Leading french ibank - Head of IT (Equity)

Summary

The purpose of the position is to lead multiple IT teams in Asia (non-linear, equity investment, credit and bond) for support and development for the team with a focus in Asia and in co-ordination with IT teams globally.

Key Responsibilities

- Be part of the Asia Regional Business Comex

- Be part of the Asia CMI Steering Committee

- Be part of the respective Global IT Comex dedicated to the Asset Class

- Co-leading the IS Strategy definition and ensures its IT Division delivers according to the Business and IT strategy.

- Ensure quality of the IT projects and delivered within budget and time.

- Accountable for IT production stability and improvement of day-to-day production quality

- Main contact point for business comex and escalation for his/her IT Filiere in Asia.

- Managing the IT resources within the Asia Regional Filiere

- Managing the budget for IT within the Asia Regional Filiere

- Driving the proper IT governance globally and across Asia.

- Ensure operational efficiency of the team and provide guidance to team for achieving the goal and strategy of the business and Global CMI IT Division.

- Need to work independently in liaison with Bank Support Functions and IT teams (local and overseas)

- Coaching team members to enhance their technical skills and capabilities

- Setting up technical standards and best practices for development and architecture

- Staying with technological advancements

- Served as subject matter expert on technology trends and practices

ROLE REQUIREMENTS:

· Degree holder in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or related discipline

· 10+ years IT working experience with investment banking with 5+ years in management

· Proven experience as a software engineering leadership or similar role, with a strong background in system design and application/product architecture.

· Proficiency in software development methodologies : craftsmanship and software factory/devops, cloud technology development (Kubernetes, Infrastructure/monitoring as a code…), API and event-based development

· Experienced in team and resource management with local and oversea team.

· Experience in managing IT support and IT development team

· Proactive and quick learner, autonomous and proven ability to work under tight target and pressure

· Good team player with excellent interpersonal skills

· Good understanding in the capital market business from Pre-trade, eTrading, position, pricing and risk monitoring and back office processing.

· Good command of English