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Candidates must have financial services industry with experience in real time market data, electronic trading and/or low latency technology services.
Location: New York, NY
Title: Technology Management | Level 5 (USD)
Position Type: Contract / W2
Job Description:
Title: IT / Infrastructure Project Manager [Financial Services only] Location: New York, NY Only local candidates from NY/NJ
We require 2-3 days onsite at NYP. Friday / Saturday work required. Candidates will need to provide where they have worked weekends in their previous roles.
Job Description
*** is seeking an infrastructure project manager from the financial services industry with experience in real time market data, electronic trading and/or low latency technology services. The role will focus on critical day-to-day activities associated with the coordination of new client connectivity and extranet services. This role is hands-on, in a fast paced and high-volume environment. As an IT project manager, you would be responsible for multiple ongoing projects throughout their execution cycle to ensure success as defined by adherence to standards of scope and timeline. As a member of the team, you will manage the installation and coordination of new electronic trading infrastructure at Data Centers and Co Location sites. This role will focus on project lifecycle for electronic trading including: hardware procurement, installation coordination of network equipment, circuits, cross-connects. The candidate will collaborate with partners in the business, technology and risk and control functions.
Skills Required:
- 15 years of technology project management experience
- Financial services firm / industry
- Coordination with various managers and technical personnel during all project phases
- Experience in running Physical Infrastructure and Engineering relate Programs/Projects.
- Intermediate-level knowledge in one or more of the following: LAN, WAN, Telecommunications, Datacentre Facilities
- Proven ability to manage delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives.
- Proven ability to work in a fast paced highly demanding environment.
- Experience working with client facing groups, market data teams and a full knowledge of exchanges [NYSE, Nasdaq, BATS.etc)
- Knowledge of computer networking topology.
- Knowledge of and the low latency and real time market data environment.
- Knowledge of working with data B2B providers like BT and TNS.
- Proven experience developing partnerships with and successfully coordinating across various Business, Technology, Operations, Control partners and stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills, ability to interact at all levels of the organization and tailor messages appropriately.
- Strong presentation skills, including ability to synthesize large amounts of data and information to create polished presentations for management.
- Independent self-starter who can manage multiple activities to aggressive deadlines.
- Eagerness to learn the business and understand detailed requirements.
- Experience working with cross functional teams, including Operations, Design/Arch Technology, Risk and Compliance.
- Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project, Visio, and MS Teams.
- Familiar with network infrastructure, IT Infrastructure, and network architecture.
- Knowledge and experience in workflow management software (e.g., Jira) and ServiceNow.
- Expertise in all Microsoft Office tools, especially Power Point, Excel, and Microsoft Project.
- Ability to identify problems and provide a path for resolution or escalation.
- Ability to work independently and proactively and possess a strong sense of accountability/ownership.
- Ability to rapidly pick up new concepts and strong attention to detail.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree (preferred)
- Previous knowledge and implementation experience of Kanban and Agile
- PMP certification a plus
- CNNA a plus
- A minimum of 7+ years of professional experience in project management, product management in the finance and technology field.
- Proven related experience preferable in the financial services industry, Wealth Management, Low Latency, Market Data and Trading Desk or management consulting.