Platform Head (PAQT - Pricing & Quantitative Technology) at Rand Merchant Bank

Purpose:

• The Global Markets Technology PAQT Platform Head will lead a team of Functional and Technical Specialists, DevOps engineers, Developers and quantitative Analysts that provide technical solutions to the front office, market risk , credit risk and quantitative analytics teams through the delivery and management of an ecosystem comprised of multiple systems. These include XVA calculations, exotic and structured trade booking and lifecycle management, calculation of various risk measures such as par risk and risk limits and pricing. These functions are provided across all asset classes. The role will be delivery and management focused.

Overview of the Position

• The role will report directly to the Markets CIO : Structured Solutions.

Are you someone who can: ​

The key responsibilities of the role are:

Team Leadership and management.

• Delivery of business value through an agreed platform roadmap.
• Stakeholder relationship management & partnership.
• Partnering with business to enable growth and efficiencies through technology.
• Technical analysis and design of solutions to delivery on the defined roadmap.
• Overall responsibility for software lifecycles / development & deployment processes covering both vendor and in-house systems.
• Overall responsibility for effectiveness of teams and the processes that they adopt.
• Ensuring the sustainability of the platform through the establishment of proper support & technical monitoring.
• Collaboration with business managers to ensure clear business prioritisation of work.
• Coordination of work across teams to ensure smooth handoffs and coordinated delivery.
• Vendor and Partners relationship and delivery management.
• Self and team time management.
• Alignment of development roadmaps of across Markets Platform Teams.
• Involvement in incidents to ensure a timely and effective resolution as well as ensuring appropriate root cause analysis completed and subsequent findings implemented.

Management and Leadership:

• Responsible for resource management and the allocation of work based on priorities for the platform as a whole including support and development work.
• Performance management and career development of team members where appropriate.
• Ensure that the requirement for technology improvements to existing platforms and toolsets are prioritized e.g. Upgrades and Maintenance tasks.
• Liaise and maintain healthy working relationships with the various RMB Divisions / Departments e.g. GM Market Risk, PM’s, Administrators, Infrastructure, FNB, architecture function across various areas of the enterprise etc.
• Develop a partnership with the various business owners thereby ensuring alignment of expectations, delivery and value creation.
• Facilitate and own the prioritisation process as it relates to the platform roadmap.
• Manage geographical distributed team.
• Manage numerous vendors and suppliers
• Proactively manage the talent pipeline to ensure the long term skills availability within the team

You will be an ideal candidate if you have the following:

Qualifications and Experience:

• A graduate qualification in Mathematical Finance, Engineering or Technology – combination an advantage
• 10+ years’ experience in a variety of management technical roles managing teams preferably within a Global Markets environment
• Strong understanding of multiple asset classes and banking products and how they are executed.
• Knowledge of XVA and structuring in a global markets context is very advantageous.
• Understanding of technical integration tools like Control M, Tibco, Informatica, Reporting tools,.
• Good understanding of Agile work methods
• Good understanding of project/program management.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and networking
• Strong technical background covering architecture, integration, data warehousing, API’s. Trading Technology Experience an advantage

General Requirements:

• Keep abreast of changes within the finance industry to ensure that all relevant market and regulatory impacts and changes are planned for and adopted.
• Proven track record in delivery of projects, production and in managing teams
• Ability to supervise implementations
• Good teamwork and motivation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills to drive strong stakeholder engagement
• Ability to be hands on technically where needed

Deadline:28th April,2026