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2025-72 - Program Manager, Capital Markets
Calgary, AlbertaProgram Manager, Capital Markets
As the Program Manager, Capital Markets, you will lead the strategic integration of our Capital Markets business, including the recent Cormark acquisition, and other critical strategic initiatives within the FICC (Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities) domain. Reporting within the CXT Program Delivery Portfolio, you will provide expert guidance throughout the Solution Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) to execute the Capital Markets Program.
You are an energetic, organized, and motivated leader with proven success managing competing priorities and delivering complex, large-scale programs. Your work will be critical in transforming the firm from an advisory-centric broker into a full-service broker-dealer.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
You will be accountable for the end-to-end success of the Capital Markets Program, including oversight of a strategic consulting engagement.
● Program Strategy & Planning: Define the project approach and develop effective plans. Engage cross-functional stakeholders (Technology, Business, 3rd party vendors) to confirm problems, expected outcomes, and key deliverables.
● Integration Leadership: Spearhead the Cormark business integration initiatives, ensuring seamless alignment of technology, data infrastructure, and operating models.
● Program Control: Assign and monitor deliverables, tasks, and activities. Manage and report on budget/cost, status, risk, and success criteria to senior stakeholders.
● Risk & Issue Management: Proactively anticipate and effectively manage risks and issues across the program lifecycle, collaborating with other program managers on cross-project dependencies.
● Stakeholder Management: Ensure optimal communications within and across teams. Maintain strong, positive relationships with all project stakeholders to ensure alignment and shared vision.
Strategic Consulting Program Focus
The Program Manager will directly oversee the successful delivery of a consulting engagement focused on addressing critical infrastructure gaps:
● Capital Markets Technical Architecture: Define an end-to-end architecture to support business growth and address integration/scalability requirements from the Cormark acquisition.
● Trading System Operating Model: Evaluate and recommend an optimal, cost-effective operating model for trading system deployment and ongoing support, ensuring efficient downstream integration.
● Book of Record and System Mapping: Conduct a comprehensive review to identify and document authoritative data sources (e.g., trade, position, P&L, risk) across all Capital Markets platforms (Front, Middle, Back Office).
● Security Master and Market Data Master: Assess and enhance functions to ensure data consistency, quality, and alignment for instrument reference data, pricing curves, and analytics feeds across systems.
Required Experience and Expertise:
Functional & Program Management
● 10+ years of progressive experience in IT project and program management.
● 3+ years leading cross-functional teams through the successful delivery of large-scale, complex initiatives.
Proven experience in Capital Markets technology implementations, including:
● Trading Solutions and Systems.
● Custodian, Clearing, and Settlement infrastructure.
● Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities (FICC) products and capabilities.
● Risk measurement frameworks and tools, and subsidiary/business integration projects.
Technical & Transformational Acumen
● Previous experience leading programs in the Capital Markets space is highly preferred.
● Familiarity with trading systems, clearing and settlement infrastructure, portfolio management systems, and an understanding of SaaS operating models are highly desirable.
Leadership & Communication
● Proven leadership experience in managing cross-functional teams and mentoring junior members.
● Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) with the ability to articulate complex technical and business concepts to diverse audiences, including senior leadership.
● Demonstrated expertise in Stakeholder Management, Active Listening, and Relationship Management.
As the Program Manager, Capital Markets, you will lead the strategic integration of our Capital Markets business, including the recent Cormark acquisition, and other critical strategic initiatives within the FICC (Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities) domain. Reporting within the CXT Program Delivery Portfolio, you will provide expert guidance throughout the Solution Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) to execute the Capital Markets Program.
You are an energetic, organized, and motivated leader with proven success managing competing priorities and delivering complex, large-scale programs. Your work will be critical in transforming the firm from an advisory-centric broker into a full-service broker-dealer.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
You will be accountable for the end-to-end success of the Capital Markets Program, including oversight of a strategic consulting engagement.
● Program Strategy & Planning: Define the project approach and develop effective plans. Engage cross-functional stakeholders (Technology, Business, 3rd party vendors) to confirm problems, expected outcomes, and key deliverables.
● Integration Leadership: Spearhead the Cormark business integration initiatives, ensuring seamless alignment of technology, data infrastructure, and operating models.
● Program Control: Assign and monitor deliverables, tasks, and activities. Manage and report on budget/cost, status, risk, and success criteria to senior stakeholders.
● Risk & Issue Management: Proactively anticipate and effectively manage risks and issues across the program lifecycle, collaborating with other program managers on cross-project dependencies.
● Stakeholder Management: Ensure optimal communications within and across teams. Maintain strong, positive relationships with all project stakeholders to ensure alignment and shared vision.
Strategic Consulting Program Focus
The Program Manager will directly oversee the successful delivery of a consulting engagement focused on addressing critical infrastructure gaps:
● Capital Markets Technical Architecture: Define an end-to-end architecture to support business growth and address integration/scalability requirements from the Cormark acquisition.
● Trading System Operating Model: Evaluate and recommend an optimal, cost-effective operating model for trading system deployment and ongoing support, ensuring efficient downstream integration.
● Book of Record and System Mapping: Conduct a comprehensive review to identify and document authoritative data sources (e.g., trade, position, P&L, risk) across all Capital Markets platforms (Front, Middle, Back Office).
● Security Master and Market Data Master: Assess and enhance functions to ensure data consistency, quality, and alignment for instrument reference data, pricing curves, and analytics feeds across systems.
Required Experience and Expertise:
Functional & Program Management
● 10+ years of progressive experience in IT project and program management.
● 3+ years leading cross-functional teams through the successful delivery of large-scale, complex initiatives.
Proven experience in Capital Markets technology implementations, including:
● Trading Solutions and Systems.
● Custodian, Clearing, and Settlement infrastructure.
● Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities (FICC) products and capabilities.
● Risk measurement frameworks and tools, and subsidiary/business integration projects.
Technical & Transformational Acumen
● Previous experience leading programs in the Capital Markets space is highly preferred.
● Familiarity with trading systems, clearing and settlement infrastructure, portfolio management systems, and an understanding of SaaS operating models are highly desirable.
Leadership & Communication
● Proven leadership experience in managing cross-functional teams and mentoring junior members.
● Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) with the ability to articulate complex technical and business concepts to diverse audiences, including senior leadership.
● Demonstrated expertise in Stakeholder Management, Active Listening, and Relationship Management.