Senior Manager - Front Office, Solutions Engineering

WHAT MAKES US, US

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

We are looking for a Senior Manager to lead our Americas Front Office Solutions Engineering team. The Front Office Solutions Engineering (“PreSales”) team is focused on multi-asset class front-office workflows (portfolio management, valuation and optimization, compliance, risk management, and trading) to showcase our investment platform capabilities to prospective and existing clients across the buy-side.

You will work closely with the sales teams and guide them to make optimal decisions about their approach to opportunities and explain how SimCorp supports the newest industry trends. You will be a key liaison with product teams on providing market feedback and staying up-to-date on the many new developments being built within the platform. You will coordinate with teams across the globe for shared intelligence and assistance on deals where required subject matter expertise resources sit globally.  

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Managing a high performing Solution Engineering team.
• Allocate the front office technical presales resources for each business growth opportunity.  
• Development of team capabilities and ensuring the right career paths to create a robust presales organization.  
• Cultivate high employee engagement and a common culture or ‘sense of belonging’ to the business.   
• Developing, implementing and maintaining presales tools, processes and methodologies.  
• Participate in deal reviews and opportunity qualification with the sales teams using established sales best practices.  
• Developing presales intelligence to support ongoing improvement and efficiency efforts.  

WHAT WE VALUE

• 15+ years of experience in investment management within the financial services industry, with 5+ years of experience leading teams.
• Knowledge insights into the buy-side technology industry and its structure, trends and hurdles. Ability to understand and showcase the buyside trade lifecycle from Front to Back.  
• Prior experience in front office buy-side technology and trading tools. Domain knowledge within the Front Office (Trading, EMS, OMS, PMS, Compliance, Performance, & Risk.
• Familiarity with all asset classes including fixed income, equities and derivatives across public and private markets is essential.   
• Knowledge across the various types of financial instruments from vanilla public securities to esoteric derivatives to complex structured instruments.    
• Excellent presentation and communication (both written and oral) skills are essential.  
• Empathy driven relationship builder, able to collaborate both cross functionally within SimCorp's employee base as well as with prospects, clients and external partners. 
• Capability to handle multiple engagements, tasks, and projects with tight deadlines efficiently.   
• Creating and delegating tasks to further the development of individual employees within the team. 
• Willingness to travel as required.  
• Flexibility to work remotely up to 2 days per week per our hybrid policy

BENEFITS

Attractive salary and bonus scheme are essential for any work agreement. However, at SimCorp we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model - working from SimCorp's office two days a week. And opportunities for professional development: there is never only one route - we offer a personal approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take. Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp.

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway.

SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

SimCorp welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Candidates who require accommodation during the recruitment process should contact the People & Culture team at [email protected].

WHO WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world's leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 4,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

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For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $200,000 - $270,000 USD. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.