Hybrid Senior Project Manager

at GFT Technologies

• Job title: Senior Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: PLN 13,870 - PLN 21,270 per month
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Krakow, Poland

About the role

• Senior Project Manager handling complex IT and financial services projects with a focus on FX trading. Collaborating with traders and technical leads to enhance pricing systems and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Forward Pricing – producing FX forward prices from Rates, Futures, FX broker prices and integration to Quant Analytics for distribution and trading over FX eCommerce Channels.
• Development of pricing control features with the FX voice and electronic trading desk traders and quants e.g. price tiering, derived crossing, manual curve adjustment, spreading, interpolation.
• Development of the forward pricing infrastructure to provide on-demand quoting and crossing of curves from ecommerce systems.
• Integration of new pricing models and use of new market data feeds in the pricing.
• Work directly with the eRisk Quant Traders and the Cash FX Forward and NDF traders on requirements.
• Collaboration with the technical lead and other development teams within the GFX programme to enhance the system e.g. to support local onshore market trading requirements, risk management requirement.
• Draw-up detailed technical designs for items worked on.
• Work effectively with any external consultancies engaged during the project to provide technical and graphical design expertise.
• Implement best-of-breed technical solutions based on agreed technical design, adopting industry-standard development patterns and methodologies (including continuous integration and automated unit and integration testing).
• Fully test implemented solutions in advance of User Acceptance Testing.
• Assist (when required) with the deployment of components to development and test environments.
• Participate in intra-day and overnight Support rotas (when required).

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Project Manager in complex IT or financial services projects.
• Strong understanding of FX trading, pricing models, and financial market concepts (Forward, NDF).
• Ability to manage requirements and coordinate with Quant Traders, trading desks, and technical teams.
• Experience in project planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle, including design, testing, and deployment processes.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills for effective collaboration across global teams and external consultancies.
• Ability to produce detailed technical documentation and ensure alignment with agreed designs.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Experience with agile methodologies and tools for tracking progress and reporting.
• Willingness to participate in support activities when required.

Benefits

• Contract of employment
• Hybrid work – 2 days a week in our/our client's office
• Working in a highly experienced and dedicated team
• Benefit package that can be tailored to your personal needs (private medical coverage, sport & recreation package, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
• On-line training and certifications fit for career path
• Access to e-learning platform Mindgram - a holistic mental health and wellbeing platform
• Work From Anywhere (WFA) - the temporary option to work remotely outside of Poland for up to 140 days per year (including Italy, Spain, the UK, Germany, Portugal, and Bulgaria)