Job Profile
This role is accountable for shaping and enabling the technical development and run time operation of products and services within the global Cash Equities platform, working with multiple product owners and development teams globally.
In this role you will
- Lead front to back analysis of trading workflows and systems (order capture, routing, execution, allocations, confirmations, post trade feeds) to support build and migration to the strategic platform.
- Shape future state platform design by translating EMEA market structure and regulatory constraints into clear functional and non functional requirements (latency, resiliency, auditability, controls).
- Partner with Product Owners to deconstruct outcomes into deliverable features, ensuring coherent solution definition across product areas and regions.
- Ensure service resilience and recovery objectives are met for delivered solutions (including operational readiness, monitoring and supportability).
- Be accountable for ensuring new products/services align with mandatory and regulatory requirements, embedding controls and evidencing compliance by design.
- Operate effectively in a global virtual team of specialists, collaborating across all cash equities product areas and time zones.
Requirements
- In depth Front to Back Cash Equities knowledge - specifically STP trading, order management, market access, regulatory reporting, and middle/back office integration feeds.
- Excellent analytical skills, structured problem solving, and strong task management; able to lead complex investigations and drive clarity in ambiguous environments.
- Strong understanding of European Cash Equities market structure (venues, routing patterns, liquidity/access models) and how this shapes platform capabilities.
- Deep knowledge of the European regulatory landscape (e.g., MiFID II, Market Abuse (MAR), Short Selling).
- Proven ability to influence and build trusted relationships across Trading, Regulatory Compliance, Operations and Technology at multiple seniority levels.
- Experience delivering change in a global, virtual, multi POD environment; comfortable coordinating across regions and product areas.
- Exposure to the full SDLC and appreciation of front office architecture and design trade offs (performance, resiliency, observability, controls).
- Strong business analysis capability with experience in eliciting and documenting requirements (functional and non functional), mapping end to end processes and data flows, defining clear acceptance criteria, and maintaining traceability from business outcomes through to delivery and testing.
- Technical fluency to engage engineers effectively (e.g., Java awareness and SQL know how to support technical walkthroughs, data analysis and troubleshooting).