Senior Technical Program Manager

Optiver is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to support and drive the company's technology strategy. This role involves managing some of the firm's most complex projects in a highly technical environment where every nanosecond counts.

The team's stakeholders are diverse and include senior leads from infrastructure, development, and IT operations teams. The team also collaborates closely with trading on many projects within its scope.

In this role, you will bring a solid theoretical foundation and/or proven track record in engineering. You have demonstrated success in efficiently leading complex projects to completion in your previous roles. Your project management skills ensure that you can guide a project team to success, even when facing ambiguity. You approach complex problems with pragmatic solutions and are eager to understand the technical context of the projects you manage. You communicate clearly and effectively, tailoring your messaging to suit both engineers on your project teams and the management board.

You will work on a variety of technology-related projects managed by a central project management team, ensuring that each day brings new challenges.

What you’ll do:

• Manage projects for new trading and technical initiatives, collaborating with members of trading, development, and infrastructure teams.
• Become a trusted contributor within project teams, engaging with a diverse, global group of team members and stakeholders.
• Create and oversee project scope, timelines, and deliverables.
• Identify and implement lessons learned through project retrospectives.
• Design and run the firm’s planning and reporting processes.
• Provide input on project management standards for the team and help implement these.

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.  

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• 401(k) match up to 50% and fully paid health insurance
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• Hold a degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• Have 5+ years of experience, with a proven track record in engineering (e.g., infrastructure or software development) and/or technical project management.
• Demonstrate hands-on experience in successfully managing complex projects through to completion.
• Possess strong problem-solving skills with a pragmatic approach.
• Have excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt to different audiences.
• Show a keen interest in financial markets and trading.

Who we are:

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Diversity statement

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.