Capital Markets – IT Project Manager

79577
Toronto, ON
Contract
4 weeks ago

Position Title: Capital Markets – IT Project Manager
Location: Toronto, ON
Duration: 6 months
             
Story Behind the Need
Business Regulatory and Business Initiatives
Project: The project manager will support the development of a business case and completion of all applicable EDF artifacts in order to obtain funding for the next phase of electronic Fixed Income Quant Trading strategy. This role will work directly with the business and technology to converge existing solutions/applications across 3 asset classes (Govies, Credit and Swaps) and all regions (CAD, US, UK) into a unified eFI Trading Platform, consisting of automated pricing, automated hedging, and automated execution.
Candidate Value Proposition:
Exposure to Revenue generating functions of the bank, highly competitive and fast moving domain in the top banks.
Typical Day in Role:
The main function of an Project Manager is to oversee the application of project management methodology during all phases of the project cycle, with responsibilities that include project design, scope management, cost control, quality and performance reporting.
Job Responsibilities:

  • Develop, track and manage project budget, project plans, timelines and scope
  • Manage project resources including procuring project staff, developing, motivating, coaching and advising
  • Partner closely with other members of functional teams to define business requirements
  • Lead teams of developers in the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet business needs
  • Define & coordinate trading desks
  • User Acceptance Testing Facilitate the User Acceptance Testing process, developing rollout plans and procedures
  • Prepare and present cost-benefit analyses
  • Ensure appropriate systems development and project management processes are being utilized
  • Make presentations to steering committees or project sponsors

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

  • 10+ years Proven project management experience People management and team building skills
  • Experience in business oriented project – Capital Markets –trading project , Front office applications – Bloomberg, trade web, trading technology
  • Solid understanding of Fixed income product suite – Govt bonds, credit, swaps
  • Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization
  • Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions
  • Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment
  • Very strong communication skills, ability to work with all levels of stakeholders

Nice-To-Have Skills:

  • Electronic trading project experience is an asset
  • Experience inner technology team
  • Lead / managed large teams before
  • Experience in front office in trading assistance capacity

Soft Skills:

  • Very strong communication skills, ability to work with all levels of stakeholders
  • Healthy challenge function to met enterprise requirement of the bank
  • Solid stakeholder management skills
  • Highly motivated and result oriented
  • Strong collaboration skills
  • Detail-oriented

Best vs Average: Experience in Top 5 bank with strong PM experience in capital markets with tools and products mentions in the must haves, strong multilevel stakeholder management skills.
Degrees or certifications:

  • Undergraduate degree in business-related studies or equivalent work experience
  • Master/ PMP is an asset

Candidate Review & Selection
1st round with HM & team member – MS teams – 30mins
2nd round with – MS teams – 30mins
3rd round if required
 

The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$100.00 and CA$125.00

Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for the interest you have demonstrated in this opportunity. However, only candidates with the required skills will be contacted.

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