Ultra Low-Latency Algo Trading BA/PM (Equities)

American Consulting And Recruiting LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

American Consulting And Recruiting LLC is looking for an Algorithmic Trading Business Analyst/Project Manager to support technological initiatives in a sophisticated trading environment. This role demands 6+ years of relevant experience and a strong understanding of electronic trading systems.

You will collaborate with various teams and focus on enhancing performance and scalability. The position offers significant growth potential in a dynamic and innovative atmosphere.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in project management, program management, or technical business management.
• Current experience in electronic trading or high-frequency trading.
• Strong understanding of low latency and performance-sensitive production environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams to define and execute technology initiatives.
• Collaborate with leadership to enhance trading systems.
• Ensure seamless execution of platform enhancements.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Agile methodologies

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Role: Algorithmic Trading Business Analyst/Project Manager (Equities, Futures, Fixed Income)

Firm: Ultra-low latency electronic trading tech

Location: Midtown, NYC

About the Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a highly sophisticated technology-driven trading organization operating at the intersection of quantitative research, engineering, and electronic markets. The firm offers exposure to complex, large-scale distributed systems and a collaborative culture focused on innovation, performance, and continuous improvement. The role provides significant visibility across both technology and investment leadership teams, along with substantial long-term growth potential within a high-caliber environment

Responsibilities

• esPartner with Portfolio Management, Trading, Infrastructure, and Business Operations teams to define, prioritize, and execute strategic technology initiatives supporting a next-generation electronic trading platfor
• m.Collaborate closely with engineering leadership and platform architects to enhance the scalability, resiliency, and performance of mission-critical trading system
• s.Translate complex business objectives and requirements into structured execution plans, technical workflows, and delivery roadmap
• s.Drive cross-functional coordination across engineering, quantitative research, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of platform enhancements and new feature developmen
• t.Facilitate prioritization discussions balancing business impact, platform stability, technical debt reduction, and long-term architectural goal
• s.Oversee end-to-end delivery management for strategic trading technology initiatives, including dependency management, milestone tracking, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communicatio
• n.Establish clear communication channels across technology and investment teams, proactively identifying risks, delivery tradeoffs, and execution challenge
• s.Maintain program governance artifacts including delivery dashboards, project plans, implementation timelines, and JIRA workflows to support transparency and operational efficienc
• y.Coordinate release planning, production readiness, and post-implementation reviews for high-impact trading and infrastructure initiative
• s.Contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives focused on scalability, automation, operational resilience, and execution efficiency within a high-performance trading environmen

Qualifications

• ons6+ years of experience in project management, program management, delivery management, or technical business management within financial services or financial technology environmen
• ts.Current experience, as a business analyst, project manager, and/or product manager, for electronic trading, market structure technology, ultra low-latency infrastructure, quantitative trading, algorithmic trading, and/or high frequency trading requi
• redStrong understanding of the technical challenges associated with low latency, highly available, performance-sensitive production environmen
• ts.Experience working with Equities and Futures trading technologies required, Fixed Income is a p
• lusProven ability to manage complex, cross-functional initiatives involving engineering, quantitative, infrastructure, and business tea
• ms.Exceptional communication, relationship, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage effectively with senior leadership, portfolio managers, architects, developers, and trading tea
• ms.Strong organizational and execution capabilities with experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives in fast-paced, rapidly evolving environmen
• ts.Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize business requirements into scalable operational and technical solutio
• ns.Experience working within Agile and hybrid software development environments, including hands-on familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Visio, and project tracking platfor
• ms.High degree of ownership, accountability, and intellectual curiosity with the ability to operate independently and influence outcomes across distributed tea
• ms.Comfortable operating in high-performance environments where urgency, precision, and execution quality are critical to business succe