Job Description

Business Unit and Department Structure

Global Rates group is a growing ambitious organisation, which is involved in the marketing and trading of a full range of Rates instruments.  The IT group that supports this multi-region business is part of a global team based in Singapore and London.

Project Background
The Rates development team focuses on pricing and trading systems for various global fixed income desks – these systems focus on low latency price streaming, high availability, electronic trading and hedging across a range of products including IR Swaps, Bonds and Futures in dealer-to-client and dealer-to-dealer markets. 

Role / Responsibilities / Key objectives
This is a great opportunity to lead a growing and high calibre rates development team in Singapore. This team forms part of a larger global IT group. In this role you will have regular business and technical interaction with the global business and technology stakeholders. You will be responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle of an expanding global electronic trading platform, with particular emphasis on high quality, on time, short and regular delivery cycles. You will be responsible for all deliveries from the Singapore development team across multiple projects. You will also be responsible for management of a high calibre development team in Singapore. You may require occasional travel.

Essential Skills

• VP level experience of leading a high calibre team (3/4 members) in a front office technology investment bank environment.
• Extensive experience with at least one object oriented development language (C++/Java), SQL on any enterprise RDBMS.
• Possess a deep understanding of electronic FX trading architecture. The candidate is expected to contribute to platform architecture and provide guidance on technical solutions. 
• Demonstrable involvement in fixed income products preferably Bonds and IR Swaps in an eTrading environment.
• Hands on leadership style with emphasis on light weight effective process, high quality and timely deliveries.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills. This role requires regular and detailed discussions with the global senior business heads and technology stakeholders.
• Have worked with peers in the QA and Production support groups to deliver a true end to end high quality solution.

Desired Skills

• Project Management skills including planning, estimating, scheduling, resourcing.
• Experience in delivering projects in a cross-region multi-time zone environment.
• Experience of algorithmic risk management and trading.