My Client is an investment bank based in London; they are looking for permanent Project Manager to join the Rates IT team in the Front Office. This is a business facing role in the Front Office IT department. You will be primarily acting as a project manager and key contact point for rates IT delivery, with close ties to the trading & sales desks, quant team, and head of Rates. Customer service and senior stakeholder management are key aspects, and this role will act as a bridge to other parts of the FO IT organisation. The work will be a mixture of discrete larger projects and a continuous flow of smaller items, so an ability to multitask is essential. Responsibilities: · Work alongside technical product leads and system owners in a collegiate manner to deliver technology solutions that are in line with the rates business strategy. · Work closely with the business to understand, refine and relate that strategy into IT deliveries. · There is a need to ensure continuous delivery is achieved to support our rapid growth, balancing tactical solutions with strategic systems development. · Responsible for ensuring business requirements are being met and have oversight over any projects impacting the Rates desks. · From a technical perspective there will be some overlap with the Credit department, as a number of components are shared on the cash side. · This role may expand to include management of other initiatives outside the rates area where appropriate from an IT or business perspective. · There may be some line management duties depending on the project work being undertaken, but this is primarily a project management role rather than a line management role. Key skills: · Track record of project delivery in an investment banking environment · Broad understanding of Fixed Income business · High level understanding of interest rate products e.g. Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), Bonds · A deep understanding of Fixed Income cash and derivative products and workflows · Experience managing senior stakeholders and working closely with trading desks in the Front Office · Project status reporting · Confidence conversing with traders, sales and quants in business terms · Ability to work alongside IT peers as a team player · Experience integrating with technical team and partnering on delivery Please apply now to Ryan Camp for immediate consideration and further details. Keywords: Project Manager, Rates IT, Fixed Income, Interest Rate Products, Interest Rate Swaps, IRS, Bonds, Front Office IT, Rates, Investment Bank. Scot Lewis Associates Ltd is acting as an employment business.

My Client delivers sales-driven data and insights to retailers and global companies. They are looking for a permanent Senior Product Manager to join this growing team. The Product Manager will join their team to drive future growth and help to create thoughtful digital products that have lasting impact for customers. The role ensures that the internal tools, processes and platform support their customers and can support their business strategy in the future. You will need to understand the customers challenges, the internal systems and operations process that drive the product forward. This department uses an agile development methodology. As the Agile Product Owner, the Senior Product Manager works with the Engineering team to coordinate resources to complete the tasks scheduled in sprints. Break down features into user stories for all new functionality Develops acceptance criteria for all new functionality based on market needs and discussion with the scrum team Presenting user stories and acceptance criteria to scrum teams for estimation Participates in team planning meetings and is available to provide advice, clarification and guidance during the execution of each release Co-create test scenarios and test data with the Dev and QA teams The Product Owner reviews completed work from the development sprint, which they can veto or accept Responsibilities: Get out of the (virtual) building and learn from customers: Deeply know the user needs that you’re tackling through research and regular interaction with customers and customer facing teams; record this research in a structured way Own the roadmap for all Internal Products and modules: capture work from a wide range of inputs, understand and prioritise this work, prepare recommendations and investment cases for the Leadership team to ensure product growth Prioritisation of problems to be solved by criteria agreed with stakeholders - e.g. customer satisfaction as measured by NPS, potential financial savings, potential time savings, value of new features or capabilities for customers versus cost to build Translate a product vision into a tangible, refined backlog of work and be obsessive about shipping great products Develop short, medium and long term strategies for the organisation Work with customers and internal stakeholders to define and refine product requirements Perform the role of the product owner to a scrum team Run beta testing for new releases of the modules or features they own Collaborate with Marketing and Sales Enablement on new launches and communicate that process using the launch checklist Support the sales team in customer discussions Be the champion of your products and ensure they match our vision and our organisation's passion to serve our customers Key Skills: Relevant product management experience in an agile environment Experience in bringing Data first SaaS products to market Proven expertise creating investment cases and managing ROI on your product suite Proven expertise defining stakeholder requirements for a product that delights customers Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience engaging technical and non-technical audiences Skilled at creating presentations, roadmapping, writing market requirements documents writing user stories, creating acceptance criteria, prioritizing features Demonstrated ability to work and deliver in global, cross-functional, and virtual teams Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment Please apply now to Ryan Camp immediate consideration and further details. Keywords: Senior Product Manager, Product Manager, Product Owner, SaaS, Data, Internal Systems, Internal Process, Internal Systems & Processes, eCommerce, Agile, Agile Product Owner Scot Lewis Associates Ltd is acting as an employment business.

My Client is an investment bank based in London; they are looking for a contract Java ESB Developer to join their team. The Java JEE Developer will work towards implementing new and enhancing existing application integration projects within the middleware framework. This requires involvement in the full project life cycle from the initial project technical proposal through to analysis, design, implementation and subsequent production rollout and support. This role will expose the individual to all business areas, including front office, settlements, custody and accounting. Key skills: · Extensive experience in Java and JEE · Middleware / Integration experience (JBoss, Mule, Ikasan, Camel, Fuse ESB etc) · Knowledge of Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) · Investment banking experience - desirable · Experience in using object oriented analysis, in particular UML · Experience in using TDD/BDD agile methodology · Experience with Publish / Subscribe messaging paradigms, distributed transaction processing based on JTA/JTS · Experience with JBoss, JMS, Spring, Hibernate · Strong UNIX skills in particular Linux · Strong relational database skills - Sybase , SQL Server, MySQL · Knowledge of source control such as Subversion · Experience of using JUnit and jMock · Experience in defining and implementing web services (REST paradigm) and data services (e.g. OData) Responsibilities: Analysis, design and development of new integration projects in a Unix and Windows environment; Producing detailed functional and design specifications; Managing projects, planning and conducting systems testing and supporting user acceptance testing; Liaising with users from all areas and with other teams (including front office, settlements, custody and accounting) Dealing with day-to-day production problems and maintenance when required. Please apply now to Ryan Camp for immediate consideration and further details. Keywords: Java JEE Developer, Java Developer, JEE Developer, Java ESB Developer, Integrationa Developer, Middleware Developer, Enterprise Integration Patterns, EIP, JBoss, Camel, Mule, Ikasan, Fuse ESB, Investment Bank, JEE, Java, Java JEE, UML, JBoss, JTA, JTS, JMS, Publish, Subscribe, JUnit, JMock. Scot Lewis Associates Ltd is acting as an employment business.