Key Responsibilities

• Project Manager in charge of overseeing regulatory, operational and strategic projects through the full delivery lifecycle, for a subset of the 200+ vendors supporting connectivity in ION Markets.
• Commercial ownership of the budget for vendors connectivity expenditure.
• Management of key vendor relationships.
• Commercial and procedural infrastructure expert for vendors allocated.
• Ownership of procurement requirements associated with project spend.
• Communication amongst a varied set of internal and external stakeholders.
• Drive strategic cost saving initiatives by reviewing vendors spend, particularly related to new acquisitions from ION Group.
• Central coordinator for vendor mandated events (business continuity testing, disaster recovery testing, conformance testing etc).
• Responsible for onboarding of new ION Markets customers connections to vendor interfaces.
• Owner of vendor specific documentation (e.g. external documentation, operational guides).

Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Degree level education.
• At least 2 years’ project management experience within the financial markets, ISV technology, data vendors, market data and/or trading technology sector.
• Clear, accurate and concise communicator with strict attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• Experience adapting complex technical written and verbal communication to be suitable for a for a non-technical audience.
• Team player who is able to establish and maintain strong working relationships with vendors, suppliers and co-workers.
• Organised with the ability to prioritise own workload and adhere to strict deadlines.

Desired Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Commercial exposure to managing cost centres and price increases
• Technical awareness of the exchange network and extranet landscape
• Basic understanding of network terminology