ROLE OVERVIEW
We are seeking a Senior Technical Delivery Manager with deep equities technology expertise to lead complex, cross-functional delivery programmes across our client in Singapore. This is a high-autonomy, high-visibility role for a self-starter who can drive delivery from initiation through to go-live with minimal supervision, working across front-office trading systems, market data infrastructure, order management and cash management platforms.
You will serve as the primary technical delivery interface between Synechron, its clients, and third-party vendors - owning end-to-end programme governance, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
Job Responsibilities:
Technical Delivery Leadership
- Own end-to-end delivery of equities technology programmes across front office, market data, OMS and cash management workstreams.
- Define and manage delivery roadmaps, project plans, resource models and budget forecasts.
- Drive technical solution design reviews, architecture decisions and integration approach across distributed teams.
- Establish and enforce delivery governance frameworks, milestone tracking and quality gates.
- Lead programme status reporting to senior stakeholders and steering committees.
Equities Technology Domain
- Lead delivery of equities trading platforms including electronic trading, algorithmic execution and DMA infrastructure.
- Manage real-time market data integration - Bloomberg, Reuters/Refinitiv, exchange feeds - including price normalisation, latency management and feed monitoring.
- Oversee Order Management System (OMS) implementations and upgrades, including FIX connectivity, order routing, execution and allocation workflows.
- Deliver cash earmarking and pre-trade controls - ensuring funds availability checks, settlement obligation tracking and real-time position management are correctly implemented.
- Integration of cash earmarking with OMS pre-trade risk controls and post-trade settlement flows.
- Coordination with treasury and operations teams on settlement and nostro reconciliation.
- Manage integration layers between order management, market data, risk and back-office settlement systems.
Vendor & Third-Party Management
- Lead vendor selection, commercial negotiation and contract management for technology and data service providers.
- Manage ongoing vendor relationships - SLA oversight, escalation management and performance reviews.
- Coordinate delivery across multiple third-party vendors, system integrators and internal technology teams.
- Drive vendor accountability for deliverables, timelines and quality standards.
Project & Programme Management
- Build and maintain detailed project plans using standard methodologies(Agile, Waterfall or hybrid as appropriate).
- Identify, track and mitigate project risks, issues and dependencies with structured RAID log management.
- Manage resource planning and capacity across onshore (SG), nearshore and offshore (Mumbai) teams.
- Own financial tracking - budget vs actuals, change management and variance reporting.
- Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming and release management in Agile delivery environments.
Stakeholder Management
- Operate as primary client-facing delivery lead, building trusted senior-level relationships (CTO, COO, Heads of Trading Technology).
- Navigate complex, multi-stakeholder environments across front office, technology, operations and compliance.
- Prepare and present programme updates, steering committee packs and executive dashboards.
- Manage expectations proactively - communicate risks, delays and solutions with transparency.
- Influence without authority across matrix structures and geographically distributed teams.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum: 8-12+ years in technology delivery roles within capital markets /equities.
- Hands-on delivery experience across equities trading systems(electronic trading, DMA, algorithmic execution).
- Deep knowledge of real-time market data platforms - Bloomberg API, Refinitiv/Elektron, exchange direct feeds, price validation and latency management.
- Proven delivery of OMS implementations - FIX protocol, order lifecycle management, STP, execution management and post-trade allocation.
- Working knowledge of cash earmarking workflows - pre-trade fund availability checks, settlement obligations, T+1/T+2 settlement cycles and reconciliation.
- Experience managing front-to-back integration across trading, risk, operations and settlement systems.
