PM Technical Lead

TechDigital Group; Lakeville (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group seeks an experienced Development Manager to lead a technical team delivering world-class applications and processes for Investment Management, with a focus on Middle Office/Operations and a strong customer focus.

You will guide projects across Fixed Income, Equities and Derivatives, coordinate Front and Back Office colleagues, own controls, drive automation, manage tech debt and plan end-of-life retirements. A background with data vendors like Bloomberg is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience managing technical teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Domain knowledge in Investment Management, Middle Office/Operations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical leads and developers to deliver on applications and processes.
• Drive initiatives across Fixed Income, Equities and Derivative asset classes.
• Collaborate with Front and Back Office operations to capture requirements and specs.
• Own application controls and enforce SLAs; identify automation opportunities.
• Triage tech debt and address security vulnerabilities; plan End-of-Life retirement.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer focus

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Tools

Eagle STAR

Charles River

Murex OMS

Job description

Job Description Summary

Team is seeking an experienced Development Manager to lead a team providing world-class delivery on all applications and processes. A suitable candidate would be someone who is extremely customer focused, who could multi-task and utilize both written & verbal communication skills to help resolve a diverse range of complex technical issues, and possesses domain knowledge of Investment Management with a focus on Middle Office/Operations.

Investment Management Business areas supported include Corporate Actions, Trade Operations, Portfolio Accounting, Pricing, Collateral Management, and Derivatives Trade workflow.

Business and Operational knowledge of Equities, Futures, Forwards, Options, OTC and Cleared Swaps, Mutual Funds, Structured Products, ETF, Fixed Income Securities and Alternative Investments like Private Equity & Hedge Funds is a must. Working knowledge of the Charles River and Murex OMS trade interface with Eagle STAR for the asset classes above is a plus. Also desirable would be direct experience working with external financial market data vendors like Bloomberg, IDC, S&P, Reuters, & FACTSET.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

The right person will be highly technical, analytical, and have experience managing technical teams composted of technical leads and developers. In addition, this person will have a record of driving project teams to launch new initiatives, small to medium sized projects or enhancements across Fixed Income, Equities and Derivative asset classes.
Liaise closely with all Front & Back Office operations and technology application teams to manage business and Eagle application functional requirement documents and design specifications for both BAU, small and medium enterprise level projects.
Ownership of applications controls.
Escalate within SLA window.
Improve efficiency by reviewing patterns and identify opportunities for automation.
Standardization of tools, processes, reporting across support to drive transparency, efficiency and agility.
Collaborate to manage tech debt and security vulnerabilities including patching.
Collaborate on application End-of-Life retirement.