About The Position
The Executive Director, CIB IT – Front Office Rates & Credit, is responsible for defining and executing the technology strategy supporting the Rates and Credit trading businesses. This role partners directly with Front Office leadership to deliver technology capabilities that drive revenue growth, enhance client offering, and enable new product development. Operating at the intersection of trading, risk, and technology, the incumbent leads the evolution of low-latency, high-performance platforms supporting pricing, execution, and real-time risk. The role combines strategic leadership, deep technical expertise, and strong business engagement to ensure platform resiliency, scalability, and competitive advantage in global markets.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree: in related field or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education - Required
- 12+ Years Experience in field or similar industry - Required.
- Significant experience in Financial Services technology, with a strong focus on Front Office / Global Markets (Rates & Credit)
- Proven track record in a senior technology leadership role (ED level or equivalent)
- Deep understanding of Rates and/or Credit products (IR derivatives, bonds, CDS, structured products)
- Strong experience with front-office trading systems, pricing, and real-time risk
- Hands-on experience with ION platforms or equivalent vendor systems
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale, complex technology ecosystems (architecture through production)
- Strong background in low-latency, high-throughput systems and distributed architectures
- Proven ability to lead transformation and modernization programs
- Experience managing budgets, priorities, and investment decisions
- Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders and build trusted partnerships with Front Office leadership
- Demonstrated people leadership, with experience managing global teams
- Ability to operate in an environment with rapidly changing priorities and high pressure
- Strong problem-solving skills with ability to translate business needs into technology solutions
- Clear communicator across technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong awareness of regulatory, risk, and control frameworks
Nice To Haves
- Master's Degree: in related field or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education - Preferred
- Experience with electronic trading and algorithmic platforms
- Exposure to quantitative models and pricing libraries
- Experience with cloud adoption in trading environments
- Established work history or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Rates & Credit business heads to define and execute the technology strategy and roadmap aligned with business growth and market expansion
- Influence investment decisions and prioritize the technology book of work across front-office platforms
- Drive innovation and modernization initiatives across trading systems and architecture
- Own the end-to-end delivery of front-office trading platforms, including pricing, execution, and risk systems
- Ensure platforms are robust, scalable, low-latency, and highly resilient in a real-time trading environment
- Lead integration and optimization of ION platforms and other vendor/in-house systems
- Oversee market data, pricing engines, and trade lifecycle flows across Rates and Credit products
- Drive target-state architecture, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards while meeting front-office performance demands
- Promote modern engineering practices (API-driven architecture, event-based systems, DevOps)
- Partner with Quant and Risk teams to enhance pricing models and analytics capabilities
- Ensure strong operational stability, resiliency, and control frameworks
- Lead incident, problem, and change management in a mission-critical trading environment
- Maintain compliance with regulatory, audit, and risk requirements
- Lead, mentor, and scale a globally distributed technology organization
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Manage large-scale delivery programs across multiple applications and teams
Benefits
- Fair and competitive rewards package
- Benefits designed to support you, your family and your well-being, now and into the future.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
