Executive Director, Market Data Services Lead

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STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNIT DESCRIPTION

Global Derivatives & FICC Technology.  This group provides technology solutions to the CIBC Capital Markets derivatives, fixed income and currency trading businesses.

JOB PURPOSE 

This role will act as lead to own and drive the strategy, delivery, and day-to-day operations of our Market Data Services platform across Global Markets. This individual will lead a team of developers responsible for building highly scalable, low-latency, and resilient market data infrastructure that powers front-office trading and risk activities worldwide.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Team lead for the developers on the Market Data Services team

• Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional team of market data developers and platform analysts across one or more locations

• Attend meetings with key stakeholders to understand requirements

• Ensure that modern development practices are adopted by the development team

• Actively track performance metrics and develop solutions to address any issues found

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

·This role requires working closely with QA team to coordinate testing and release management

·This role is required to work with Application Support team for 2nd line support for production incidents

·The role requires working with other dev teams in GDT, such as XTrader, XVA, Risk Technology to manage integration with these systems.

·The role requires collaboration with the front-office trading teams and Quantitative Analysis teams

·Colleagues on the Technology management teams to ensure shared accountability for overall success in achieving the Technology strategy and objectives.

COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS/RESPONSIBILITIES

• As an employee of CIBC, the incumbent must comply with all applicable CIBC and Line of Business policies, standards, guidelines and controls.  

• For People Managers: As a manager of people, this job must ensure all employees within the business unit comply with all applicable CIBC and Line of Business policies, standards, guidelines and controls.

AUTHORITIES/DECISION RIGHTS 

• As a key contributor to the business unit, this job has the authority to recommend changes to business processes in order to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.

• For People Managers: As a manager of people, this job has the authority to assign tasks to employees within their span of control, select individuals for hire, assess individual performance, make employee compensation decisions and take disciplinary measures up to and including termination.

JOB DIMENSIONS

• Resolving complex technical issues and/or engaging external expertise/resources as required to ensure resolution.  Gathering anecdotal and factual information from a number of sources in order to formulate a root cause. 

• Refining business requirements, converting them to technical requirements and devising an appropriate solution requires choosing from multiple technologies and ensuring that solutions stay within the guidelines of security/audit standards and conform to industry best practice.

• Understanding various design patterns which can be leveraged in the design of a new environment and for applications are unique, extending and customizing each design solution.

• Interacting with various functions on the project team to analyze the project and / or technical risk by analysis of project details such as timelines or capability being introduced or changed.

• Dealing with issues that are outside of normal business process and are being encountered for the first time.

• Being adaptable and flexible with frequently changing client requests.

• Delivering solutions to multiple initiatives having key dependencies and conflicting / changing timelines with only a finite number of resources available.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Strong C# and .NET

• Strong ASP.Net WebAPIs, middleware, OpenAPI/Swashbuckle, ODATA

• Core Market data technologies such as Bloomberg B-Pipe, BPIPE API, Server API, Bloomberg Data License, EMRS,Refinitiv, Elektron

• Platform & Cloud experience is required – Linux systems engineering, Docker, Kubernetes, Monitoring and observability using OpenTelemetry

• Able to write performant code, and able to spot non-performant code

• Familiar with latest .NET features

• Comfortable with sql querying and DB design principles (SQL Server)

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Comfortable with writing documents such as requirement specs, user guides, support manuals etc

• Must have leadership skills such as providing direction to team members, resolving disputes and show-stopper issues.

WORKING CONDITIONS

·This role operates within a normal office environment.

What you need to know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact [email protected]
• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit

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