My client is looking for a Head of Trading Technology to lead the design, delivery, and modernisation of our front office trading systems. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who thrives on solving complex technical problems, driving greenfield builds, and shaping a multi-year technology roadmap for a fast-evolving trading business.
You will own the technology strategy behind mission-critical, low-latency systems that sit at the heart of our investment and trading operations partnering closely with portfolio managers, traders, quants, and risk teams to ensure our infrastructure keeps pace with the demands of modern markets.
What You'll Do
- Lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of front office trading technology, spanning order management, execution management, market data, and risk systems.
- Drive greenfield technology projects from concept through to production, establishing scalable and resilient foundations for future growth.
- Own and evolve the multi-year technology roadmap, balancing modernisation of legacy platforms with delivery of new capabilities.
- Lead major modernisation initiatives migrating complex, business-critical systems with minimal disruption to trading operations.
- Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team, instilling strong engineering practices and a culture of ownership.
- Partner directly with traders, PMs, and quants to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience in a senior technology leadership role (Head of Technology, Director of Engineering, VP Engineering, or similar) within a buy-side firm, asset manager, hedge fund, or systematic trading business.
- Deep hands-on knowledge of front office trading systems: OMS/EMS, market data, execution algorithms, and portfolio/risk platforms.
- Track record of successfully delivering greenfield technology projects and leading large-scale technology modernisation programmes.
- Demonstrated experience owning and evolving technology roadmaps aligned to business strategy.
- Strong technical background across distributed systems, low-latency architecture, and complex system integration.
- Experience managing and developing engineering teams, with the ability to attract and retain top talent.
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