Value Team Manager - Front Office

SimCorp; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid workplace

Flexible working hours

Pension plan

Job summary

SimCorp is seeking a Value Team Manager to lead a Front Office-focused team within our Value Stream. You will guide consultants and engineers, drive delivery, and ensure alignment with investment management workflows, collaborating with Product, Architecture, and Engineering to deliver client value.

Ideal candidates bring strong leadership, DevOps experience, and domain knowledge in front office or investment management, enabling effective decision-making and continuous improvement across the

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and developing teams in a people management capacity.
• Experience delivering within Agile, DevOps, Product, Project, or Value Stream environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience balancing people leadership, delivery oversight, and operational priorities.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement and scalable ways of working.

Responsibilities

• People Leadership & Team Development: lead, coach, mentor, and develop Front Office solution consultants and engineers; foster high-performance culture.
• Delivery & Value Stream Leadership: drive solution development and client onboarding with Value Stream and DevOps; improve processes and monitor priorities.
• Functional & Business Expertise: guide investment management business processes and align goals with delivery outcomes; collaborate with Product/Engineering.
• Stakeholder Management: build partnerships across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Management; communicate progress and priorities.

Job description

What Makes Us, Us

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say hello to SimCorp.

What Makes Us, Us

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say hello to SimCorp.

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values: Caring, Customer Success Driven, Collaborative, Curious, and Courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on professional development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in creating an environment where everyone can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

As our Front Office organization continues to grow, we are seeking a Value Team Manager to lead and develop an effective team within our SimCorp One Value Stream.

This is a key leadership role combining people management, delivery leadership, and functional expertise. You will be responsible for supporting a team of consultants and specialists, ensuring effective execution of initiatives, promoting continuous improvement, and helping evolve our ways of working within a modern Value Stream operating model.

Working closely with Product Management, Engineering, and business stakeholders, you will ensure your team delivers high-quality outcomes while building collaboration, engagement, and professional growth.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys leading people, managing execution through Value Stream Management and DevOps practices, and bringing strong Front Office or investment management domain expertise to support business success.

What You Will Be Responsible For

People Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of Front Office solution consultants and engineers.
• Develop a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning
• Support resource planning, workload management, and career development conversations.
• Create an engaging team environment that promotes employee growth and retention.

Delivery & Value Stream Leadership

• Use Value Stream and DevOps methodologies to drive solution development and client onboarding with success
• Continuously improve team processes, workflows, and operating practices.
• Monitor priorities, capacity, risks, and dependencies to ensure effective execution.
• Act as an escalation point for delivery challenges and help remove obstacles affecting team performance.

Functional & Business Expertise

• Provide leadership and guidance on investment management business processes and workflows.
• Partner with Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering teams to align business goals with delivery outcomes.
• Leverage domain expertise to support decision-making, prioritization, and operational excellence.
• Help ensure solutions meet client and business expectations while maintaining quality standards.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong partnerships across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Management teams.
• Communicate progress, risks, and strategic priorities to stakeholders effectively.
• Drive improvements across teams and support organization-wide initiatives

Required Experience

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams in a people management capacity
• Experience managing delivery within Agile, DevOps, Product, Project, or Value Stream environments.
• Solid stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Experience balancing people leadership, delivery oversight, and operational priorities.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement and implement scalable ways of working.

Preferred Technical & Domain Expertise

• Experience within Investment Management, Capital Markets, Asset Management, Banking, Trading, or Financial Technology environments.
• Understanding of front office, performance, risk, and valuation business processes and operating models.
• Experience working with Agile frameworks, Azure DevOps, Value Stream Management, Scrum, Kanban, or similar methodologies.
• Familiarity with delivery planning, capacity management, and project execution.
• Experience with SimCorp Dimension
• Candidates with solid Front Office expertise and transferable Agile/DevOps leadership experience are encouraged to apply

Personal Attributes

• An inspiring and collaborative leader who brings out the best in others.
• Forward-thinking, curious, and solution-oriented mindset
• Skilled communicator who can build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• Comfortable working through uncertainty and guiding teams during periods of change
• Demonstrates a growth mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.

What We Value

• Effective people leadership and coaching capabilities
• Experience leading teams in Agile, DevOps, or Value Stream environments.
• Front Office or investment management domain knowledge.
• Commercial awareness and customer-focused decision making.
• Collaboration, curiosity, ownership, and continuous improvement
• A commitment to building high-performing teams and delivering business value

Why this role stands out

• First leadership hire supporting a rapidly growing Front Office organization.
• Opportunity to shape team structures, operating models, and future ways of working.
• Significant exposure to senior leaders and strategic initiatives.
• Ability to guide both people development and delivery outcomes across the value stream

Benefits

• Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement.
• However, in SimCorp, we believe we can offer more.
• Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid workplace model.
• SimCorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.

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Compensation ranges are being disclosed at the initial stage of candidate engagement.

Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp:www.simcorp.com/career

Who We Are

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 4,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.