The ideal candidate should have the experiences and skills listed below but in addition should be a self-driven, dedicated individual who works well in a team and thinks and acts strategically. In addition, the candidate should respond well to change and quickly pick up new concepts in an ever-moving regulatory landscape. When faced with a problem, the candidate should be able to ask questions and leverage the skill set of those around him/her.
Responsibilities
- Perform feasibility analysis, scope projects, prioritize deliverables, recommend alternative solutions and project strategies to come with the most robust and commercial solutions.
- Enable clients with the right technology capabilities
- Act as SME to business working with them on system and data questions.
- Work independently and collaboratively, work with team spirit
- Partner with the business to help translate or fine tune high-level business requirements into detailed functional, testable specifications (using BDD frameworks).
- Understand and articulate the technology vision and strategy, ensure that technology solution is successfully aligned with the business goals and priorities
- Candidate is willing to learn technology and troubleshoot issues
- Review and manage backlog and in-progress items to ensure the latest work status is captured and updated as appropriate
- Work closely with Product Owners, other scrum masters, business analyst and QA to progress along squad agenda
- Takes ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, coordinate directly with other development/product teams on inter-dependencies or through scrum-of-scrum ceremony
- Providing guidance and assistance on the development of senior management reporting.
- Maintain team metrics and report project statuses (e.g., velocity/burn down charts, financial status, issues/risks, etc.) on a regular basis to Product Owner, and to senior stakeholders.
- Plan and conduct Agile meetings/ceremonies e.g., daily stand up, product demos, retrospectives etc.
- Promote Agile culture, values, behaviors, and principles across business, development, and testing organization
Experience Requirement
- Relevant and substantial work experience with business requirements definition and management (end to end), structured analysis, process design, and use case documentation
- Experience in Agile project management software/tools (JIRA preferred)
- IT Project Management and SDLC knowledge/experience
- Hands on experience to develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents, including identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path, execution, and prioritization
- Experience estimating resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
- Previous experience in Capital markets compliance. Trade Surveillance / Control room Surveillance, Employee investing and activities compliance preferred
- At least 5 years of experience in technology area
Skills:
- Strong SQL and Data Analysis knowledge is a must
- Ability to proactively manage change in project scope, identify potential issues, and devise contingency
- Excellent relationship management, communication, teamwork, and influence skills; ability to operate at senior levels in both written and verbal communications.
- Can effectively facilitate meetings, demonstrate brainstorming / consensus building skills, and interact with executive level.
- Proficient with MS Office applications: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Word, and PowerPoint (or other tools)
- Knowledge of DevOps is a plus.
- Knowledge of Java, Scala or Python is a plus.
- Preferred if the candidate knows Linux (or other) commands to analyze logs and troubleshoot issues