Strategy Delivery Manager
IMC Financial Markets
To strengthen our highly talented team of Strategy Delivery managers in Amsterdam, we are looking for a dynamic and proactive Strategy Delivery Manager with Software Engineering skills to support our trading operations. The successful candidate will play a multi-faced role in support of IMC’s trading business.
Your Core Responsibilities
In this role you will act as a business enabler. Your success will result in faster delivery of projects, more cost-efficient operation of the trading desks, the meeting of regulatory and legal obligations and an increased ability for our trading desks to swiftly adapt to new information and circumstances.
You translate strategic goals into actionable plans and drive projects with immediate impact. You will engage with wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including IMC’s Trading Leads, Engineers, Compliance & Legal professionals as well external partners and exchanges, to ensure that the trading desks meet their objectives. Your will also be responsible for the hands-on development some of the applications, dashboards and automations used by the Strategy Delivery team. Your main responsibilities are to:
- Deliver strategic desk objectives and remove obstacles through iterative planning and coordination between teams across Trading, Technology and Business Support teams
- Develop applications for the Strategy Delivery Team as well as automate tasks.
- Enable access to new markets or products through research and implementation of the technical and business requirements from Exchanges, regulators, clearing and IT partners
- Identify opportunities in operating costs of the trading strategy to optimize profitability
- Business development: establish and maintain business relations with Exchanges, Brokers and strategic IT partners
- Coordinate Exchange and Broker connectivity projects including but not limited to: order process, information gathering, liaising with internal teams and external parties
- Stay up to date with Exchange migrations and coordinate the required preparation internally
Your Skills and Experience
- At least 3 years’ experience in (IT) project coordination/management
- Software Engineering skills: Python development skills as well as front-end skills (React or JavaScript or Typescript)
- Familiarity with database querying (SQL)
- Good interpersonal skills, ability to coordinate across different teams between different geographic locations
- Excellent communicator, strong command of English as a business language
- Self-starter, able to work productively under minimal supervision
- Sense of urgency, ability to prioritize and sound time management skills
- Excellent troubleshooting skills; ability to solve problems creatively and proactively
- High degree of flexibility and adaptability – you embrace change in a rapidly evolving environment
- Experience in the area of electronic trading and/or exchange connectivity is a plus
- Understanding of trading infrastructure and market structure and required connectivity at a high level is a plus
About Us
IMC is a leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, we’ve been a stabilizing force in the financial markets – providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.