FICC Rates Program Manager

Job#: 3056219
Job Description:
FICC Rates Program Manager
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey (Onsite)
Role Overview
We are seeking a Program Manager to lead complex, global initiatives across a Rates trading technology platform. This role partners closely with trading, sales, and product leadership to deliver large-scale programs spanning front-office systems, market structure, and risk-critical infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings domain expertise in FICC / Markets, a proven ability to drive outcomes across matrixed organizations, and the discipline to manage execution in fast-paced environments.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-year global initiatives across trading platforms and desk-facing systems.
• Partner directly with trading, sales, and product leadership in a front-office environment.
• Execute across a matrixed organization, driving alignment across engineering, infrastructure, business, and control functions.
• Articulate complex issues clearly to both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
• Manage program governance, dependency management, and risk/issue resolution with strong delivery discipline.
• Operate independently in ambiguous environments, driving outcomes without fully defined structures or direction.

Required Qualifications

• FICC domain expertise across Rates, Credit, FX, or Repo, with an understanding of trading workflows, market structure, and front office technology.
• Proven program management track record delivering complex global initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Highly organized with strong delivery discipline.
• Technical skills in Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading regulatory, risk, or control-driven initiatives within FICC trading environments.
• Familiarity with electronic trading architectures, including order flow, pricing engines, market data, and execution connectivity.
• Understanding of front-to-back flows (trading, risk, P&L, settlement) and associated data dependencies.
• Experience managing large-scale platform transformations, migrations, or decommissioning programs.
• Exposure to global delivery models and working across time zones with distributed engineering teams.
• Ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders to drive prioritization and decision-making.
• Track record of improving program governance, transparency, and execution rigor in high-pressure environments.

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