Project Manager

KX is the temporal AI infrastructure for capital markets, giving AI a sense of time, so every decision is grounded in when data was true, not just what it says. The KX portfolio normalizes market data across 250+ venues, capturing, sequencing, and replaying events at nanosecond precision. We enable firms to eliminate data fragmentation, meet regulatory auditability requirements, and build AI systems that are fast, accurate, and defensible across trading, risk, and compliance.  
Trusted by 8 of the top 10 global investment banks and serving $50 trillion+ in assets under management, KX is the essential infrastructure for the world's most demanding financial institutions. We serve leading organizations across aerospace and defence and high-tech manufacturing, with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. 

Overview Of The Role  
We offer several software-as-a-service solutions in AWS, including Trade Surveillance (a wide range of tools that allow you to identify trading strategies that try to influence the market price or manipulate other participants) and Transaction Cost Analysis or BestEx (this is the product that helps companies evaluate how well their orders are executed relative to the market price and how much they affect the market price).  
We are now searching for a full-time Project Manager whose main responsibilities will be communicating with customers and organizing teamwork.  
 
OUR PROJECTS TYPE:   
1. AWS Hosted or deployed in Customer DC or Cloud  - Product implementation with out-of-the-box functions configuration. Duration: 2 to 6 months. Main challenge: familiarize the client with all out-of-the-box functions to reduce implementation time, and feature request/scope expansion control. 
2. AWS Hosted or deployed in Customer DC or Cloud - Product implementation with out-of-the-box function configuration + custom development. Duration: 4 to 18 months (depending on complexity and budget, most likely T&M contract type). Main challenge: careful project planning & precise scope management, time & cost reporting mechanism establishment.  

Location & Workplace Type
This is a Hybrid role where you will work 3 days in our Yerevan office.

Responsibilities

Project Planning & Execution    

• Project Planning: Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and deliverables for medium-complexity projects. Develop detailed project plans, outlining tasks, timelines, resources, and budgets, aligned with organizational objectives.
• Execution: Lead project teams in executing project plans, ensuring milestones are achieved, and deliverables are completed on schedule. Exercise decision-making autonomy as appropriate, with escalation to senior management when additional support is needed.

  
 Budget & Financial Oversight    

• Budget Management (if required by the contract type): Work within budgets set by Lead PMs, monitoring the works to ensure alignment with contract constraints. Support regular budget reporting.

  Communication & Stakeholder Engagement    

• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary contact for project stakeholders, managing relationships with internal teams and external clients. Provide regular project updates, communicate risks, and address issues as they arise.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate across departments to foster alignment between product, technology, and compliance teams, ensuring cohesive execution of project goals.

 
 Risk & Quality Management    

• Risk Assessment: Identify potential project risks early, assess their impact, and suggest strategies to mitigate them. Adapt project plans as necessary to address evolving risks and maintain project continuity.
• Quality Assurance: Maintain high standards for project deliverables, conducting regular quality checks and project reviews to meet client expectations.

 
 Documentation & Reporting    

• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and post-project evaluations as needed. Ensure all documentation is accurate and adheres to organizational standards.
• Reporting: Generate and present reports detailing project progress, budget status, and milestones, providing stakeholders with timely insights into project performance.
• Comfortable using AI tools day to day for documentation, reporting, analysis

  Leadership & Mentorship    

• Team Leadership: Foster a collaborative team environment across engineering, QA, and support. Share delivery practices with peers and contribute to improving the team's project management standards.
• Professional Development: Engage with Senior and Lead PMs for mentorship, continuously developing expertise in managing complex regulatory financial technology projects.

  
Additional Responsibilities    

• Ad-hoc Tasks: Perform additional duties as assigned by the line manager, contributing to departmental initiatives and organizational goals.

Requirements

 
Skills     

• 4+ years of experience in international IT projects, including end-to-end product implementation and custom development projects.
• Experience in back-end project implementation (front-end components are up to 10 % of all project tasks) and infrastructure-oriented projects
• Experience in project planning and budgeting
• Excellent organizational skills, communication, and presentation skills

 
 Essential Experience    

• Knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall
• Knowledge of Jira and Confluence
• Solid understanding of SDLC
• Fluent English.

 Preferred Qualifications    

• Be ready to work with multiple projects at the same time
• FinTech background will be a plus

 

Benefits

Why Choose KX   
 
Data Driven: We lead with instinct and follow fact.  
Naturally Curious: We lean in, listen and learn fast.  
All In: We take ownership, take on challenges and give it our all.   
 
 
Benefits  
 

• Competitive Salary
• Individually tailored training and skills development
• Private healthcare package and Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Wellness Days and Volunteer Days