Project Manager, Global Banking & Markets, Electronic Trading Platform

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Project Manager for the Global Banking & Markets Electronic Trading Platform in New York. You will lead end-to-end infrastructure projects, coordinate onboarding of venues and vendors, and manage hardware provisioning and data-center deployments.

The role requires 5+ years in technical project management in financial services, plus a CS/engineering degree and strong networking, Linux/Unix, and communication skills. A dynamic, high-performance environment awaits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Project Manager, preferably in a financial services or trading environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
• Understanding of networking concepts (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, switching).
• Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems. Familiarity with server, network hardware and data center environments.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of infrastructure projects including planning, financials, scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management
• Oversee onboarding of exchanges, venues, vendors, clients, etc. into the trading environment
• Manage hardware provisioning: requirements gathering, procurement, logistics and deployment into data centers
• Comfortable accessing servers and network switches to perform basic configuration tasks, troubleshoot issues, and verify connectivity
• Develop and maintain documentation of the infrastructure, including network diagrams, server configurations, and standard operating procedures
• Collaborate with broad domain of developers, networks and system engineers to ensure the infrastructure is optimally configured
• Manage relationships with vendors to ensure technical, commercial and support issues are effectively handled

Skills

Project management

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Networking concepts

Linux/Unix

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / engineering

Job description

Project Manager, Global Banking & Markets, Electronic Trading Platform location_on New York, NY, United States

Overview

The Electronic Trading Platform (ETP) team is responsible for the firm's low latency trading infrastructure. We are a dynamic and innovative global technology group dedicated to ensuring robust, secure, and high-performance trading environments. By leveraging the latest technology, we optimize trading performance for our clients, helping them manage risk while enhancing the trading infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage end-to-end delivery of infrastructure projects including planning, financials, scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management
• Oversee onboarding of exchanges, venues, vendors, clients, etc. into the trading environment
• Manage hardware provisioning: requirements gathering, procurement, logistics and deployment into data centers
• Comfortable accessing servers and network switches to perform basic configuration tasks, troubleshoot issues, and verify connectivity
• Develop and maintain documentation of the infrastructure, including network diagrams, server configurations, and standard operating procedures
• Collaborate with broad domain of developers, networks and system engineers to ensure the infrastructure is optimally configured
• Manage relationships with vendors to ensure technical, commercial and support issues are effectively handled

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Project Manager, preferably in a financial services or trading environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
• Understanding of networking concepts (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, switching).
• Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems. Familiarity with server, network hardware and data center environments.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Appetite to grow outside comfort zone
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP or other project management certifications.
• Understanding of trading infrastructure (e.g., colocation, low-latency networks, high-performance servers)
• Experience managing large scale environments

Salary Range

The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $130,000-$250,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits

Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be foundhere .

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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