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Technical Project Manager - Derivatives

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Spectra Group

Jersey City, NJ (In Person)

Full-Time

Posted 3 days ago (Updated 13 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/13/2026

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Job Description

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.
  • ## 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
  • ## 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
  • ## 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
  • ## 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 |

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