Technical Project Manager III, Australia Branch, Markets – Equity Technology

Join our dynamic team to modernize controls and governance while delivering technology outcomes that strengthen the Australia Equities business.

As a Technical Project Manager III within the APAC – Australia Branch, Markets – Equity Technology (Australia Equities), you will lead complex, delivery-led initiatives across regional and local stakeholders to improve delivery discipline, risk posture, and operational transparency. You will apply strong technical fluency and analytical reasoning to translate ambiguous business, regulatory, and operational needs into executable plans with measurable outcomes. This role is governance-focused with an explicit hands-on engineering expectation: you will drive end-to-end execution while also designing and building backend services and automations (including AI-enabled tooling) that uplift controls, efficiency, and auditability.

Job responsibilities

• Main responsibilities to develop, design, and maintain backend services using .NET/C#, including APIs and service integrations between vendor applications with internal applications, supporting Australia Equities workflows

• Build delivery and controls automation (dashboards, metrics pipelines, workflow automations) to improve transparency, quality, and risk management

• Coordinate across product, engineering, operations, infrastructure, and vendors to manage dependencies and support UAT, cutovers, and stable production outcomes

• Provide concise, high-quality senior stakeholder updates on progress, delivery health, key risks, and decisions required

• Identify delivery and control risks early, provide independent challenge, and propose pragmatic, impact-weighted mitigation options

• Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic initiatives for Australia Equities, defining scope, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes

• Run delivery governance including integrated plans, critical path management, milestone tracking, RAID/decision logs, and escalation through closure of blockers

• Ensure initiatives adhere to SDLC/ADLC, governance standards, and change management processes with a strong controls mindset

• Embed auditability and operational readiness into delivery plans (documentation, evidence capture, readiness checkpoints, and post-release verification)

• Own technical deliverables end-to-end (solution design, implementation, testing, deployment, and post-release validation/runtime support)

• Apply secure coding practices and embed security controls throughout design and implementation

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)

• 3+ years’ experience in financial services, with a blend of software engineering, technology delivery/project management, and technology controls exposure

• Mandatory requirement to have strong hands-on backend development experience in .NET/C# (Java/Python as additional experience), including REST/JSON APIs and service-to-service integrations

• Proven experience leading delivery in complex cross-functional environments (planning, dependency management, risk management, stakeholder communications)

• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical detail into clear status, risks, and decisions for senior stakeholders

• Strong understanding of SDLC/ADLC, secure coding practices, and testing strategy

• Experience with Agile tools and practices (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) and proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word; MS Project a plus)

• Awareness of AI and emerging technologies, with interest and practical ability to apply AI-enabled tooling to improve delivery/engineering outcomes

• Demonstrated experience operating within governance, risk, and control frameworks (change management, evidence capture, audit readiness)

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple workstreams under time pressure

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge of Australia Equity market products (Cash Equities; Futures/Options) and front-to-back operating processes

• Experience delivering controls uplift, governance remediation, platform modernization, or operational risk reduction initiatives

• Familiarity with data platforms, analytics tooling, and data quality/lineage concepts

• Demonstrated use of automation or AI tools to improve reporting, delivery workflows, testing efficiency, or operational processes