Project Manager at FASTMARKETS COMMODITIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Project Management, Vendor Management, Commercial Experience, Agile Methodology, Software Development Lifecycle, Azure Cloud Infrastructure, Networking, Exchange Connectivity, Collaboration, Communication Skills, Stakeholder Management, Change Control, Leadership, Application Support, Market Data Knowledge, Exchange Knowledge

Industry

Information Services

Description

Company Description Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. Job Description The Role The Project Manager (PM) will lead an exciting 18-month transformation project to redevelop and strengthen our Exchange and Market Data business. The PM will work with a broad stakeholder group of internal Fastmarkets teams and third-party vendors to deliver the target state and business benefits. This role requires a combination of strong project management, software and infrastructure knowledge, vendor management and commercial experience along with the ability to navigate the complexities of a dynamic environment. The project workstreams include: Commercial: the implementation of the Go to Market strategy aligned to the roadmap of delivering client benefit based on cross workstream deliverables. Technology: develop the Digital Platform and standalone Exchange product to serve a range of client needs. The scope involves front to back enhancements across product UI, middleware services and complex infrastructure changes. Implementation will be delivered with an agile approach ensuring regular releases of value-add change to dovetail with the Commercial objectives. Application Support: support the overall delivery by ensuring an increasing level of excellence in system availability, speed of issue resolution and customer service. Key Interfaces SLT Commercial team representatives Client Services representatives Application Support representatives Product Directors Product Managers Engineering Managers Cloud Engineering IT Operations Information Security officers Programme Managers Business Analysts Software Engineers QAs Scrum Masters Qualifications We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly. Fundamentals Knowledge and experience working with Exchanges such as LME, CME, SHFE, Dalian and Matba. Knowledge and experience working with Market Data such as FX rates, ECB rates, precious metals, OTC and USDA. Ability to demonstrate extensive experience across a wide range of projects as a Project Manager delivering client facing digital products with technology and commercial stakeholders. Experience of managing projects working with third parties including service providers and ideally Exchanges. General skills Mindset of collaboration and teamwork for delivery as part of remote teams and able to build relationships with a broad range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. Ability to operate within different environments and work with varied processes and stakeholders. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to produce high-quality documentation appropriate for all stakeholders including SLT. Able to regularly and clearly communicate status, risks and issues as input to Programme and Board reporting and engage in open and honest conversations on delivery challenges with members of the Senior Leadership Team, peers and junior colleagues. Experience of running senior stakeholder and vendor meetings e.g., scoping/discovery workshops, steering committee meetings and workshops to facilitate decision making. Experience of implementing and managing change control to ensure delivery within the agreed time, cost and quality. Strong leadership qualities along with being respectful, inclusive, approachable, collaborative, engaging and professional. Ability to work independently and to motivate teams and drive outcomes. Ensure nothing falls through the cracks in terms of deliverables by internal and external parties and take ownership where tasks are ambiguous. Technology Experience of the end-to-end software development lifecycle and able to demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of Azure-based cloud infrastructure, networking and Exchange connectivity. Considers information security and compliance requirements and rigorously tracks their implementation. Experience of working in a hybrid Waterfall and Agile delivery environment. Practical experience of using tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, Miro and Lucid Charts. If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway. Additional Information Our Values Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values. Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are: METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day. CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences. We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process, please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements. You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you! If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day. It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.

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Responsibilities

The Project Manager will lead an 18-month transformation project to redevelop the Exchange and Market Data business, working with various internal teams and third-party vendors. Responsibilities include managing project workstreams in commercial, technology, and application support to deliver business benefits.