Global Transaction Platform Transformation Lead

PIMCO Ltd. - Pacific Investment Management Company; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 137,500 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

PIMCO Ltd. - Pacific Investment Management Company seeks a senior Transaction Management leader to own the global operating model for trade processing across asset classes.

This role focuses on workflow design, governance, and platform transformation to drive efficiency and risk control. You will partner with Technology and Risk teams, define standards for front-to-back workflows, and steer cross‑functional workstreams through complex, global environments.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in global trade management, transaction processing, or settlement operations within asset management, investment banking, or prime brokerage environments.
• Deep experience across multiple asset classes, including derivatives (OTC and listed), fixed income, and cash products.
• Strong understanding of how transaction lifecycle events impact accounting, positions, P&L, performance, and risk.
• Demonstrated experience defining or governing global operating models and control frameworks.
• Proven ability to partner with Technology teams on workflow design, testing, and platform transformations.
• Strong communication skills and comfort operating in complex, global, matrixed environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and governance of the end-to-end global transaction operating model, from trade capture through confirmation and settlement.
• Define standardized workflows, ownership boundaries, and handoffs across front, middle, and back-office functions.
• Establish transaction-level control design principles, including exception management, fail monitoring, and escalation frameworks.
• Ensure consistent treatment of trade lifecycle events (e.g., allocations, amendments, confirmations, settlements, resets, novations, FX).
• Lead transaction-focused workstreams within platform modernization initiatives, ensuring systems reflect target-state design rather than legacy processes.
• Define transaction requirements for testing, parallel runs, and migration certification to support production readiness.
• Act as a senior advisor to Trade Management leadership, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Operations.

Skills

Trade management

Transaction processing

Platform modernization

Stakeholder collaboration

Global operations

Tools

Trading systems

Job description

PIMCO Ltd. - Pacific Investment Management Company seeks a senior Transaction Management leader to own the global operating model for trade processing across asset classes.

This role focuses on workflow design, governance, and platform transformation to drive efficiency and risk control. You will partner with Technology and Risk teams, define standards for front-to-back workflows, and steer cross‑functional workstreams through complex, global environments.