Project Manager/Capital Markets/Rates & FX
Requirement Notes: Own end to end delivery of technology change across Rates & FX hybrid broking platforms (voice and electronic), including BAU enhancements, regulatory change, and integration programs. Candidates need to have recent experience supporting Front to Back-office deal flows and HAVE RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH FX, EQUITIES, RATES AND/OR CREDIT.
- Strong understanding in at least one product category, Rates, FX, Equities or Credit
- FX: Spot, Forwards, NDFs, Options
- Equities: Cash Equities, Equity Options, Structured Products
- Rates: Government and sovereign bonds, repos, basis swaps, swaptions, inflation swaps
- Credit: Corp Credit, Single Name and Index Credit Default Swaps
- Strong understanding of front‑to‑back trading workflows:
- Front Office: pricing, execution, voice/electronic broking
- Middle Office: controls, validation, STP, exception management
- Back Office: confirmations, clearing, settlement, invoicing, payments
CANDIDATES MUST HAVE GOOD TENURE AND/OR LONG PROJECTS. CANDIDATES WITH RECENT LOCAL PROJECTS.
Skill Matrix:
1. How many years working with: Project Manager
2. How many years working with: Capital Markets
3. How many years working with: Front to Back Office Deal Flow
4. How many years working with: FX, EQUITIES, RATES AND/OR CREDIT
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities
- Own end to end delivery of technology change across Rates & FX hybrid broking platforms (voice and electronic), including BAU enhancements, regulatory change, and integration programmes.
- Work with business sponsors and portfolio stakeholders to ensure proposed initiatives align to strategic objectives and maintain a clear delivery roadmap for the portfolio.
- Build and manage integrated project plans, milestones, and delivery commitments; track progress and proactively manage dependencies across workstreams.
- Coordinate delivery across cross-functional teams (e.g., IT development, Compliance, Operations, Data, Infrastructure), ensuring clear ownership, sequencing, and operational readiness.
- Implement and own project and portfolio governance routines (status reporting, steering forums, change control), providing appropriate oversight and transparency.
- Identify, track, and mitigate risks and issues with portfolio impact; maintain RAID logs and escalate promptly to protect delivery outcomes.
- Partner with Finance and sponsors to track budgets, forecasts, and approvals; ensure spend is monitored and controlled in line with agreed governance.
- Act as the primary point of contact for delivery communications, providing clear, regular status updates to senior stakeholders and delivery teams.
- Drive delivery execution in SAFe, Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid environments, adapting ways of working to meet business outcomes and control requirements.
- Effectively manage multiple concurrent initiatives with competing deadlines and priorities, remaining flexible in a dynamic environment with changing requirements.
- Coach and influence cross-functional contributors to focus on key objectives and be accountable for their commitments; fulfil adhoc duties as required to meet business needs.
Skills & Experience
- Proven track record delivering technology change in financial services, ideally within Rates & FX trading technology (voice, electronic, and hybrid broking).
- Experience managing multiple projects and workstreams, including geographically dispersed and cross-functional teams.
- Strong delivery discipline: planning, milestone management, governance routines, and clear status reporting to senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, track, and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies, driving timely decisions to protect delivery outcomes.
- Experience working with Finance to track budgets/forecasting and to support approval and control processes (where applicable).
- Strong understanding in at least one product category, Rates, FX, Equities or Credit
- FX: Spot, Forwards, NDFs, Options
- Equities: Cash Equities, Equity Options, Structured Products
- Rates: Government and sovereign bonds, repos, basis swaps, swaptions, inflation swaps
- Credit: Corp Credit, Single Name and Index Credit Default Swaps
- In‑depth knowledge of hybrid broking models, including:
- Voice trading and broker‑assisted workflows
- Electronic and hybrid execution models
- Trade and order capture across multiple venues and systems
- Strong understanding of front‑to‑back trading workflows:
- Front Office: pricing, execution, voice/electronic broking
- Middle Office: controls, validation, STP, exception management
- Back Office: confirmations, clearing, settlement, invoicing, payments
- Awareness of relevant regulatory and control frameworks, including MTFs, MiFID, FCA, EMIR, and market surveillance.
- General Understanding and Experience with Trading infrastructure, managing and understanding basic requirements around compute (cloud and on prem), databases, networking, etc.
Communication & Stakeholder Management (Minimum of 5 years’ experience)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, and structured documentation.
- Confident engaging with senior Front Office stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
- Ability to interpret complex trading concepts and communicate effectively to technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Service‑oriented, adaptable, resilient, and results‑focused.
Technology & Methodology
- Experience working within SAFe, Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies, applying the right level of planning and governance for the initiative.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and delivery tooling; experience with Microsoft Project and Visio (and/or BPMN 2.0) for planning and process modelling.
- Working knowledge of the SDLC and release practices, with a focus on operational readiness and controlled implementation.