eFinancialCareers

• Company

  PINPOINT ASIA

• Location

  China-Hong Kong

• Remuneration

  Excellent Remuneration

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  22 Aug 2008

• eFC Ref no

  431107

VP-Level, Project Manager, Program Trading, Top-tier Investment Bank

Pinpoint Asia is the leading technical search firm specialising in Investment Banking for the Asia Pacific region.

Pinpoint Asia has carefully and strategically grown its client base to include a number of the world's top financial institutions. We are now the leading technology search firm for an elite group of Investment Banks including some of the most renowned names on Wall Street.

Our significant market reputation is a direct result of having developed strong working relationships with select financial organisations based upon our intimate understanding of the marketplace and proven ability to deliver results.

To get ahead, contact us or visit www.pinpointasia.com

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Our client, is one of the most prestigious and highly-regarded investment banks in the world. It is considered to be the Employer of Choice by some of the best people in the industry.

Pinpoint Asia is proud to be consistently ranked as their No. 1 ranked specialist IT search firm in Hong Kong.

BUSINESS UNIT OVERVIEW

The Asia Program Trading technology team is responsible for supporting the portfolio trading strategies business which involves the purchase or sales of baskets of securities across a number of different Asian Exchanges. Whilst the team has specific Asian focus –it operates on a global basis in the 4 key regions of New York, London, Hong Kong & Tokyo.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The candidate will:

• Work on range of projects to support Program Trading business.
• Join a strong team of professionals and will be expected to participate in management, design, development, and support of high performance trading and order management systems.
• Work closely with various global and regional IT groups to improve the resiliency and scalability of our application infrastructure.
• Actively participate in full cycle of Front office systems development
• Manage projects that vary in their scope and complexity - typically there will be a mix of small, medium and big ones that need close collaboration with a spectrum of users and technology groups.
• Work with developers in multiple development centers in Asia and other Global locations
• Planning & management of Production environment – Ensure availability and resilience of systems by proper planning for growth and capacity.
• Provide quality support and ensure availability of systems, ensure swift resolution to production issues
• Develop and improve procedure and best practices for the team.
• Collaborate effectively with users and technology groups to build quality solutions for business requirements.

SKILL / EXPERIENCE

Technical Skills

• 8-20 years’ experience in systems development and managing complex software projects in Equity Front Office Development.
• Experience in managing teams of 10+ people.
• Detailed knowledge of SDLC (software development lifecycle)
• Strong Development on at least one of the following languages: C++, C#, Java
• Detailed experience on Unix/Linux Working knowledge of databases and SQL

QUALIFICATIONS

• University Degree in a Technical Discipline

If this outstanding opportunity sounds like your next career move, please send your resume in Word format to Andrew Lee at resume@pinpointasia.com and put "VP, Program Trading Project Manager" in the subject header.

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