What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Project Manager - Derivatives position at 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 |