Technical Project Manager | Production Infrastructure

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Jump Trading Group is seeking a Technical Program Manager to scale production infrastructure project delivery in Sydney. You will organize and lead project meetings, maintain delivery plans, and craft proactive updates for executives and teams, while collaborating across the firm to keep initiatives on track. The role involves vendor management, removing roadblocks, building cross firm workflows, and identifying automation opportunities. The ideal candidate has 8+ years coordinating cross functional work, strong written and verbal communication, and a professional approach to stakeholder management, with experience in project docs and tools such as JIRA or GitHub; Asana is a plus. How to apply: highlight measurable outcomes, showcase examples of driving timelines, and demonstrate learning agility and collaboration, onsite in Sydney.

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Trading Infrastructure is a global organization of Engineers who architect, build and maintain our world-class infrastructure. From colo design/implementation, to optimizing our exchange connectivity, to building world class low latent Wide Area Networks, we leverage research and automation to consistently adapt and innovate our infrastructure to scale and drive our trading and evolving business.

We're looking for a Technical Program Manager to scale our project delivery & reporting capabilities. The TPM will work alongside technologists and be focused on detailed project organization for a broad range of technology projects. Jump Trading values proactive and clear communication to drive progress on the projects that will deliver the greatest business value. The TPM will own project status meetings and build trusted relationships with leaders across the firm. You’ll need to be comfortable learning new concepts. We are looking for a natural connector who is approachable and who has experience leveraging those skills to progress work forward in a dynamic environment. 

What You'll Do:

• Organize and lead project meetings – own agendas, key follow ups and be able to hold peers accountable to the work

• Maintain project plans and delivery dates for required projects

• Create proactive communications regarding project progress for various levels of firm visibility (C-suite, technology leadership, the broader project team)

• Collaborate with groups across the firm to both provide and receive information required to keep projects on track

• Work with external vendors, when required, to ensure their progress towards delivering on Jump Trading project initiatives

• Build relationships to become a trusted go-to for general project questions that others are not sure how to tackle

• Clearing project roadblocks, which are oftentimes unknown until the work gets going. Be willing to roll up your sleeves to take on work that no department obviously owns and "figure it out"

• Help to build workflows that can be leveraged across the firm for high priority initiatives

• Be able to evolve processes and look for automation opportunities for process improvement and efficiency gains

Skills You'll Need:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited university

• Experience with Asana is a plus

• 8+ years’ experience coordinating work for cross functional teams (departmental and hierarchical)

• Experience with project documentation (agendas, notes) and meeting management

• Vendor/client management experience is preferred

• Ability to hold peers accountable in a constructive and professional manner  

• Strong sense of curiosity and the ability to learn new topics quickly

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with an emphasis on verbal – must be comfortable on the phone and in person

• Experience with project management software is a plus: JIRA, GitHub

• Prior experience in a role requiring adherence to a high level of professionalism