SPECTRA GROUP

Technical Project Manager - Equity Derivatives Technology / Pricing or Risk

Hybrid

Jersey City

Strong understanding of equity derivatives vanilla and exotic products, Greeks, risk sensitivities

## Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to join our Equity Derivatives Technology team. The team owns the end-to-end delivery of pricing and risk systems supporting end-of-day processing and regulatory reporting. You will act as the bridge between technology delivery and business stakeholders, driving projects from inception through to production.

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## Key Responsibilities

**Project Delivery**

- Own end-to-end project planning, execution and delivery across the equity derivatives technology portfolio

- Manage dependencies, risks and issues across concurrent workstreams

- Define and maintain project schedules, milestones and resource plans

- Drive delivery against regulatory deadlines with zero tolerance for slippage

**Stakeholder Management**

- Produce clear, concise status reporting tailored to business and senior management audiences

- Run steering committees and working group meetings with front office, risk, finance and operations stakeholders

- Translate technical constraints and delivery timelines into business language

- Manage expectations proactively escalate early, never late

**JIRA & Delivery Governance**

- Own and maintain the team's JIRA project structure epics, stories, sprints and backlogs

- Define and enforce JIRA hygiene standards across the team

- Build and maintain dashboards and reports for velocity, burn-down and release tracking

- Drive sprint ceremonies planning, review and retrospectives

**Risk & Regulatory Awareness**

- Understand the downstream impact of EOD pricing and risk processes on regulatory reporting (e.g. FRTB, SIMM, Basel)

- Coordinate releases around EOD batch windows and regulatory submission deadlines

- Work closely with quant, development and operations teams on production stability

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## Required Experience

- 7+ years project management experience in a capital markets technology environment

- Strong understanding of equity derivatives vanilla and exotic products, Greeks, risk sensitivities

- Proven experience managing technology projects with regulatory drivers

- Expert-level JIRA project configuration, dashboards, JQL, automation rules

- Track record of reporting to MD/Director-level business stakeholders

- Experience working within Agile and hybrid delivery frameworks

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## Preferred Qualifications

- Exposure to EOD batch processing and risk aggregation platforms

- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks FRTB, CCAR, Basel IV

- PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification

- Experience with Confluence for documentation and governance

- Background working alongside quantitative development or analytics teams

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## Key Competencies

| Competency | Description |

|------------|-------------|

| Communication | Adapts message clearly for technical and non-technicalaudiences |

| Ownership | Drives accountability without direct authority |

| Attention to detail | Catches issues in plans, data and reporting before stakeholders do |

| Composure | Maintains clarity and control during high-pressure EOD and regulatory periods |

| Analytical thinking |