Our client, a leading investment bank with a strong presence in the region, is looking for a Delivery Project Director for their Equities IT. The ideal candidate would have seasoned project management experience, deep knowledge of Asia equity markets, and keen technical know-how to guide developers, PMs, BAs, architects, QA, support, and infrastructure engineers. Director Level perm position to work with Front Office Traders.

Job Responsibilities:
– Partner with end clients and front-office professionals to service their needs and formulate permanent solutions to address long-term requirements, including Derivatives, Market connectivity, and so on.
– Leading the Project Management Team including PMs and BAs on delivering trading systems solutions.
– Provide broad oversight for cross-functional projects to achieve strategic business goals.
– Collaborate closely with multiple technologies and business teams (sales & trading, ops, compliance, risk) and translate them to actual business requirements.
– Execute large-scale, distributed projects involving a wide array of business stakeholders.
– Build partnerships with stakeholders in the business and IT management.
– Ensure branches are informed and engaged with strategic projects.
– Work with the QA, Development, Platform, and Support Team to ensure smooth delivery and execution.

Requirements:
– At least 12 years of experience in delivering equities trading systems projects, including client connectivity, onboarding, order management, market connectivity, and risk management.
– Working experience with the entire trade cycle of various equities businesses: high-touch, program trading, electronic trading, block trading, client facilitation, proprietary trading, and error trade management.
– Working experience with Equities buy-side client engagement, brokerage and FIX onboarding.
– Understanding of Asia markets and regulatory environments.
– Excellent communicator, and team player; Able to contribute to and command presence in large meetings.
– Build relationships at senior levels.
– Leadership experience in leading a group of Project Managers and Business Analysts.
– Track record in development and driving change projects.
– Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or related discipline.
– Spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese and/or Mandarin).

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