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John Lothian News
Posted on January 4, 2011
Director of Sales
Chicago, IL
The title is the only boring thing about this job. We’re looking for someone who can do a bunch of things at once – marketing, sales, networking, and developing ideas that make this company different from any other media firm.
The main responsibility of the Director of Sales is to plan and implement sales and marketing activities in order to retain existing sponsors, develop new sponsors for existing products and find sponsors for new products. That said, a unique skill set can take this position in almost any direction.
About You
- Comfortable calling people you know and don’t know, telling our story and giving new and existing sponsors your attention.
- Willing to laugh, joke and bring enthusiasm and ideas every day.
- Works well independently and on a team.
- Able to organize and manage multiple concurrent projects.
- Excited to travel some for business.
- Available to (enthusiastically) participate in industry events during evenings.
- Someone who knows what they know, and knows what they don’t know.
- Great listener.
- Embraces new media and technology with open arms.
About John Lothian News
We like to meet new people and current friends in the industry, tell our story and listen to theirs. We’re an organization where ideas are welcomed, molded, implemented and sometimes rejected (but always appreciated). We value honesty, fairness, integrity and loyalty.
John Lothian News (JLN) is the news division of John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. Focused on financial markets, JLN produces seven newsletters/blogs, two wikis and a video website. The online media and financial services firm is majority owned by John J. Lothian, a futures industry veteran of 30 years, and minority owned by Jim Kharouf, a journalism veteran of more than 20 years. The firm is staffed by derivatives industry, journalism and technology professionals.
Send resume and brief introduction to johnlothian@johnlothian.com. Or give John a call at 312-203-5515.
Eris Exchange
Posted on April 19, 2012
Location: Chicago, IL
Position: Development Lead
Eris Exchange offers an exciting and highly interactive work environment. Featuring an innovative futures contract that embeds the economics of over-the-counter interest rate swaps and provides dramatic margin savings through CME Clearing. Eris Exchange is a futures exchange committed to opening up access through both electronic and traditional voice trading venues.
Eris Exchange has implemented its core platform using a diverse set of complementary technologies. Our high speed core tooling has been built using C++. Operational support and reporting tools have been developed using JRuby and RAILs and include some underlying Java components. Some of our consumer products have been developed using C#. All of these systems are deployed into a managed Linux environment and interconnected with RabbitMQ and MongoDB has been leveraged to create a high speed document storage engine.
As our environment grows we are expanding our capabilities by evolving toward an Event Driven architecture supported by WebService and Messaging technologies. We have numerous projects in our backlog with an eye to better integration with our clients and partners that will affect the technological direction of Eris Exchange, the first and only exchange approved by the CFTC as a Designated Contract Market (DCM) since the passage of Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation. The Development Lead is an opportunity for an experienced polyglot programmer to build software for new and innovative financial products, using forward looking technology. Work closely with some of the best technology professionals in the trading industry, and challenge conventional thinking to help create the environment you want to work in.
Role Description
Eris Exchange is looking for a Chicago-based Development Lead candidate that will be responsible for
creating and maintaining a broad range of technology capabilities, both directly and through managing
vendor relationships, with a particular emphasis on software architecture for the electronic trading
platform. The Development Lead reports to the Chief Operating Officer.
Key functions of the electronic trading platform include:
- connectivity
- order routing
- market data distribution
- trade matching
- clearing
- risk management
- market monitoring
- user and product data maintenance
- performance measurement and security
Key responsibilities include:
- Build and lead a software development team responsible for creating, maintaining and supporting in-house systems and public websites
- Accountable for the quality and timeliness of software and technology delivery
- Act as primary technology stakeholder on behalf Eris Exchange, directly interacting with vendor and provider counterparts to ensure outsourced services are performed in a manner consistent with our expectations
- Select and manage tools to support the software development environment; (source code management, requirements tracking, monitoring, etc.)
- Accountable for production support
- Responsible for planning and budgeting hardware, software and network equipment needs
Qualities that a successful candidate will almost certainly possess:
- At least 10 years of professional experience
- Trading Industry Experience
- Interest rate swaps experience a plus, but not required
- Commitment to, and experience with Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and other XP practices
- Commitment to, and experience with the principles of Agile software development
- Combination of ability to roll up the sleeves and achieve results through direct intervention and ability to manage a team toward a goal
- A successful track record as a Software Architect or Development Lead, with a desire to assume responsibility for a broader range of technology capabilities
- Willingness to address critical issues during off-hours, as necessary
- Willingness and ability to fit into a corporate culture characterized by a sense of urgency for capturing an imminent business opportunity and constant adaptation to a changing environment
About the Business:
Headquartered in Chicago with an office in New York, Eris Exchange is a Designated Contracts Market (DCM) under the jurisdiction of the CFTC. Formed by a group of Chicago-based proprietary trading firms to increase access to traditional OTC markets that are migrating to centrally-cleared trading venues as a result of recent US financial regulation, Eris Exchange has traded more than $35B in notional value of Eris Interest Rate Swap Futures since the first trades in August, 2010. Eris Exchange contracts are cleared by CME Clearing, the nation’s largest clearing house, with whom Eris Exchange has signed a long-term clearing services agreement.
Please note that we are not soliciting employment from anyone currently employed by our founding partners, our clearing services provider (CME Clearing House) or its parent (CME Group). Contact information for interested candidates: careers@erisfutures.com
RTS Realtime Systems
Posted on February 1, 2012
Sales Manager Chicago, New York
Our dedicated Sales teams strategically drive our business close to where our customers are.
Are you a great people person? Then developing and expanding RTS’ relationships with elite financial institutions all over your region is exactly what you are looking for. You will be responsible for identifying new opportunities with your assigned accounts and thus developing your client relationships in order to grow the RTS customer base. You will work closely with prospects and clients from introduction to close and ensure a strong pipeline of sales of RTS solutions.
As an outgoing personality you will love to participate in marketing events such as seminars, webinars, trade shows and conferences to identify new business opportunities and maintain RTS’ reputation as the recognized industry leader. Being a specialist in our product suite and services, you will not only communicate new product and service opportunities such as new functionality enhancements and market information but even more so coordinate our professional staff to deliver our services and ensure customer satisfaction.
We would love to talk to you… If you are experienced in selling to the global financial community, with a sound knowledge of electronic trading of financial instruments such as stocks, options or commodities. If you can base this on a degree in Business with a focus on Finance, Marketing or Information Technology, you are fit to respond quickly to the rapidly changing technology we call our business. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you are enthusiastic about finding new leads and prospects and do not mind travelling to current and potential clients.
At RTS you will join a dynamic, dedicated, and flexible team. In a quality and service minded working environment you will be assigned to challenging tasks and have extensive responsibilities. You will communicate with our international offices as well as our outstanding customers from around the world.
Click here to apply or submit your resume/CV and inquiry to: human_resources@rtsgroup.net
Advantage Futures
Posted on October 27, 2011
Assistant Marketing Manager
Reporting directly to the Chief Marketing Officer. This individual is responsible for assisting the CMO in managing certain aspects of the marketing functions of the firm while maintaining the highest quality client service and expanding the capabilities of the marketing team. This includes assisting with external marketing agency and internal management relationships to complete marketing needs, writing press releases, increasing media exposure and increasing awareness of Advantage.
Other responsibilities will include, but are not limited to being responsible for all social media efforts including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, assist in the development of advertising and sales materials, including an online advertising campaign and premiums and giveaways to generate brand identity, writing press releases and increase media exposure, assist with Advantage events and seminars, create and update website content as necessary while building a strong image and appeal for the positioning of the company while increasing effectiveness of the content for clients and non-clients, assist in the development of lead databases for effective sales prospects as well as current client bases to increase awareness of Advantage Futures, assist in the development of tradeshow materials and attend tradeshows, be responsible for design and production of our quarterly newsletter – Inside Advantage.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Business, preferably focused on Marketing, Public Relations or Finance
- 1-2 plus years of marketing experience, financial services marketing experience highly preferred
- Strong client focus and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with changing priorities and a diverse group of people
- Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written with the ability to provide writing samples upon request
- Exceptional presentation and organizational skills
- Series 3 certification – successful completion shall be required shortly after employment begins
To apply for this positions, please submit your resume and inquiry to:
Shirleen Roberto, Manager of Human Resources 312.347.4802 Careers@advantagefutures.com
Object Trading
Posted August 7, 2011
About The Company
Object Trading is an infrastructure vendor delivering a high capacity, low latency API and FIX normalization to a wide range of over 50 electronic exchange destinations.
Support Analyst Role
The second level support analyst will provide advance troubleshooting and technical support to Object Trading's clients on the FrontRunner® Solution. They will be part of a global support team focused on providing customers exceptional resolution management as well asp rotecting the efficiency of the quality assurance and development teams.
Mandatory Knowledge Requirements
- Knowledge of front-office banking and finance applications, including derivatives (futures, options, spreads)
- Have a good working knowledge of FIX Protocol
- Understanding of Exchange connectivity solutions and protocols
Mandatory Skills and Abilities
- Common sense and good customer facing etiquette
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work with people at all levels of the organization
- Excellent problem solving, problem management and analytical skills
Mandatory Experience
- Minimum of 2 years experience in a Support Role
- Exposure to front office banking and finance applications, including derivatives (futures, options, spreads)
Desireable Requirements
- Some working knowledge of scripting and programming languages
- A desire to assist customers above and beyond the call of duty
- Have fun/sense of humor
- Previous experience in finance or banking
Additional Requirements
- Well organized
- Attention to detail and a quality focus
- Able to travel interstate/internationally if/when required
- Good interpersonal skills when dealing with clients
How to Apply
Applications should send a resume and short cover letter to igrieves@objecttrading.com
Patsystems
Project Manager - Chicago
Posted January 25, 2011
Patsystems is a leading provider of Trading systems for the trading of exchange based Futures and Options on a world-wide basis. As a service based Company, a critical part of the business is to ensure that our solutions are delivered and implemented according to Customer expectations.
The primary role of the Project Manager is ensuring projects are delivered within the timescales expected and within budget. Projects vary from large deployment and on boarding projects to bespoke development projects.
The Project Manager, working with the support and direction of the Global Delivery team in London, is responsible for ensuring all project deliverables are defined, planning the project timetable and managing through to delivery, and the project is reported in the correctly.
Working within the Delivery Services department the role interfaces with customers and internal departments and will be required to work with, and motivate, cross departmental teams. Strong communications skills are a key requirement to build relationships both internally and externally.
Responsibilities:
- To provide project management skills to manage projects to time, within budget and maintaining customer satisfaction together with the Delivery Services Team.
- Responsible for ensuring all project issues are communicated and managed appropriately.
- Manage small scale projects and monitor tasks on larger scale projects.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope and priortiy
- Work with customer, stakeholders, and other departments to ensure project expectations are clearly communicated
- Collating and reporting project status information
- Ensuring project risks and issues are actively managed
- To work within Delivery Service project model, making any improvement recommendations and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements.
- Working with other departments to identify and implement areas of improvement
The role will require effective collaboration with colleagues in all areas of the business at all levels and across all regions.
Required skills and experience:
- Strong communicator with good client facing skills
- Good leadership and people management skills.
- Knowledge and experience in the whole project cycle with the ability to operate in all stages
- Knowledge of the global futures and options market
- Ability to work under own initiative; results driven outlook
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good written and presentation skills
- Good technical knowledge of the Patsystems electronic platform would be an advantage
- Prince 2 certification/ PMP or similar industry standard
To view the complete job description, please visit http://www.patsystems.com/contact/Careers/Vacancies/projectmanagerchi.aspx
Interested applicants should email their details and resume to human.resources@patsystems.com.
Chief Compliance Officer - Chicago
Posted May 27, 2011
Corporate Overview
A Chicago based brokerage firm with a rich history of providing best execution and clearing services to some of the largest institutional clients in the industry has an opening for a Chief Compliance Officer. The firm has been offering clients “proven reliability” in execution services through experience, innovation and performance since 1982. Clients include major brokerage houses, investment banks, asset managers, and pension funds. With its origins on the floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange, This Company has expanded its reach to include most domestic liquidity pools, as well as international markets.
The trading professionals at this company include a broad range of financial service professionals, all of whom share the same exceptional commitment to customer service that has characterized the firm for nearly 30 years. The company is certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), and conducts business without regard to race, religion or gender. This organization gives back to the community through its affiliation with numerous charitable institutions that share a high standard of social and community responsibility. Specialties include: Trading & Execution, Directed Brokerage, Commission Recapture, Portfolio & Transition Management, Equity Research.
Position Description
Chief Compliance Officer wanted for FINRA and Exchange Member(s) firm engaged in the business of stock and bond execution for institutional clients.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures to ensure the firm's compliance with various exchange, FINRA, and SEC rules.
- Maintain a supervisory control system
- Monitor AML, ITSFEA, and exception report procedures.
- Assist in preparing and maintaining firm's books and records.
- Respond and prepare drafts to regulatory inquiries.
- Prepare responses to SEC/SRO audits and exams.
- Draft Annual Compliance Report to Senior Management and CEO.
- Conduct Needs Analysis and Annual Compliance Meeting.
- Develop and implement Training Procedures.
- Supervise daily activities of compliance staff, including implementation of training plan and periodic compliance training.
- Attend various industry seminars,
- Oversee regulatory filings and coordinate CE Regulatory and Firm Element for Firm.
- Oversee new account documentation process.
- Oversee review of personal trading activity and restricted list.
- Review marketing materials and advertising.
- Report directly to senior management, including COO, CEO, and President.
Experience
- Necessary experience includes extensive knowledge of FINRA, MSRB, and various exchange rules (CHX, EDGX, BATS) and operations of the FINRA/NASDAQ TRF.
- Ability to multi-task and work with a variety of industry constituents.
- Solid understanding of trade reporting obligations as they relate to the TRF, OATS, and Reg SHO.
- Knowledge of operations, clearing, and trading operations, especially the regulatory community.
Requirements
- Minimum of 4 years experience as a compliance officer
- Membership in STA and/or NSCP a plus, as well as experience working for FINRA, the SEC, and/or an SRO.
- Business acumen to identify operating issues, and provide insightful solutions.
- Ability to develop a high level of credibility and forge solid and positive professional relationships with subordinates, peers, and the senior leadership team.
- Confident, open and willing to confront difficult issues and challenge others in order to create positive change.
- Task and project focused, can set and meet deadlines; detail and task oriented.
- Series 7, 24 required with Series 4, 53, and 55 preferred.
How To Apply
Qualified candidates should submit a resume and cover letter, including salary history to Bob Puricelli at bpuricelli@chx.com.
Firm58, Inc.
Posted May 19, 2011
Corporate Overview
Firm58 offers capital markets firms web-based software to manage the processes associated with fees, commissions and payouts. Our platform automates middle- and back-office processes across asset classes to provide insight into daily profitability, increase operational efficiency, and protect revenue. Unlike point solutions that solve narrow business challenges, or expensive legacy systems, Firm58’s solutions address post-trade complexity, yet are cost-efficient and easy to deploy.
Unix/Linux Admin- Chicago
Position Description
Firm58 is looking for a bright, driven individual to be a part of our Operations team. The ideal candidate should have experience and daily hands-on work in Linux server (RedHat, Centos and Debian) and desktop environments dealing with Java developers, Oracle WebLogic and Oracle Databases. The candidate should have experience building, monitoring, and maintaining complex environments with networks, fiber channel, SAN and database technologies. To be successful, the candidate must be highly self-motivating, excel at multitasking and feel comfortable working in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
Responsibilities
- Assist in designing, implementing and supporting a 24/7 Linux server environment.
- Work with software engineers, Oracle DBA's and customer service personnel to resolve issues and keep our environments operating smoothly.
- Linux deployment, administration, performance tuning, monitoring and account management.
- Backup/Restore and Disaster Recovery management.
- Troubleshoot O/S, Application, Network and Performance issues.
- Process, monitor and prioritize trouble tickets.
- Automate any and all tasks that can be automated.
- In-house and off-site Datacenter management.
- Work with clients and vendors to support our custom application with data loading, system migrations, authentication issues and connectivity trouble.
- Support other key initiatives as the business dictates.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of Linux (RedHat, Centos and/or Debian) architecture, deployment, administration, networking, performance monitoring/tuning, security hardening, troubleshooting and production operations.
- Strong knowledge of standard Linux and network protocols, such as SMTP, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, SNMP and others.
- Strong system configuration experience (PXEboot, Kickstart, Puppet).
- Perl and Shell Scripting, with experience implementing automation and monitoring using shell scripting and other related tools.
- System monitoring experience (SNMP, Nagios, Cacti, Zabbix, Dell Open Manage, etc.).
- Strong Linux/Unix networking knowledge required.
- SAN experience with NetApp, IBM, and EMC.
- Backup experience. BakBone Netvault preferred.
- VmWare Infrastructure experience.
- Experience with SVN and issue tracking software like JIRA.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience in network and system administration.
- Active or near completion of RHCT, RHCE, CCNA, or similar IT certification a plus.
- Excellent written and verbal communication. Must be able to thoroughly document implementations, modifications and removals.
- Highly organized, self-motivated, able to multitask, able to work independently as well as a team player.
- Must be willing to work some weekend shifts in support of maintenance and participate in on-call rotation duties. Must have operations experience in 24x7 environments.
- Oracle WebLogic and Oracle Database experience preferred.
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
How to Apply
- Please submit your resume to amanda.mcgannon@firm58.com and note the position you are applying for in the subject of your email.
QA/Automation Engineer- Chicago
Posted May 19, 2011
Position Description
Firm58 is looking for a bright, driven individual to be a part of our fast growing QA/Development team. Our QA team is responsible for testing a variety of business critical systems and thus requires superior technical and analytical skills. This position will work with developers and operations to define, develop, execute and automate tests to certify applications and data populations. This person should be strong in writing test automation for complex web applications and should also possess software development skills.
Responsibilities
- Ability to execute and debug tests and report issues.
- Test planning for regression and acceptance test strategies.
- Design, create and maintain tools for testing software processes.
- Work closely with technology teams to deliver innovative solutions to facilitate effective and efficient testing.
- Write or customize test harnesses with open source or commercial automation tools; design and customize automation framework to suit the needs of a product and technology.
- Analyze, innovate, architect, design and develop software programs for testing frameworks, technology components and end user applications; - Code and debug complex issues when required.
- Tracks and reports on issues and solutions and escalates as appropriate, recommends and obtains resolution.
Qualifications
- Solid understanding of development, quality assurance and testing methodologies.
- Strong background in test automation including commercial and open source test automation tools and frameworks; hands-on experience in developing open source based test automation frameworks is a plus.
- Experience in designing and developing test strategies and harnesses for backend software processes.
- Ability to work with backend systems to setup and maintain test environment.
- Strong knowledge in SQL. Able to understand schemas, create command line queries.
- Broad skills in technologies such as Apache, SQLPlus, Web Services, AJAX, Java, JavaScript, SOAP, Ant.
- Skilled in scripting languages such as Javascript, Python, Ruby, and Linux/Unix Shell scripting.
- Familiar with web automation tools such as Selenium and Mercury/HP.
- Strong platform skills in Linux/Unix at a command line level and testing/development. Knowledge of cron processes.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development and QA Testing experience
- 3+ years experience in development test automation strategies and its implementation.
- 3+ years experience in test automation including functional, integration and regression testing
- 1+ years experience in SQL
- Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience in lieu of formal education.
How to Apply
- Please submit your resume to amanda.mcgannon@firm58.com and note the position you are applying for in the subject of your email.
Breakwater Trading, LLC
Trader
LOCATION Chicago
DATE POSTED May 19, 2011
SUMMARY Breakwater Trading is looking for experienced traders and groups in the US Treasury cash and futures market space. We are also interested in partnering with experienced trading groups who can implement their strategies on our proprietary front-end platform. Breakwater offers competitive splits, low commissions/desk fees, and top proprietary execution technology.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION Breakwater is a proprietary trading organization that specializes in trading liquid cash and futures instruments on all major exchanges. We persistently develop new cutting edge execution tools and strategies to gain access to liquidity pools, which gives us an advantage over our competition.
APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Applicants should send a resume and short cover letter to: careerinfo@breakwater.com
Night Clerk
LOCATION Chicago
DATE POSTED May 19, 2011
SUMMARY This highly competitive position is an opportunity to learn and manage several different financial products during Asian and European hours for senior day traders. The Night Clerk is responsible for managing 4 to 6 trader’s positions (US Treasuries and Futures, Eurodollars, US, Asian and European Equities, Energy and Commodities) throughout the night. This opportunity allows for individuals to learn a multitude of proprietary trading techniques, risk management practices and high frequency trading platforms.
Persons with strong academic credentials, communication skills and an interest in financial markets products are encouraged to apply. Our operations, development, financial and technological teams offer potential members a unique opportunity to grow in a diverse, fast paced environment. We offer an exceptional benefits program and a very competitive compensation package with an opportunity for growth and a long lasting relationship.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION Breakwater is a proprietary trading organization that specializes in trading liquid cash and futures instruments on all major exchanges. We persistently develop new cutting edge execution tools and strategies to gain access to liquidity pools, which gives us an advantage over our competition.
APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Applicants should send a resume and short cover letter to: careerinfo@breakwater.com
Microsoft SQL Server DBA
LOCATION Chicago
DATE POSTED May 23, 2011
SUMMARY MS SQL Server DBA is responsible for providing technical support for the database environment including overseeing the development and organization of the databases, assessment and implementation of new technologies. The right candidate will be right at home troubleshooting business critical incidents and feel comfortable working with a small but extremely demanding group of financial professionals: traders as well as developers, front and back office operational staff, support team and infrastructure team. The business expects you to have a passion for technology and a desire to work in the Financial Industry. There is also a clear expectation that you keep yourself looped in to the latest technologies and constantly evaluate their potential to advance and enhance our platform. Every aspect of the business relies on technology—we will rely on you to stay on top of it.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS Position Requirements:
- 4-year degree in CS or equivalent technical field
- 5+ years of enterprise IT experience
- 3-5 years Microsoft SQL Server experience
- Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database problems.
- Experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization, using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
- Experience with backups, restores and recovery models.
- Knowledge of High Availability and Disaster Recovery options for MSSQL Server.
- Knowledge of indexes, index management, and statistics.
- Experience working with Windows server, including Active Directory and proper disk configurations.
- Scripting and automation experience and ability
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Adhere to communications and change management policies
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment and keep cool under stress
- Organized and able to manage multiple, high priority tasks at the same time
- Be a versatile and eager self-starter
- Interest in the Financial Industry
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Breakwater is a proprietary trading organization that specializes in trading liquid cash and futures instruments on all major exchanges. We persistently develop new cutting edge execution tools and strategies to gain access to liquidity pools, which gives us an advantage over our competition.
APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Applicants should send a resume and short cover letter to: careerinfo@breakwater.com
Windows System Engineer
LOCATION Chicago
DATE POSTED May 23, 2011
SUMMARY The Windows Systems Engineer provides support and maintenance for our entire Windows environment. Responsibilities encompass both server-side technologies and maintaining the overall health and welfare of our end-user workstations. The right candidate will be right at home troubleshooting business critical incidents and feel comfortable working with a small but extremely demanding group of financial professionals: traders as well as developers, operational staff, Quality Assurance, the Desktop Support team and finally your peers on the Infrastructure team.
The business expects you to have a passion for technology and a desire to work in the Financial Industry. There is also a clear expectation that you keep yourself looped in to the latest technologies and constantly evaluate their potential to advance and enhance our platform. Every aspect of the business relies on technology—we will rely on you to stay on top of it.
REQUIREMENTS
- 4-year degree in CS or equivalent technical field
- 5+ years of enterprise IT experience
- Demonstrate a very strong knowledge of Microsoft technologies, including: Active Directory, Exchange 2007/2010, Server 2003/2008/2008R2, Windows XP/Vista/7, Hyper-V, RDP, Sharepoint
- Scripting and automation experience and ability
- Set up and maintain server monitoring and monitoring thresholds
- Proactive maintenance and upgrades for our entire Windows environment
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- PC and Server Hardware troubleshooting
- Comfortable with data center work
- Adhere to communications and change management policies
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment and keep cool under stress
- Organized and able to manage multiple, high priority tasks at the same time
- Be a versatile and eager self-starter
- Interest in the Financial Industry
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Breakwater is a proprietary trading organization that specializes in trading liquid cash and futures instruments on all major exchanges. We persistently develop new cutting edge execution tools and strategies to gain access to liquidity pools, which gives us an advantage over our competition.
APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Applicants should send a resume and short cover letter to: careerinfo@breakwater.com
Penson Futures
Senior Business Development
LOCATION Chicago
DATE POSTED April 20, 2011
SUMMARY Penson Futures is currently seeking a Senior Business Development person. He or she needs to have extensive futures sales experience and an existing book of business to help us grow into the industry’s top FCM. Applicants must be willing to travel, able to beat deadlines and solve problems quickly and effectively.
Penson Futures, based in Chicago, is a full service Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with 25 years of FCM experience. Clients, which include Introducing Brokers, Professional Traders, Institutions, Commercial Hedgers, AP Users, and Individual Investors, partner with Penson Futures for our execution and clearing services to the world’s major exchanges. Penson Futures has had significant recent growth in industry seg and is a subsidiary of Penson Worldwide, the second-rated equity clearer.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- 10 years experience in futures sales
- Series 3 registration
- Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite
APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Applicants should send a resume and short cover letter to: hr@pensonfutures.com
Chicago Top 25 FCM
Sales Representative
LOCATION Chicago
DATE POSTED April 11, 2011
SUMMARY Chicago FCM ranked in the top 25 (by customer segregated funds) seeks Sales Representatives with mature client books and relationships for our Chicago, NY and London offices. Candidates must have a strong understanding of our products and services and ability to generate and develop leads into revenue producing accounts.
We seek candidates with reputations of high integrity and commitment who possess exceptional communication and organizational skills, and are team players able to work with a diverse group.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Define, effectively communicate, and timely address challenges
- Perform client-focused, detail-oriented tasks
- Meet or beat deadlines
REQUIREMENTS
- 10+ years of futures sales experience
- Existing client book
- Willingness to travel
- Strong computer skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Series 3 registration
APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Only applicants interested in growth opportunity should apply. Applicants should send a resume with a short cover letter to: chicagotop25fcm@gmail.com
IntercontinentalExchange | ICE
Corporate Communications Manager
LOCATION London
DATE POSTED March 11, 2011
DESCRIPTION ICE seeks an experienced Corporate Communications Manager who will have responsibility for expanding ICE's profile across the European media. Based in their London office, the successful candidate will have proven media experience within the financial services industry which will aid them in maintaining and expanding media relations within the UK and Europe.
This position provides exposure to all areas of ICE and will offer the right candidate the potential for career advancement. The postholder will be a key member of ICE's communications, marketing and investor relations team, most of which are based in the U.S. The role will report to the VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, based in Atlanta.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Monitoring news flow and working with media relations team to determine key issues and response requirements
- Coordinating messaging, determining targeted themes and managing issuance of announcements, including timing, preparation and delivery with senior management
- Assisting with the coordination of political and legislative affairs, working closely with ICE's regulatory team
- Addressing various forms of clearing and exchange member communications to streamline processes and increase consistency and availability of key information
- Supporting the maintenance of the media section and other content within the corporate website
- Coordinating media training and other corporate events
REQUIREMENTS
- The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent, with Marketing/Public Relations major preferred, and have a minimum of five years of corporate communications experience in a financial services environment. They will have developed a strong portfolio which would demonstrate their ability to quickly develop their knowledge of the company's business lines and to communicate complex and technical ideas succinctly to non-specialists. In addition the successful candidate should:
- be fluent in both written and spoken English. A second or third European language would also be advantageous
- demonstrate strong leadership capability and be able to work well as part of a team
- have strong self-motivation, and be able to act on their own initiative while working closely with colleagues both in London and the US
- possess strong organizational skills and the ability to manage concurrent projects and meet deadlines in a highly dynamic environment
- be proficient in MS Office applications - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Experience of working with other software and communications applications would be beneficial
- be willing to travel
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Quadriserv
Posted on February 4, 2011
Director of Corporate Communications
Summary
Quadriserv a fast growing, innovative financial/technology company seeking a results-oriented, hands-on Director of Corporate Communications. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, the Director will be responsible for developing the strategic communications course and implemention to reach targeted audiences. In addition, this individual will be directly involved in providing strategic input in the market place development
Responsibilities:
- Proactively develop and maintain relationships with key financial and industry publications with the objective of positioning Quadriserv and the AQS brands in the marketplace
- Establish and maintain a centralized archive of sales presentations, marketing materials and communications that is accessible to various functional groups internally
- Coordinate the production and distribution of various communications with outside vendors such as advertising agencies.
- Coordinate various Corporate events
- Create and distribute rollout communications for program updates, product enhancements, direct marketing programs and sales
- Lead and supervise a team that is responsible for:
- Creating first drafts of PowerPoint and other client documents in response to tight-deadline requests
- Maintaining and updating weekly record of all media coverage and interviews
- Interacting and corresponding with members of the sales, finance, operations, technology and integration groups
- Maintaining and updating all marketing collateral (including brochures, client list, awards, and accolades)
- Maintaining and updating content on Corporate websites
- Performing and completing other related responsibilities and projects as necessary
Requirements:
- Ability to work independently and demonstrate initiative and anticipate future needs and challenges
- Securities lending and prime brokerage experience a strong plus
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and handle multiple projects
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Advanced Power Point, Word and Excel required. Experience with Contribute and Illustrator a plus
- 10 years industry experience
Position will pay a competitive salary plus opportunity for bonus compensation.
Orc Software
Posted on April 4, 2011
Sales Engineer
Job qualifications A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, physics or finance. Possess an ability to demonstrate a proficient understanding of coding in C, C#, C++, but preferably Java. Financial trading experience could be considered in lieu of development experience.
Job description Orc Software is seeking a sales engineer associate for our Chicago office. The position is part of the Americas Sales Engineering team and involves presentations and demonstrations of our solutions and managing customer implementation projects. For this position we are looking for a candidate with a degree in mathematics, computer science, physics, or finance that possesses the desire to work in the financial software industry. Experience from an options trading desk is a plus. The position involves working closely with clients, and therefore strong people skills are a must. Other key attributes include the ability to troubleshoot problems for customers, follow tasks through to completion, multi-task, and be a solid team player with a desire to learn new systems and processes.
Areas of responsibility
- Providing trading, quantitative and technical expertise during the sales process, including technical training for customers
- Main domain expert contact to clients during the sales process
- Manage product demos and provide in depth product information at customer meetings
- Translate business requirements into technical requirements
- Document and manage implementation/installation projects
- Assist marketing department with product specific and technical input
- Participate at trade shows
- Liaison with product management regarding sales related development requests
- Keep up with industry trends and provide feedback to product management
Reporting Manager of Sales Engineering Americas
Performance will be measured by:
- Revenue generation of American sales
- Quality of technical assistance provided to customers during the sales and implementation process
- Motivation of team
- Ability to manage projects, implementation and customers during sales cycle
Compensation Competitive salary and commission package based upon experience and qualifications.
Contact David Gresky for any inquiries at: David.Gresky@orcsoftware.com
Posted on January 27, 2011
Executive — Greater NYC Area
Summary
Would you like to be a central driver in the further growth of the industry’s most widely installed FIX infrastructure? Can you build strategic relationships with customers at both ends of the spectrum, both established tier 1 financial firms through to innovative startups? Do you have the business savvy and the technical background to further consolidate CameronTec as the key FIX technology provider globally?
The ideal candidate will possess both a sales and technical background enabling them to drive an engagement at the C level as well as with software developers and IT architects. He/she should also be a self-starter prepared to develop and execute against a territory coverage plan and consistently deliver on quarterly revenue targets. Only candidates with prior FIX experience will be considered for this position.
Qualifications
To be considered for this role you must have:
- 2+ years technology-related sales and account management experience
- BA / BS degree
- A technical background in engineering, computer science, or MIS a plus
- Direct field experience in working with large accounts in the financial sector
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
- Extensive customer network a plus
- Sales experience within financial technology and in particular FIX Engines, Middleware or Market Connectivity
- Demonstrable ability to consistently close complex technical sales
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Drive revenue and market share in a defined territory or segment
- Meet or exceed quarterly revenue targets
- Develop and execute against a comprehensive account/territory plan
- Create and articulate compelling value propositions around CAMERON products together with Product Management
- Accelerate customer adoption
- Maintain a healthy sales pipeline
- Work with partners (service providers and software firms) to extend reach and drive adoption
- Develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts
- Ensure customer satisfaction
Inquiries contact: camerontec_sales_us@camerontec.com
CME Group
Networking Internship
Posted: January 3, 2011
Summary
The day-to–day responsibilities of this position would consist of performing testing and research into Networking Technologies. The position will help test new hardware that would help build low latent and high bandwidth networks for the CME Group. Preparing test documents and project plans related to testing and research will be a deliverable.
Qualifications:
- Must be currently enrolled in school working towards a computer related degree preferable Computer Engineering.
- Knowledge of Networking Technologies such as Routing (BGP, EIGRP, MPLS, IS-IS,) and Switching.
- Knowledgeof Cisco Routing and Switching.
- CCNA Certification required.
- Knowledge of Red Hat Linux, Wireshark, Web 2.0 and scripting experience are desired.
- Must be responsible, dependable and be able to work independently and must work well with others.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must.
Interested candidates should Apply Here
Director, Fees and Market Analytics
Posted: January 3, 2011
Summary
This position is responsible for:
- Leading the 6-person Product and Services Strategy and Planning team responsible for driving business line and customer analysis initiatives, including
- Executing quantitative and qualitative analysis and generating actionable recommendations based on that analysis
- Performing customer volume and trading analysis, market forecasts and scenario analysis for different business initiatives or strategies
- Creating business tools, reports, analytics and metrics to facilitate high quality business decision making and performance tracking
- Developing centralized market making incentive support
- Enriching data to enhance analysis and data quality
- Performing ad hoc business analysis as requested
- Providing analytical support to individual product lines and other divisions throughout CME Group
- Collaborating with business line managers on fee initiatives and pricing strategy and policies, including
- Developing and assessing fee levels and incentives to drive growth
- Being a thought leader in the evolution of the overall philosophy behind the fee structures used by CME Group.
- Playing a leadership role in the cross-functional team that manages the fee change process and interacts with customers on fee related issues.
- Managing and Coordinating fee optimization analysis and execution.
The Product and Services Strategy and Planning (PSSP) group is responsible for:
- Identifying and translating product, customer, market and competitive trends into asset-spanning opportunities and challenges
- Facilitating collaborative development of cross-asset strategies, initiatives and contingency plans
- Driving/collaborating on execution of cross-asset strategies, initiatives and innovation
- Collaborating and coordinating cross-asset strategy, analysis, execution across the exchange with individual product lines, corporate strategy and other exchange divisions
The PSSP group also works with the product groups to coordinate and collaborate on their strategic planning and product management activities, manage initiatives and track progress and performance, and to conduct analysis and to optimize business policies, pricing and incentives structures.
Qualifications:
- Have strong business analytic skills and good business instincts.
- Able to execute, coordinate and direct financial, operational and strategic analyses of current and proposed potential business initiatives.
- Able to work effectively in a team environment – both as the lead coordinating team member and as a thought-leader and a team member.
- Able to engage in and direct comprehensive research and analysis of potential business initiatives, often with limited direction.
- Able to create and present qualitative and quantitative analysis cogently to senior managers in both written and verbal presentations
- Able to work with and analyze complex data sets
- Experience managing and developing direct reports, cross functional teams and multi-divisional projects.
- Advanced degree
Preferred:
- 10+ years of work experience;
- Experience developing business analytical tools and using of business intelligence tools
- CFA or similar professional analyst credential
Experience in strategy or business development is preferred; experience in Over-The-Counter trading, trading back office and clearing, or trading related-IT is also desired
Interested candidates should Apply Here
NYSE Euronext / NYSE Technologies
NYSE Liffe
Sales Director
Job Summary
Location: New York
The candidate for the above position will focus on promoting NYSE Liffe U.S. products and initiatives as well as NYSE Liffe core products to a wide range of U.S. based clients. These clients include member firms, proprietary and algorithmic traders, middle office and back office professionals, end users of the Exchange’s futures and options products. Responsibilities include: - Initiating, nurturing and developing relationships with new clients and prospects - Focus on turning sales leads into tangible revenue opportunities for the exchange - Supporting existing clients and perform routine account management functions - Promote NYSE Liffe U.S. new products and initiatives to existing “core” U.S. clients and raise the profile of the new U.S. futures exchange
The ideal candidate has 3-5 years experience in a sales oriented position within the financial services industry, preferably in the futures industry.
Critical skills include: - Excellent communication skills - Ability to market products and initiatives credibly, aggressively and imaginatively - Solid writing skills, ability to prepare and deliver client presentations - Spend a significant portion of the working week out of the office seeing clients and conducting sales calls - Organize client visits for senior business development staff based in the US and, when in the US, for London based colleagues as well - Excellent interpersonal skills are essential to interact with clients in a variety of formal and informal settings, eg organize client events, conferences, dinners, social activities aimed at building and strengthening business relationships - Ability to work effectively as a team with the NYSE Liffe U.S. business development teams in NY, Chicago, London The candidate will report to the senior vice president of U.S. business development.
OptionsCity Software, Inc.
Developer
January 10, 2012
OptionsCity® is a software company specialized in building the next generation of electronic trading solutions for professional options traders and market makers. OptionsCity™ is committed to building a company where highly talented, challenge-hungry people thrive.
We are currently looking for a developer. The candidate will not be expected to have familiarity with the financial industry, but must be willing to work in a team environment that will expand his/her knowledge in this area. We want people that are yearning to work on cutting edge software and who are highly interested in learning how to make Java programs really fast. We understand that this is a junior position, and you may not have the experience of writing highly concurrent multi-threaded applications, but we want you to have some basic understanding of how threads leverage system resources to interact with each other (think locks, semaphores). You will be working mainly on the server side of our application, but should expect to learn other parts as well. This is an exciting opportunity and will open the door to lots of growth potential within this high growth venture. Here are some of the reasons why someone would want to work for us:
- Entrepreneurial culture (no politics, friendly)
- Fast-paced environment where serious effort will result in serious reward
- Growing company with lots of growth potential
- State-of-the-art product with a huge market need
- Great benefits: Equity incentives, excellent health and dental plan, 401K plan, PTO, tuition reimbursement, paid lunch, beverage provided by the company...
The skills we look for in candidates:
- The candidate should have at least a 4 year degree in computer science/engineering.
- The candidate ideally should be familiar with Java SE and have some experience working on medium to large scale software projects.
- The candidate should be comfortable working in various OS environments including Microsoft Windows and Linux.
- The candidate should have a clear understanding of programming multi-threaded applications and various ways of accessing shared data using synchronization primitives.
- The candidate should have an interest and willingness to learn about the financial industry, more specifically options.
Pay Rate: Based on experience + bonus + equity incentives
Location: Downtown Chicago
Email: careers@optionscity.com
OptionsCity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by Federal, State or local law. Please Note: Third party solicitations pertaining to staffing and recruitment via telephone, e-mail, fax or mail are not accepted nor permitted by OptionsCity Software, Inc.
No sponsorship available at this time (U.S. citizens or permanent residents only)
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Spot Trading
Spot Trading, LLC, founded in 1999, is a proprietary trading firm based in Chicago’s financial district. We trade options on equities and broad market indices. We have distinguished ourselves amongst our peers in the industry by developing world-class trading technology, an innovative trading model, and a collaborative culture. Our team is comprised of a wide variety of talented professionals, including traders, equity research analysts, financial engineers, technologists, and financial analysts.
Spot’s unique culture of teamwork encourages awareness across functional teams and fosters an environment where new ideas are continually shared, debated, and implemented. We recognize that the input of many different disciplines results in the success of our trade.
The passion, integrity and expertise of our team of professionals have driven the success of the firm since its inception. Along with our ongoing pursuit of excellence and adaptability to the changing marketplace, these will continue to be keys to our future success.
Please see our website for current openings http://www.spottradingllc.com/careers/experienced-professionals/
Compliance Specialist
Summary
The Compliance Specialist is responsible for assisting in the maintenance of the firm’s compliance policies and procedures and monitoring the activities of the firm for compliance with various rules and regulations of the SEC, CFTC, exchanges and other entities. The Compliance Specialist reports to the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”).
Responsibilities
- Assist the CCO with the development, implementation and maintenance of the firm’s written supervisory and compliance manual to ensure Spot’s practices remain observant to all current federal laws and exchange rules and regulations
- Educate/train staff on and monitor compliance with relevant policies and procedures and regulatory requirements
- Monitor changes in applicable regulations, rules and regulatory interpretations to determine impact on processes, procedures, *surveillance and trading systems
- Provide compliance briefs on upcoming rules, revisions to rules and industry practices
- Provide advice on general trading rules and regulations and advise on real-time trading issues
- Assist with regulatory inquiries and audits
- Conduct various procedural reviews and monitor for compliance with policies within the firm’s market making business.
- Conduct compliance reviews of trading algorithms and other technology processes
- Work closely with IT to develop, use and maintain surveillance reports
- Manage the securities registration process for the firm by ensuring employees are appropriately licensed.
Skills & Qualities
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of three years of compliance experience at a broker-dealer or exchange covering equity securities or futures
- Knowledge of SEC, CFTC and exchange rules
- Experience in a electronic trading environment
- Working knowledge of MS Office suite of programs, including Word, Excel, Access and SharePoint
- Strong oral and written communication and organizational skills
- Knowledge of WebCRD a plus.
SunGard Kiodex
Marketing Specialist
Seeking an experienced, energetic marketing professional who is accustomed to working in a fast paced, entrepreneurial business environment within a large [financial services organization. This role is responsible for undertaking all aspects of marketing programs as required by the director of marketing. This will involve drafting press releases and marketing collateral, managing email marketing campaigns, coordinating participation in conferences and events, managing Web site content, and reporting marketing and sales metrics.
A Web-based trading and risk management solution for commodities traders, Kiodex integrates deal capture and risk management capabilities with valuation models and independent market data, including forward curves and volatilities. Banks, FCMs, hedge funds and corporations with exposure to commodity prices use Kiodex to help measure risk, design optimal trading strategies, improve price execution, manage positions, process trades and comply with financial reporting and regulatory best practices. Visit SunGard’s Kiodex at www.sungard.com/kiodex.
Principal responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: • Management and execution of lead generation activities • Coordinating PR and advertising activities • Responsible for external and internal web sites • Collateral and sales tools management • Identify and coordinate events and speaking opportunities • Develop and execute email and direct mail campaigns • Maintaining relationships with U.S.-based industry associations and research firms • Working closely with the Global sales team • Perform competitive and market intelligence gathering
Preferred: • Experience with Salesforce.com, EmailLabs, Vocus, Omniture, and Google Adwords • Trading experience and/or knowledge of the commodity markets. Reply to Robert Garfield (robertgarfield@yahoo.com)
RGM Advisors, LLC
Quantitative Researchers
RGM Advisors, LLC, an Austin, Texas based firm with trading strategies in multiple asset classes around the world, is expanding its research team. This is a unique opportunity to join a sophisticated quantitative trading firm in a collaborative environment away from the usual financial centers.
We are currently seeking quantitative researchers who are capable of working within our proprietary computational research and modeling environment to develop automated trading strategies using machine learning, statistical analysis and other quantitative techniques.
Responsibilities include:
- Research and development into improved modeling techniques
- Design of improved tools and processes for conducting research and building trading models
- Development and implementation of quantitative trading models for financial instruments traded in various markets
Our ideal candidates will have:
- Excellent analytical skills
- Creativity
- Academic background in physics, math, statistics or another quantitative discipline (advanced degrees a plus, but not required);
- Familiarity with UNIX and C++
What we offer:
- Attractive compensation and benefits
- A fast-paced collaborative team environment
- An opportunity to solve complex and intellectually challenging problems
- Hands-on training in trading and financial markets
- Casual, flexible and creative work atmosphere
Please submit resumes with cover letter and any inquiries to: careers@rgmadvisors.com. RGM Advisors, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.
CQG, Inc.
Product Manager, Data and Analytics
Chicago, IL or New York, NY
Posted: March 16, 2012
Summary:
The Product Manager will need to be passionate about trading and data and will focus on how data can be used to make better trading decisions. The Product Manager will manage the entire development lifecycle, from understanding trends and needs, to making the product perfect, and to bringing it to market.
Responsibilities:
- Recommend product direction to the Leadership Team
- Gather requirements from internal and external parties, (sales staff, application specialists, clients, partners, vendors, etc.), and create business and functional requirement specifications
- Bring up-to-date information on electronic trading trends and product opportunities
- Analyze priorities and creates the product roadmap
- Work with Product Development to ensure development calendar progress
- Look for and lead process improvement in Product Development to reduce inefficiencies and bring product to market faster and with fewer defects
- Perform competitive market analysis and build product plans
- Provide cost and resource estimates for product rollouts
- Serve as a stakeholder in the quality and release processes
- Demonstrate prototypes to interested parties
- Assess product acceptance and make recommendations
- Prepare product messaging and placement strategy
- Train internal staff to sell and support product
Education, Experience, and Skills:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 5 years of experience as a trader or in a trading-related function using data to make trading decisions
- Experience in designing, developing, and bringing a product to market
- Experience in either product management or systems analysis, developing and delivering multi-tier financial applications
- Contacts on the cutting edge of data analytics
- Ability to develop and manage cross-functional processes and project timelines
- Understanding of the technology development life cycle
- Strong contributor with high motivation, the ability to take initiative, set priorities, and perform tasks with minimal guidance
- Inspiring and motivational presence
- Passionate and knowledgeable about data, analytics, and trading
Working Conditions:
This position will work out of our Chicago or New York offices. It requires regular office hours and some travel.
Benefits:
CQG provides a variety of benefits to enhance employees' personal and financial well-being. Employees and eligible dependents may participate in the following:
- Medical insurance with low employee premiums
- Vision and dental insurance
- Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) participation
- Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, dependent care, and parking expenses
- Paid time off
- Ten annual holidays
- Employee Assistance Program
- ECO Pass
- Voluntary benefits such as AFLAC and Prepaid Legal
- Casual dress code
- Stocked employee kitchen with healthy breakfast and snacks
Please apply through our career portal at careers.cqg.com.
Product Manager, Electronic Trading
Chicago, IL or New York, NY
Posted: March 16, 2012
Summary:
The Product Manager will need to be passionate about trading and enjoy creating and bringing to market products that help traders be successful. The Product Manager will be responsible for managing the entire development lifecycle, from understanding trends and norms, to creating a high quality product, and to bringing it to market.
Responsibilities:
- Recommend product direction to the Leadership Team
- Gather requirements from internal and external parties, (sales staff, product specialists, clients, partners, vendors, etc.), and create business and functional requirement specifications
- Bring up-to-date information on trade execution trends and product opportunities
- Analyze priorities and create the product roadmap
- Work with Product Development to ensure development calendar progress
- Look for and lead process improvement in Product Development to reduce inefficiencies and bring product to market faster and with fewer defects
- Perform competitive market analysis and build product plans
- Provide cost and resource estimates for product rollouts
- Serve as a stakeholder in the quality and release processes
- Demonstrate prototypes to interested parties
- Assess product acceptance and make recommendations
- Prepare product messaging and placement strategy
- Train internal staff to sell and support product
- Recommend pricing for trade execution
Education, Experience, and Skills:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Experience in designing, developing, and bringing a product to market
- Experience in either product management or systems analysis, developing and delivering multi-tier financial applications
- 5+ years of experience as an electronic trader, or trader-related function
- Ability to develop and manage cross-functional processes and project timelines
- Understanding of the technology development life cycle
- Contacts on the cutting edge of electronic trading
- Strong contributor with high motivation, the ability to take initiative, set priorities, and perform tasks with minimal guidance
- Inspiring and motivational presence
- Passionate and knowledgeable about the trading industry
Working Conditions:
This position will work out of our Chicago or New York offices. It requires regular office hours and 25-50% travel time.
Benefits:
CQG provides a variety of benefits to enhance employees' personal and financial well-being. Employees and eligible dependents may participate in the following:
- Medical insurance with low employee premiums
- Vision and dental insurance
- Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) participation
- Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, dependent care, and parking expenses
- Paid time off
- Ten annual holidays
- Employee Assistance Program
- ECO Pass
- Voluntary benefits such as AFLAC and Prepaid Legal
- Casual dress code
- Stocked employee kitchen with healthy breakfast and snacks
Please apply through our career portal at careers.cqg.com.
