Senior Program Manager Investment Platform

We are working with a prestigious, long -standing client in the global banking sector a recognised leader in quantitative finance and structured investment products.

This is a senior individual contributor role, sitting at the intersection of technology delivery and financial markets.You will be the responsible for making its delivery coherent, evidenced and continuous, coordinating across a broad set of engineering, quant and business stakeholders in a large matrix organisation. 

Reporting to the Head of the Investment Platform, you will work closely with platform engineering teams, quantitative developers, IT infrastructure and a range of business users and senior sponsors.

• Own end -to -end delivery coherence across multiple interdependent engineering teams
  
• Identify, track and resolve cross -team dependencies before they become blockers
  
• Establish and enforce evidence -based delivery cycles — working integrations, demonstrated interfaces, measurable performance benchmarks
  
• Define and oversee testing strategies; ensure appropriate environments are available and maintained
  
• Surface risks, unknowns and integration challenges early and track them systematically
  
• Translate technical complexity into clear, accurate narratives for senior business stakeholders
  
• Manage expectations proactively — communicating constraints, trade -offs and realistic delivery horizons
  
• Challenge assumptions, validate claims and identify inefficiencies across the programme
  
• Support resourcing and prioritisation decisions in collaboration with team leads
  

Requirements

• Proven experience delivering complex technology programmes in investment banking or quantitative finance environments
  
• Direct exposure to QIS (Quantitative Investment Strategies) or systematic investment platforms; understanding how strategies are researched, backtested and industrialised
  
• Hands -on experience coordinating with Quant researchers and Quant developers 
  
• Technical fluency across software architecture, infrastructure and integration 
  
• Familiarity with quant technology ecosystems (Python, C++, distributed data systems, market data infrastructure)
  
• Background in structured products, equity derivatives or passive/systematic investment platforms is a strong advantage
  
• Comfortable operating without direct line authority across Quant, Tech, IT and Business teams in large matrix organisationsDirect and confident communicator — you adapt your message to your audience without losing accuracy
  

Benefits