Technical Business Analyst/Project Manager
| Company | Squarepoint Capital |
|---|---|
| Location | Montreal, QC, Canada, London, UK, Paris, France |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 5 to 10 years of total industry experience within finance with at least 2 years in a Technical Business Analyst role or Project Manager role.
- Hands-on programming experience is required, preferably in Python or KDB+/q.
- Atlassian Confluence and JIRA expertise is required, including corresponding macros/plug-ins.
- Experience in initiating, defining, driving and implementing projects with explicitly scoped project milestones.
- Degree in a Computer Science, Engineering field or equivalent.
Responsibilities
- Analyze current business processes and establish the full picture.
- Identify technical needs and problems to solve based on thorough analysis.
- Structure and scope requirements into technical projects.
- Design end-to-end solutions, propose implementation options, provide evaluations and recommendations to make optimal decisions for the firm.
- Drive the product design that aligns with firm-wide goals by collaborating with business and technology stakeholders.
- Create and maintain product and project specifications with exceptionally high level of accuracy.
- Manage functional/technical knowledge and content and drive outstanding questions towards closure.
- Establish project implementation plan and proactively monitor project progress while managing multiple priorities and communicating the priorities effectively to the project stakeholders.
- Define the project scope, goals, stakeholders, milestones, dependencies and risks related to the project.
- Create and maintain the project specifications/plan that is clear, comprehensive, feasible and agreed by project stakeholders.
- Ensure effective communications throughout the project among the project team members as well as with stakeholders and management.
- Serve as the point of contact for the project, coordinate with project team members and resolve conflicts to ensure successful project delivery.
- Proactively identify blockers and risks and escalate when necessary.
- Participate in change management and process improvement initiatives as well as optimize existing procedures and controls.
- Provide project transparency to stakeholders by giving comprehensive project updates on regular basis.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Microservice, Domain-Driven Design, API Design, cloud-native applications, distributed systems and DevOps is a plus.