Technical Program Manager, Information Technology

Janestreet; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jane Street is seeking a Technical Program Manager, Information Technology in New York. The role leads enterprise-scale initiatives across IT and infrastructure, owning end-to-end delivery of mission-critical systems and establishing program excellence across global teams.

You will architect multi-year programs, synthesize requirements across trading, risk, compliance, and operations, and drive governance, metrics, and delivery processes. Strong collaboration and mentorship are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field plus three years’ experience implementing multiple program management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban) in financial or technology settings.
• Three years of experience using Jira to prioritize, coordinate, and deliver technical feature work.
• Experience managing distributed systems architectures, virtualized/remote computing platforms (Citrix, VMware, KVM), and real-time trading desktop infrastructure across MacOS/Windows.
• Experience administering IT systems/processes, including identity and access management platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID, in regulated trading environments.
• Experience producing data-driven metrics and dashboards to track project deliverables.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and multi-stage procurement for trading tech (security, compliance, contracts).
• Experience interfacing with Large Language Models (LLM) and AI tools to automate workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and architect complex, enterprise-scale technical programs across IT and infrastructure.
• Own end-to-end delivery of mission-critical systems and drive program management excellence across engineering disciplines and global teams.
• Architect and execute multi-year cross-functional programs involving security, regulatory compliance, and trading tech integration.
• Drive strategic technical decisions by synthesizing requirements across trading, risk, compliance, and operations.
• Establish and optimize program management frameworks, risk assessment, governance, and delivery metrics across distributed teams.
• Shape and execute the strategic direction of technical products, roadmaps, and delivery strategy.
• Mentor and develop junior program managers while building scalable practices and standards.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Communication

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Citrix

VMware

KVM

LLM integration tools

Job description

Technical Program Manager, Information Technology

Jane Street Group, LLC has multiple openings for the position of Technical Program Manager, Information Technology in New York, New York

The position duties are as follows: Lead and architect complex, enterprise-scale technical initiatives across Jane Street's IT and infrastructure organizations, owning end-to-end delivery of mission-critical systems while establishing program management excellence across multiple engineering disciplines and global teams. Day to day duties include:

• Architect and execute multi-year, cross-functional technical programs involving complex security infrastructure, regulatory compliance systems, and trading technology integration;
• Drive strategic technical decision-making by synthesizing requirements across trading, risk management, compliance, and operations teams while balancing competing business priorities;
• Establish and optimize program management frameworks, including risk assessment methodologies, technical governance processes, and engineering delivery metrics across distributed global teams;
• Shape and execute the strategic direction of technical products, form roadmaps, and define delivery strategy; and
• Mentor and develop junior program managers while building scalable program management practices and technical standards.

The position requires a 3 or 4 year Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field or foreign equivalent plus three (3) years of progressively responsible exp in any occupation where implementing multiple program management methodologies (e.g.: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, or Kanban) in a financial or technology firm is gained. Experience must include:

• Three (3) years of experience using project tracking software such as Jira to prioritize, coordinate, and deliver technical feature work;
• One (1) year of experience managing distributed systems architectures, virtualized and remote computing platforms (e.g. Citrix, VMWare, KVM), and real‑time trading desktop infrastructure (across MacOS and Windows platforms);
• One (1) year of applying domain expertise in IT systems and processes, including administration of enterprise identity and access‑management platforms including Microsoft Entra ID, within environments subject to financial regulatory and governance obligations, trading systems, vendor reference data, supply chains, and counterparty connectivity in the context of a trading environment;
• One (1) year of experience producing data driven metric and dashboard visualizations to track project deliverables;
• One (1) year of experience managing vendor relationships and multi‑stage procurement processes for specialized trading technology, involving information‑security, compliance, support agreement and legal reviews for third‑party vendors; and
• One (1) year of experience interfacing with Large Language Models (LLM) and Agentic AI tools to automate workflows.
• All technical requirements for this role may be subject to employer conducted testing to assess minimum proficiency.

Part time telecommuting may be permitted with manager approval.

Ref. TPMIT26