| 7/23/2009 VP Operations & Services Trading Environment NYC Company Overview: Our client is a fast growing hi-tech software company solving today's mission critical trading applications performance issues. They are a leading innovator in transaction performance management domain whose patent pending network-based and technology agnostic based platform automatically discovers and reports trading execution or market data performance latency. Their technology's capabilities enables customers to gain a complete view of the transaction flow across multiple tiers of the data center without being hindered by technology specific protocols, applications, operating systems or even network devices. Their transaction performance management platform, enables financial services firms to extract and improve performance from their existing systems, conduct accurate capacity planning and in real-time improve transaction throughput. Position Overview: The VP of Operations & Services will be responsible for leading the operations and managing the service associated with the high frequency trading community. In addition, the VP of Operations & Services will be responsible for managing the company's pre-sale and professional services practice, including P&L responsibility and leading large product deployment projects. The VP will build and maintain customer relationships in order to assure high customer satisfaction and usage of the company's service and product offerings. The position is ideal for a person who is committed to top delivering top quality service to mission critical applications. This person will be expected to be accessible 24x7 when required. This is a very senior position and is very demanding. Responsibilities: . P&L responsibility for Professional Services Practice. . 24/7 global operations support . Building and Managing NOC and Operations in appropriate service environments. . Ownership of presale activities with prospects including presentations & POCs. . Responsibility for hiring and developing a team of SE's, PM's, & architects. . Manage service operations and associated resources. . Responsibly for handling service equipment and SLA at customers' sites. . On time product delivery and on budget. Must Have Requirements: . 10 plus years in the development and/or support of electronic trading systems, or operations support for electronic trading desks. . 10 plus years working closely with customers on the trading desk. . Prior experience for a budget and P&L for a Professional Services organization. . Superior execution and delivery skills. . Experience in leading highly technical trading software related implementation projects. . Strong written, verbal business and technical communication skills combined with an aggressive, "can do" attitude. Preferred Experience: . Strong background in High Frequency, low-latency electronic trading. . Experience in providing 24x7 FIX support for customers, projects and operations . Background in Equities, Futures, Options, or Fixed Income trading. . Experience building and managing data center and services for buy-side/sell- side customers. . Worked closely with Exchanges, ATS, and Dark Pools. Education: BS degree (technical focus a plus) Location: New York City, NY Reports To: Chief Executive Officer Travel: approximately 20% domestic and 20% international. Compensation: $150K base, depending on experience and prior earnings. Plus equity, bonus and benefits. If interested and you meet the requirements please contact: Dan Pickett, Executive Recruiter Castle Consulting Services, Inc. danp@castle- consulting. com Dan Pickett, Executive Recruiter Castle Consulting Services, Inc. www.castle-consulti ng.com danp@castle- consulting. com (C) 845-235-5467 (O)845-224-3928 July 28th - Tues - Reg Mtg 6 pm - Carnevale Center 10 Lenox Ave Pompton Lakes 07442 Rm 009 - bring 20 copies of resume Sept 15th Dinner Mtg - Recruiter Night Out - Bill Belknap Moderator - Beverly Lieberman Halbrecht Lieberman - Joe McComick Clark Davis |
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