Senior Manager - Front Office, Solutions Engineering

SimCorp; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Professional development

Health care

Job summary

SimCorp Americas seeks a Senior Manager to lead the Front Office Solutions Engineering team across the Americas. You will guide multi-asset front-office workflows (portfolio management, valuation, risk, trading) to showcase our investment platform to prospective and existing clients, partnering with sales and product teams.

You will drive team capability development, recruitment, and career paths while fostering engagement and a shared culture.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in investment management with 5+ years leading teams.
• Knowledge of buy-side technology and trading workflows.
• Ability to demonstrate buy-side lifecycle from Front to Back.
• Willingness to travel and hybrid remote work up to 2 days/week.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing Solution Engineering team.
• Allocate presales resources for growth opportunities.
• Develop team capabilities and career paths.
• Foster employee engagement and a shared culture.
• Develop and maintain presales tools, processes, methodologies.
• Participate in deal reviews with sales teams.
• Develop presales intelligence for continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Front Office understanding

Presentation skills

Travel flexibility

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

EMS

OMS

PMS

Trading tools

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! At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered. If you like what we’re saying, keep reading!

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

We are looking for a Senior Manager to lead our Americas Front Office Solutions Engineering team. The Front Office Solutions Engineering (“PreSales”) team is focused on multi-asset class front-office workflows (portfolio management, valuation and optimization, compliance, risk management, and trading) to showcase our investment platform capabilities to prospective and existing clients across the buy-side. You will work closely with the sales teams and guide them to make optimal decisions about their approach to opportunities and explain how SimCorp supports the newest industry trends. You will be a key liaison with product teams on providing market feedback and staying up-to-date on the many new developments being built within the platform. You will coordinate with teams across the globe for shared intelligence and assistance on deals where required subject matter expertise resourcessit globally.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Managing a high performing Solution Engineering team.
• Allocate the front office technical presales resources for each business growth opportunity.
• Development of team capabilities and ensuring the right career paths to create a robust presales organization.
• Cultivate high employee engagement and a common culture or‘sense of belonging’ to the business.
• Developing, implementing and maintaining presales tools, processes and methodologies.
• Participate in deal reviews and opportunity qualification with the sales teams using established sales best practices.
• Developing presales intelligence to support ongoing improvement and efficiency efforts.

WHAT WE VALUE

• 15+ years of experience in investment management within the financial services industry, with 5+ years of experience leading teams.
• Knowledge insights into the buy-side technology industry and its structure, trends and hurdles.
• Ability to understand and showcase the buyside trade lifecycle from Front to Back.
• Prior experience in front office buy-side technology and trading tools.
• Domain knowledge within the Front Office (Trading, EMS, OMS, PMS, Compliance, Performance, & Risk.
• Familiarity with all asset classes including fixed income, equities and derivatives across public and private markets is essential.
• Knowledge across the various types of financial instruments from vanilla public securities to esoteric derivatives to complex structured instruments.
• Excellent presentation and communication (both written and oral) skills are essential.
• Empathy driven relationship builder, able to collaborate both cross functionally within SimCorp's employee base as well as with prospects, clients and external partners.
• Capability to handle multiple engagements, tasks, and projects with tight deadlines efficiently.
• Creating and delegating tasks to further the development of individual employees within the team.
• Willingness to travel as required.
• Flexibility to work remotely up to 2 days per week per our hybrid policy.

BENEFITS

Attractice salary and bonus scheme are essential for any work agreement. However, at 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 model - working from SimCorp's office two days a week. And opportunities for professional development: there is never only one route - we offer a personal approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take. Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp.

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. 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 and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. 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. SimCorp welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Candidates who require accommodation during the recruitment process should contact the People & Culture team at [e-mail].

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For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $200,000 - $270,000 USD. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

SimCorp is a provider of industry-leading integrated investment management solutions for the global buy side. Founded in 1971, with more than 3,000 employees across five continents, SimCorp is a truly global technology leader that empowers more than half of the world’s top 100 financial companies through its integrated platform, services, and partner ecosystem. SimCorp is a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group. As of 2024, SimCorp includes Axioma, the leading provider of risk and management and portfolio optimization solutions for the global buy side.

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