Project Manager - London, England

Job summary

We're looking for a highly organised and motivated self-starter to join the Strategic Delivery and Partnerships Team as a Project Manager.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end project management of business expansion projects as defined in the Global Trading Business Plan;
• Develop and adapt the framework for how project decisions are made;
• Manage and tailor the Jira workflow to fit with project governance requirements;
• Understand technical, industry, regulatory, trading and business operations details and their impact to support business decision making & effect change, improvement and growth;
• Foster communication and collaboration with support, trading, development & operational teams globally across the organisation;
• Track project costs, escalate risks, produce project reports and enforce post-project review
• Uphold accurate project and process documentation.

Qualifications

• 3- 5 years' experience gained within a proprietary trading firm, investment bank, exchange, fund manager or securities broker;
• Excellent knowledge in at least two of the following key areas:
• Financial products, particularly equities, futures and options
• Securities exchanges
• Compliance & regulation
• Market structure and/or market microstructure
• I.T. operations and infrastructure
• Proven complex project management experience, qualifications would be a plus;
• Ability to communicate and reason effectively with key stakeholders;
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgement and decision making, and organisational skills;
• Excellent verbal & numerical reasoning skills;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Google Docs/GDrive tooling;
• Experience with project management software and project reporting using tools such as Jira, Confluence or Smartsheet would be beneficial;
• Undergraduate Degree with a minimum 2.1 grade or equivalent.

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