds,or commodities) will also be beneficial.

Responsibilities AndDuties

• Establish Project Management Frameworks - Develop and implement project management methodologies,tools,and best practices to create a structured approach to project delivery, documentation, and reporting.
• Project Planning and ExecutionCreate detailed project plans,define project scope, identify deliverables, and manage timelines for critical large scale projects.
• Release Coordination Orchestrate all activities related to critical releases in a regulated environment, ensuring smooth deployment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration Act as the central point of coordination, liaising with stakeholders from different departments to ensure clear communication and alignment of goals.
• Risk Management Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies;proactively address issues to minimize impact on deadlines and deliverables.
• Technical Upskilling Proactively learn and adapt to the industrys technical aspects, ensuring effective communication and informed decision-making with technical teams and subject matter experts.
• Innovate and Collaborate Solve problems with innovative solutions. Have the confidence to challenge stakeholders and determine the most appropriate solution.
  
  

Required Skills/Experience

The successful candidate will have a strong and positive work ethic with the ability to forge lasting relationships(both internal and external) at all levels.You do not need all the skills and experiences to apply for the role. However, the appetite and ability to learn these in the role is a must.

Essential

• Experience as a project manager with ideally 2-4 years of experience, delivering critical technology solutions,ideally in an electronically traded asset class.
• A proven track record of delivering multiple concurrent projects and ensuring timely delivery and quality of work.
• Experience working with engineering teams in line with Agile/scrum Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively with diverse teams, leadership, and external stakeholders.
• Capable of quickly diagnosing issues,understanding root causes, and proposing effective solutions.
• Ideally basic business and technical understanding of exchange based order book trading.
  
  

Desired - but not a must

• PRINCE 2 or APM certification(or equivalent)
• Experience working with various asset classes.
• Familiarity with FIX trading protocol and market data systems.
• Understanding of ultra-low latency distributed computing environments.
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment.
• Understanding of traditional and on-premises physical infrastructure and distributed server architectures running on Linux.
  
  

Skills

• Excellent verbal and client-facing skills, high degree ofprofessionalism.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Detail oriented.
• Collaborative.
• Analytical and problem-solving attitude.
  
  

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