Trading Systems Technology Lead (prudential)

Trading Systems Technology Lead

If you have a candidate available local, US citizen or GC. Willing to work hybrid and can go full time after 6 months. Rate- DOE. Location: Newark, NJ (Hybrid) Duration: 12 Months +. We are actively pursuing a qualified Trading Systems Technology Lead to support our growing Separately Managed Account (SMA) and other trading business groups in the utilization of technology and data solutions to drive business and revenue growth, ensure trading regulatory compliance and implement efficiencies. Extensive contact with all management levels and all other internal customers is required to identify research, analyze, prioritize and resolve complex information technology issues within the trade life cycle of various security products. This specific position requires strong technical skills, business trading acumen and understanding of order generation/order management techniques, trading execution flows, trading venues, security product characteristics, trade lifecycle, and has the ability to understand advisor/institutional trading needs. The position requires the capability to perform high level analysis, prioritization and technical documentation of requirements of trading needs. This individual will construct technical roadmaps, oversee development, build consensus, document and help drive new trading technical processes.

• Document and drive implementation and integration of trading technology solutions to ensure they meet the business and regulatory needs
• Understand and apply enterprise wide thinking to individual departmental requests for IT investments to ensure end-to-end process and data integration are achieved
• Introduce new technologies and approaches to solving business problems across the trade life cycle
• Evolving a future state trading systems architecture that supports business priorities and objectives while being flexible so it can accommodate rapidly changing business requirements, evolving customer expectations, and technology evolution
• Preparing and presenting potential technical solutions and advising the business on the technical and business value of the proposition
• Keeping up-to-date on new technology, standards, protocols and tools in areas relevant to the rapidly changing digital environment

Required Skills:

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• Financial services industry experience specifically with trading systems
• 15+ years of IT experience with expertise in Portfolio Accounting and Order Management Systems
• Experience with Direct Indexing and Separately Managed Accounts
• Deep understanding of the trading lifecycle from order generation to execution for various security products and how to integrate trading components seamlessly into the trade lifecycle
• Skilled in Vendor Management, Project Management, Software Implementation, and Application Development
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent overlapping projects in a fast paced environment
• Broad knowledge of Agile project methodology (SAFe) and ITIL best practices
• Experience with Cloud computing concepts (private, public and hybrid) a plus