Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks a Technical Project Manager (TPM) to join our Core Engineering team in Singapore.
Responsibilities
- Managing the scope of software and hardware driven projects through their entire lifecycle
- Managing overall technical project schedules by developing and tracking project objectives, project milestones, changes, resources, and timelines
- Managing risks, escalating project and task anomalies, and resolving problems identified during projects
- Participating in internal and external meetings (including, but not limited to, exchanges, brokers, and other vendors) to gather project requirements and preparing detailed summarizes to share with relevant stakeholders
- Generating and maintaining accurate project documentation (spreadsheets, diagrams, and process maps) and project plans (MS Project/JIRA/Confluence/Visio, etc.)
- Liaising between all technology departments, understanding requirements and influencing new standards and processes
- Managing mandatory market updates and changes from various exchanges, performing impact analysis, tracking work required to comply with the new changes, building and testing solutions internally and with exchange
- Planning and coordinating activities for physical work in data centers (capacity planning, physical hardware and network installations) as well as application layer and general concepts for network/server configurations
- Building client relationship and appropriately managing expectations
Qualifications
- At least 2-3 years of relevant project management experience in the Financial Domain with around 4-5 years of working experience in total.
- Knowledge about financial markets especially Asian exchanges would be a plus
- Experience in infrastructure deployment and software development lifecycle
- Knowledge of Infrastructure (data centers, server, storage platforms) and Networking concepts
- Possess a highly analytical and strategic mindset with a strong ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Highly organized with excellent time management skills
- Great written and verbal communication in English
- Ability to manage competing priorities
- Strong networking skills within the industry and ability to build relationships with key contacts
Candidates should also be:
- Self-motivated, and able to work flexible hours (including Asia hours and weekends delivery critical solutions)
- Able to learn quickly and assume new responsibilities as the firm’s priorities change
- Able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Able to work both individually and with a team
- Able to travel internationally (Travel is not mandatory)
Benefits
Tower continues to enhance the in-house trading system and strategies that have positioned the firm as a leader in the thriving field of quantitative trading. While Tower offers challenges and rewards rivaling those of any Wall Street firm, Tower’s cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the premium the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include:
- Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses
- 5 weeks of paid vacation per year
- Breakfast, lunch, and snacks on a daily basis
- International medical insurance
- Free gym membership
- For employees ineligible to participate in the CPF, the cash equivalent of the employer’s CPF contribution
- Free events and workshops
- Donation matching program
Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.
What We Do
Founded in 1998 by Mark Gorton, Tower Research Capital is a trading and technology company that has built some of the fastest, most sophisticated electronic trading platforms in the world.
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