Project Manager CSM Trading Systems

2 weeks ago

Boston, MA, United States The Ceres Group Full time

We are looking for a Project Manager to support our newly formed team from an IT perspective. This is an exceptional opportunity to help support a new effort at the firm as part of a small entrepreneurial team. The effort will focus on all major global asset classes including, but not limited to Equities, Fixed Income, Currencies, Commodities and Options/Volatility. The Contract Program Manager reports to the IT Program Manager and is a member of the Information Technology team.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the delivery of order management system (Charles River) and integrating the system master and position data
  • Partner with the business team in defining their future operating model and business architecture
  • Promote continuous improvement and help teams increase productivity and foster innovation
  • Plan sprints, prioritize the backlog, lead teams, manage the development process, identify and eliminate obstacles from delivery
  • Ensure transparency throughout delivery utilizing Agile best practices such as Sprint Planning, Release and Sprint Burndown, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demos, and Retrospectives
  • Mentor team members on Agile principals and best practices

Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience in the asset management business, ideally with a buy-side multi-asset focus
  • Recent experience managing and implementing multi-asset class front office solutions with the following security types: Equities, ETFs, Futures, Options, Structured Notes, FX, Total Return Swaps, Interest Rates Swaps, and Volatility Swaps
  • 5+ years of prior experience as a Project Manager
  • 3+ years of recent experience as a Scrum Master and is CSM certified
  • Experience with Agile PLM tools like Rally, Jira, and VersionOne (Jira Preferred)
  • Ability to proactively identify and mitigate risks using Agile best practices and project data
  • Experience implementing and integrating front office functions with an order management systems (Charles River preferred) and security master solutions (MarkIT EDM preferred)
  • Excellent communication & mentoring skills
  • Excellent facilitation, decision making, and conflict resolution skills

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