This role requires an experienced Calypso project manager / product owner. The role will be highly autonomous and will involve interaction with senior level executives, SMEs, quant analysts and developers, The ideal candidate will require to have a deep understanding of traded, liquidity and market risk to deliver on the business outcome.
This will be a high-profile engagement with a view to grow the footprint.
Skills required:
- 10+ years of financial services or capital markets experience, particularly in clearing risk, settlement or registry functions highly desirable.
- Prior experience driving Calypso projects as an SME or Delivery lead. Must be comfortable with JIRA, Confluence and similar tools.
- Technical financial risk IP, having worked on clearing or financial risk, data integration, or other related areas.
- Strong communication, facilitation and documentation skills. Is able to collaborate with stakeholders across all seniority levels.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Previous experience working on large programs encompassing multiple initiatives / projects.
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous and continuously changing environment.
- Work both independently and as part of a team and ability to look at big picture and at the same time, dive into the details.
- Effective problem solving skills, welcomes change and is adaptable within a very dynamic environment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the OTC Calypso Stream within a multi-Year exchange wide Transformation Program. Focus will be mainly on version upgrades, BAU changes.
- Formulate the critical path and success criteria. Where needed interpret metrics related to curve construction, pricing feeds, position management, stress testing results, and participant reporting - to deliver on business outcomes.
- Responsible for initiation, planning, delivery and implementation, utilising available resources to deliver on time and meet quality benchmarks.
- Identify risks and issues, and proactively implement mitigation strategies.
- Excellent commercial acumen, communication and collaboration skills a must have.
- Communicate project progress and status to stakeholders at the Executive level.
- Identify and plan resource requirements to meet business objectives.
- Managing all stakeholders' expectations across the program.
Nice To Have:
- Experience in other capital market platforms like Murex, FIS etc
- Experience with working in LCH Swapclear, Markiwire, Trioptima
