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Director, Technology Global Markets

Director, Technology – global Markets

At Sapient Global Markets, we are quite literally on the front lines of the biggest issues facing the global markets leaders today – investment banks, asset management firms, wealth managers, oil and energy firms, and government and regulatory agencies. Driving transformation and leading change within these industries requires big thinkers who bring insight, knowledge, technical acumen and passion for innovation. We offer the opportunity to join a recognized leader in developing and delivering groundbreaking solutions for today’s dynamic global marketplace and an award-winning culture that fosters growth and leadership.

As Director, Technology at Sapient Global Markets, you will take high-level responsibility for the delivery of Technology solutions for our clients in the financial services and commodities trading industry. You will act as the client’s trusted advisor on technology strategy, trends and best practices. For both clients and project teams, you will provide vision and frame the business value from technology initiatives to meet the client’s business goals and objectives. Moreover, as Director, Technology will take responsibility for growing junior talent and work with other leadership members to further develop Sapient Global Markets Technology capability.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead the design and planning of complex custom software solutions or modifying package solutions.
Set standards and project processes for delivery teams and mentor team members.
Review project estimates and assess impact of project risks.
Serve as “hands-on” escalation point to identify and suggest approaches to resolve project issues.
Build strong client relationships and facilitate client workshops and meetings.
Accumulate market know-how, industry and technology trends, to enhance and manage knowledge on projects.
Support the enhancement of Sapient Global Markets’ technology domain.
Support marketing, people management and hiring efforts.
Manage client relationships and engage in business development.
Support vendor evaluation and decisions on technology investments.

Work closely with the client to understand business needs, in order to develop IT strategy, and propose solution options including advice on design, implementation, tools, scalability, system performance, dependencies.

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field preferred.
Very deep experience in enterprise architecture, systems integration, package implementation, and system architecture.
Deep experience in architecting trading applications for areas such as Capital markets, Fixed Income, Equities, Hedge Funds preferred.
Strong leadership and communication skills to effectively manage client accounts and multi-track project/program teams consisting of up to 30-60 globally distributed members.
Proven mentoring and coaching abilities to ensure growth.
Ability to understand critical issues and bring appropriate resolution to cross-industry, complex issues.
Ability to drive complex estimates that take one or more projects into account and to effectively communicate risks and dependencies to clients.
Openness travel and work at client offices.

Experience in a consulting or client-facing role in large organizations.
Experience in the Financial Services and /or Commodities trading industry highly desired.

Delivery experience using mainstream capital and energy trading and risk management products such as OpenLink Endur, SolArc RightAngle, Murex, Calypso, Sophis, Summit, etc.
Understanding of object oriented software development and multiple technologies such as C#, .NET, WCF, Java, C/C++, relational databases (ie. Oracle, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2), Middleware Platforms (ie. J2EE or .NET), Enterprise Solution Packages (ie. EAI, CMS, portals) and development methods such as Agile, RUP, UML.
Knowledge of product and package selection methods.

Price:

Location

New York, USA

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Opalesque, the world’s largest subscription-based publisher covering the alternative investment industry, has launched the 32nd issue in a series of regional roundtable forums – the 2010 Opalesque West Coast Roundtable. The 25 page Roundtable publication can be downloaded for free at: http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableSF2010.html

The Western world has run up massive deficits in an effort to stabilize the markets and economies, but the financial system has not been meaningfully repaired. The authorities have not structurally changed the financial system: “All we did was provide huge amounts of liquidity. The markets are as vulnerable to financial shocks and at least as highly leveraged than they were before the financial crisis. The Fed has more than doubled its balance sheet and will have to exit markets at some point or its legitimacy will be called into question”, says John Burbank from Passport Capital.

“Armageddon” strategies and how plan sponsors have changed their game during the past 18 months

Burbank added that a number of people have asked Passport to design funds comprised of macro trades that would help them hedge against systemic risks. Jay Gould from Pillsbury also helped creating distaster insurance or “armageddon strategy” funds which work under the premise that U.S. will experience a very difficult time over the next several years, “including hyper-inflation, the abandonment of the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency, further complications associated with our huge deficit spending, and a rush toward hard assets.”

In this Roundtable, you will also hear from Nuveen’s Ranjit Sufi how plan sponsors have changed their strategies during the past 18 months. This Roundtable further covers:

Overview of the latest products and research from funds and CTAs on intermarket correlations and quantitative trading
A discussion on the impact the regulatory changes will have on the markets: How will mandating more OTC products to clear/trade on an exchange impact liquidity? What is more important in a derivatives contract – liquidity or flexibility?
The democratization of alternatives: More funds using the 1940 Act format will be offering real CTA strategies with daily liquidity
Running a hedge fund from the West Coast: Why this location counts and where West beats the East Coast.

The Roundtable was sponsored by the CME Group and the Opalesque 2010 Roundtable Series Sponsors Custom House Group and Taussig Capital. The following West Coast based experts participated:

John Burbank, Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer, Passport Capital
Jay Gould, Partner, Pillsbury
Jeremy Evnine, President, Evnine & Associates, Inc.
Matt Osborne, Executive Vice President & CIO, Altegris
Ranjit Sufi, Manging Director, Nuveen
Rishi Narang, Founding Principal, Telesis Capital
Tina Lemieux, Managing Director of Hedge Fund and Broker Services, CME Group
Tom Shanks, Founder and CEO, Hawksbill

The Roundtable can be downloaded for free at: http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableSF2010.html

Matthias Knab, founder of Opalesque and internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives, moderates the Opalesque Roundtables. All other previously published Opalesque Roundtable Scripts can be accessed here:

http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=archiveRT

About Opalesque:

In 2003, with the publication of its daily Alternative Market Briefing, Opalesque successfully launched an information revolution in the hedge fund media space: “Opalesque changed the world by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service.” – Nigel Blanchard, Culross. This hybrid financial news service, which combines proprietary industry news stories and filtered third party reports, has been credited by many industry insiders with delivering precise, accurate, and vital information to a notoriously guarded audience.

Each week, Opalesque sends out over 700,000 editions of its twelve publications to a global readership in over 170 countries. Opalesque is the only daily hedge fund publisher which is actually read by the elite managers themselves (http://www.opalesque.com/op_testimonials.html).

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