Mgr, Project Mgmt. - BA
- Tianjin
- Permanent
- Full-time
2. Work with individual applications Tech Business Analyst/Developers to have high level requirements turned into executable backlog items by the squads.
3. Engage with users, SMEs and Champions focusing on desk/country on-boarding. Assist users during testing and training phases.
4. When designing, engage Product Owners to ensure global operating model and genericity principles are consistently applied.
5. Responsible for slicing backlog features into relevant product increments across different systems.
6. Ensure that features have clear acceptance criteria and benefits documented by the relevant Product Owners.
7. Ensure that features are tested prior to UAT (integration testing) and end-users are regularly involved
8. Document the interfaces specification/integration pattern for a particular feature when several applications are involved (trade/event data attributes and mapping)
9. Where relevant contribute to UX/UI Design: (works with UX designers, UI Engineers)
10. Maintain Risk, Assumption, Issue and Dependency log for features (on ADO) - responsible for driving tickets to a solution with the horizontal.
11. Identify impacted architectural patterns eligible for review in Technology Design Authority forum
12. Update and produce the necessary Programme governance artefacts; Solution Intent document, workstream statuses, Steering committees updates, etc.
13. Abide by the programme execution strategy and governanceSkills and Experience
- University degree in Science/Technology/Finance
- relevant experience delivering large-scale transformation programmes of work in the Financial Markets Technology space, preferably on build solutions (rather than buy and integrate)
- Strong front-to-back Financial Markets business processes understanding including Front Office's Trade and Order's execution, Market and Credit risk generation, Middle Office trade and cash life cycle management, Operations processing and reporting for confirmations, settlements, client statement, Finance and Product Control accounting and P&L reporting, compliance controls reporting and regulatory reporting and other ancillary processes supporting trade end-to-end processing and reporting.
- Strong technical acumen, understanding of IT architecture concepts, these initiatives are all technical in nature, some delivering relatively sophisticated solutions.
- Experience in business analysis and in reviewing business analyst's requirements, functional specifications, process flows and other business and technical documentation.
- Experience in managing stakeholder communication including timely project progress reporting to business sponsors and technology management.
- Experience managing ambiguity to provide clarity and facilitate discussions to reach consensus on both technology designs and business processes.
- Strong Derivatives products knowledge OTC and ETD : FX Options, Rates, Credit Derivatives, Commodities, FX.
- Strong leadership and accountability
- LANGUAGES ENGLISH
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.