Technical Trade Surveillance Implementation Lead

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Job Title: Technical Trade Surveillance Implementation Lead

Location: London (2/3 days per week onsite)

Contract: 3 months initially with 12 months extension possible.

Rate: £700 - £750 inside IR35

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Trade Surveillance Technology Delivery Manager to lead the implementation and delivery of a strategic Trade Surveillance platform within a global investment banking environment.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical delivery expertise with deep knowledge of trade surveillance, trading data, compliance technology, and financial markets.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Delivery Leadership
Lead end-to-end delivery of the Trade Surveillance technology programme.
Define project objectives, delivery milestones, KPIs, governance, and business outcomes.
Manage budgets, resources, timelines, risks, dependencies, and vendor relationships.
Coordinate cross-functional technology teams including developers, architects, data engineers, testers, infrastructure teams, and business SMEs.
Drive project governance and executive stakeholder reporting.
Ensure successful delivery across multiple workstreams and jurisdictions.
Trade Surveillance Platform Implementation
Lead implementation, migration, upgrade, or replacement of Trade Surveillance platforms.
Partner with Compliance, Surveillance, Risk and Front Office stakeholders.
Define implementation roadmaps and operating models.
Oversee platform configuration, integration testing, UAT, and production deployment.
Support surveillance scenario design, data onboarding, and alert management processes.
Trading Data & Integration
Work closely with trading technology teams to understand trade flows and trading data architecture.
Manage integration of surveillance platforms with:
OMS platforms
EMS platforms
Trading platforms
Market data systems
Reference data platforms
Data Lakes
Databricks environments
Ensure high-quality ingestion and reconciliation of surveillance data feeds.
Support data lineage, governance and regulatory controls.
Business Analysis & Solution Design
Gather and validate business, compliance and technical requirements.
Facilitate workshops with Front Office, Compliance and Technology stakeholders.
Produce and review:
Business requirements
Functional specifications
Process maps
Data flow diagrams
Solution documentation
Support target-state architecture design and technical solution validation.
Data & Architecture Governance
Collaborate with architecture and engineering teams to ensure scalable and supportable solutions.
Review and challenge solution designs and integration approaches.
Support governance around:
Data quality
Data controls
Security
Auditability
Regulatory compliance
Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
Change Management & Service Transition
Support business readiness and user adoption activities.
Coordinate training and knowledge transfer.
Drive production readiness assessments.
Manage transition to BAU support and service ownership.
Ensure operational procedures and support models are established prior to go-live.

Required Experience

Trade Surveillance & Compliance Technology
Proven experience implementing, upgrading, migrating, or replacing Trade Surveillance platforms within an Investment Banking environment.
Strong understanding of trade surveillance and market abuse monitoring frameworks.
Experience working with surveillance vendors such as:
NICE Actimize
Nasdaq SMARTS
SteelEye
TradingHub
Bloomberg Surveillance
Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance technology environments.Trading & Markets

Deep understanding of:
Trade lifecycle
Front Office workflows
Trading operations
Electronic trading environments
Experience across multiple asset classes including:
Fixed Income
Equities
FX
Derivatives
Commodities
Strong knowledge of trading data and its movement across Front Office systems.Data Platforms & Architecture

Experience delivering large-scale data and analytics initiatives.
Strong understanding of:
Data Lakes
Databricks
Cloud data platforms
Data governance frameworks
Data lineage and controls
Experience integrating complex data sources into surveillance or compliance platforms.Technical Skills

Strong understanding of:

SQL
APIs
JSON
XML
Event-driven architecture
Message bus technologies
Data modelling
Database design
ETL and integration frameworks
Single Sign-On integrationKnowledge of the following would be advantageous:

C#
Python
Cloud technologies
Lakehouse architectures
NoSQL databases

Preferred Experience

NICE Actimize implementation experience.
Communication Surveillance experience.
Experience delivering compliance technology programmes.
Experience operating within highly regulated banking environments.
Global programme delivery experience across multiple regions and jurisdictions.
Experience managing third-party vendors and system integrators

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention