Sapient has a reputation for delivering projects on time and within budget. In fact, we do so at three times the industry average, which says a lot about us – and about the way we work. Whether it’s business strategy, IT or marketing services, we equip our clients to succeed in even the stormiest market conditions. We also nurture the people who work here. Our environment rewards initiative and risk-taking, and we repeatedly win awards for being a great place to work.

Speaking of work, we have an attractive career opportunity available right now for a senior management-level professional to drive our business operations in London as 

MANAGER, TECHNOLOGY

- Trading & Risk Management -

As Manager, Technology in the Trading and Risk Management (TRM) practice you will provide leadership to an international, multi-disciplinary team realizing innovative Trading and Risk Management IT solutions to our clients – primarily from the Financial and Energy Trading sector. You will oversee the planning, design, development, and site architecture management throughout the project lifecycle. In this hands-on managing consultant role you will also facilitate workshops and client meetings, as well as engage in building and maintaining client relationships.

Your Key responsibilities: 

• Work closely with clients to establish technology strategy at an application level.
• Establish high, mid and micro level plans, set technical direction, anticipate issues/risks and translate client business requirements into system designs
• Manage project teams from definition phase through implementation.
• Support client relationship building and identify sales opportunities
• Facilitate workshops and client meetings.

Requirements:

• Bachelor`s degree
• Experience in physical/financial trading in UK/European commodity/financial derivative markets.
• Experience with energy / financial trading & risk management solutions. Experience in a consultancy preferred.
• Systems experience in any of the following a plus: OLF/Endur, Murex, Allegro, Calypso, Global Energy/KWI TriplePoint, SolArc RightAngle.
• Profound work experience in enterprise architecture, systems integration and package implementation.
• Knowledge in OO software development and technologies such as Java, C/C++, relational databases (i.e. Oracle, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2), Middleware Platforms (i.e. J2EE or .NET), Enterprise Solution Packages (i.e. EAI, CMS, portals) and i.e. RUP, UML
• Proven project and team leadership skills
• Significant travel may be required as much of the work is done at the client site

About us

Sapient is a global services firm that operates two groups—Sapient Interactive and Sapient Consulting—to help clients compete, evolve and grow in an increasingly complex marketplace. Sapient Interactive provides brand and marketing strategy, award-winning creative work, web design and development and emerging media expertise. Sapient Consulting provides business and IT strategy, process and systems design, package implementation and custom development, as well as outsourcing services such as testing, maintenance and support. Sapient’s success in Europe can be attributed to the company’s ability to foster collaboration, drive innovation and solve challenging problems for some of the world’s leading organizations such as Avis Europe, BP, BSkyB, Credit Suisse, Essent Energie, Hilton International, IKEA, News Intl., Orange UK, Star Alliance, or Vodafone. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Sapient operates across North America, Europe, and India. For more information, please visit www.sapient.co.uk.

Sapient is a registered service mark of Sapient Corporation.

Sapient is an Equal Opportunity Employer