Fixed Income IT Trading Implementation Lead

Shulman Fleming & Partners; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 270,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Shulman Fleming & Partners in New York City seeks an experienced technology manager to lead a multi-year transformation program centered on the Murex platform, working with business, risk, operations, and finance.

You will guide architecture, governance, vendor management, and production readiness, managing a distributed team across North America, Europe, and external partners, delivering from concept through production support.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in capital markets or financial services, with deep knowledge of fixed income and derivatives products.
• 5+ years delivering Murex implementations, upgrades, extensions, or major platform enhancements.
• Strong understanding of Fixed Income and OTC derivatives processing; experience with XVA, risk, or valuation platforms.
• Led global technology teams and strategic transformation programs.
• Able to elicit complex business requirements and translate to practical Murex designs and technical requirements.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills for traders, analysts, and senior leaders.
• Able to balance priorities and deliver resilient, scalable solutions from concept to production support.

Responsibilities

• Serve as functional lead and solution architect to extend the New York Murex platform for a European booking entity.
• Manage a geographically distributed team across North America, EMEA, and vendor organizations.
• Define scalable solutions aligning business requirements with Murex capabilities and enterprise standards.
• Partner with New York and London Murex, infrastructure, and application teams, plus traders and operations.
• Facilitate requirements, design, and workshop activities; translate processes into functional specs and delivery plans.
• Drive cross-functional execution, manage dependencies and risks, report status with SMEs and PMO.
• Establish target operating model for European entity and own solution post-implementation.
• Lead analysis and delivery of new Murex functionality and platform enhancements.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce debt, and improve resilience.

Skills

Technology leadership

Solution architecture

Murex platform

Capital markets knowledge

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Murex platform

Job description

MUST be local to New York City, Hybrid Schedule

Salary up to $300k

No Sponsorship Available, No Third Party Resumes Accepted

We are seeking an experienced technology manager to lead a strategic transformation program for the companies European Entity. The role will be accountable for end-to-end delivery of complex front office and risk technology initiatives centered around the Murex platform, operating model transformation, application architecture, and cross-functional integration.

The successful candidate will act as the technology lead across Business, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Infrastructure stakeholders, driving solution design, execution, governance, vendor management, and production readiness for a multi-year strategic program. The position requires deep experience in capital markets technology, derivatives processing, Murex, XVA, and large-scale transformation delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional lead and solution architect for extending the New York Murex platform to onboard and support a new European booking entity. (Project Delta)
• Manage a geographically distributed team across North America, EMEA, and vendor organizations in front to back organizations
• Define scalable, maintainable solutions that align business requirements with Murex capabilities, enterprise architecture standards, and the broader technology landscape.
• Partner closely with New York and London Murex, infrastructure, and application teams, as well as traders, quantitative analysts, operations, risk, and finance stakeholders.
• Facilitate requirements, design, and solution-validation workshops; translate complex business processes into clear functional specifications, configurations, interfaces, and delivery plans.
• Drive cross-functional execution, manage dependencies and risks, and provide transparent status reporting in partnership with subject-matter experts and the program management office.
• Establish the target support and operating model for the European entity and retain functional ownership of the solution following implementation.
• Lead analysis and delivery of new Murex functionality, product enablement, platform enhancements, and business-as-usual change initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce functional and technical debt, improve controls and resilience, and influence the evolution of Murex and connected applications.
• Support end-to-end testing, migration, go-live, and stabilization activities, ensuring business readiness and effective issue resolution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in capital markets or financial services, with deep knowledge of fixed income and derivatives products.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering Murex implementations, upgrades, extensions, or major platform enhancements.
• Strong understanding of Fixed Income and OTC derivatives processing. Experience delivering XVA, risk, or valuation platform initiatives.
• Demonstrated success leading global technology teams and strategic transformation programs.
• Demonstrated ability to elicit complex business requirements and translate them into practical Murex functional designs and technical requirements.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively with traders, quantitative analysts, senior business leaders, and technical teams.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and resolve complex issues in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Strong ownership mindset and a demonstrated record of delivering resilient, scalable solutions from concept through production support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Murex across multiple legal entities, regions, or booking models. Experience with European market, regulatory, or operational requirements.
• Knowledge of Murex integration patterns, data flows, migration strategies, and nonfunctional considerations such as scalability, supportability, and resilience.

Success Measures (First 12 Months)

• Deliver approved target operating model for MBE and Project Delta. Establish execution plan for XVA 2.0 implementation.
• Complete architecture and integration design milestones.
• Achieve successful onboarding of required business capabilities into the target platform environment.
• Reduce technology delivery risk through formal governance, dependency management, and production readiness processes.
• Build a sustainable support and operating model for post-implementation ownership.

*Please note that the role will involve some traveling to London