Overseeing all systems that support and enable the mission-critical Treasury and Platinum Metal Trading teams - ensuring the platforms are reliable, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
Defining and executing the platform strategy and roadmap - aligning with business goals, prioritizing features and capabilities based on customer needs, value, and ROI, and ensuring scalability and performance.
Building strong partnerships with business stakeholders - translating requirements into technical outcomes and promoting agile collaboration between platform engineering and product teams.
Managing vendors and resources effectively - overseeing 24/7 L2/L3 support, negotiating service agreements, and ensuring suppliers deliver against SLAs with a focus on simplification and value creation.
Driving operational excellence and platform security - ensuring robust performance, minimizing technical debt, and embedding standardization and continuous optimization across engineering practices.
Leading successful change delivery - guiding teams to deliver initiatives on time, within budget, and to quality standards, while managing risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.
Encouraging innovation and continuous learning - fostering component reusability, knowledge sharing, and a culture of improvement to keep pace with evolving technologies.
Inspiring and developing a high-performing team - nurturing collaboration, accountability, and growth through coaching, empowerment, and a shared commitment to excellence.
Proven experience in business systems and platform management - with full lifecycle implementation and support expertise across Treasury and/or Commodity Trading operations, ideally in a 24/7 real-time environment.
Strong understanding of treasury operations, commodity trading, and risk management, including knowledge of financial markets, instruments, and relevant regulatory frameworks.
Technical proficiency in trading and treasury platforms - such as OpenLink Endur or similar systems (e.g., Murex MX.3, Tora OEMS, or Trading Technologies / TT OMS) - with scripting experience in AVS, JVS, and Connex required ; experience with IT2 software is beneficial.
Hands-on experience in system integration and data management - including APIs, SQL, databases, and reporting or analytics solutions to enable seamless data flow and insight generation.
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills - able to identify issues quickly, implement effective solutions, and ensure platform reliability.
Business analysis and stakeholder management skills - able to bridge business and IT, shape requirements, and align technology strategy with operational needs.
Solid understanding of IT infrastructure, governance, and compliance controls, ensuring secure, compliant, and resilient platform operations.
Inspirational leadership and people management capabilities - experienced in building, coaching, and leading high-performing teams directly and through influence.
Fluency in English - essential for effective collaboration in a global environment.