About this role
<p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">This role sits within the <strong>Equities Technology Team</strong>, part of Global Markets Technology, supporting the Equities Risk platform—currently undergoing significant modernization and enhancement. The team builds and maintains software solutions for Equities Global Markets Front and Middle Office businesses. With developers located across major financial centres (US, UK, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and India) and Business Analysts distributed globally, the team operates in a truly international environment</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'MS PGothic', sans-serif">。</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><u>Role description:</u></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><u> </u></strong></p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">This is a hybrid Release Manager and Business Analyst role combining technical release orchestration with business-facing analytical capabilities.</span></p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">The Release Manager role is responsible for orchestrating software releases, managing delivery pipelines, and supporting development teams spanning ASIA, UK, and US time zones. This role requires strict adherence to release management guidelines while providing comprehensive support to distributed development teams through robust JIRA-based processes. </span></p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">The Business Analyst aspect of the role is responsible for managing the scope and prioritisation of workstreams that are driven from both internal needs and external demands. The role will work closely with the business, change teams and functional consumers to deliver complex front to back change to enable the business to scale.</span></p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Key Responsibilities:</span></u></strong></p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Release Management:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Plan, schedule, and execute software releases following strict release management guidelines and governance frameworks</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Maintain release calendars, deployment windows, and lead release readiness reviews</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Coordinate release activities and manage handoffs between development teams</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Configure and maintain JIRA workflows, screens, and schemes to support release management processes</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Create and manage release-specific JIRA projects, epics, and version tracking</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Establish and enforce JIRA hygiene standards across development teams</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="line-height:107%;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <p style="line-height:107%;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Business Analysis:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Lead b</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">usiness analysis for Global Equities strategic initiatives and translate into requirements</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Partner with stakeholders to define, document and prioritise requirements </span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Build and drive delivery plans across multiple Technology and Business teams, managing scope, timelines and resources</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Partner with development and testing teams to ensure a detailed understanding of requirements </span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Manage project conflicts, dependencies, and risk risks throughout delivery, escalating issues and maintaining stakeholder alignment</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead and take part in governance forums with transparent progress reporting</p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222">Essential Requirements</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222">:</span></strong></p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:#222222;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Degree from accredited university or equivalent experience</span></li> <li style="color:#222222;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Knowledge of equities products / trading systems</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222">3+ years of release management experience</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222"> in technology environments</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222">Strong JIRA administration skills</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222"> including workflow configuration and reporting</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222">Knowledge of <strong>software development lifecycle</strong> and release processes</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222">Good communication skills with ability to coordinate across different teams</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222">Analytical mindset</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#222222"> with attention to detail for process compliance</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong><u>Desirable Requirements</u></strong><strong>:</strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong>JIRA certification</strong> or advanced JIRA experience</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Experience with <strong>Confluence and other Atlassian tools</strong></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Experience with <strong>DevOps tools</strong></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Agile/Scrum experience</strong> and process improvement initiatives</li> </ul> <p style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-left:0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-left:0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in 43.55pt 0.3pt 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