Head of Networks

The role

You will lead the trading and enterprise network function through a team of Network Team Leads. You are accountable for strategy, people, priorities, delivery, operations and continuous improvement within the network function.

What you will do

• Lead and develop Network Team Leads, setting clear strategy and priorities, ownership and escalation paths.
• Establish consistent ways of working across the network function.
• Balance project delivery, operational work, technical debt and improvement initiatives.
• Act as the senior escalation point for people, delivery and operational issues.
• Ensure agreed architecture, standards, documentation and handover practices are followed across teams.
• Provide senior Infrastructure and Project Management stakeholders with clear feedback on risks, dependencies, capacity, delivery confidence and technical debt.
• Ensure risks are identified and raised early, with clear ownership and appropriate mitigation plans.
• Represent Networks in business, infrastructure and project planning.

Required qualifications

• Experience leading a network function through team leads or managers.
• Strong knowledge of complex, low-latency network environments.
• Strong delivery, resource, risk and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience building consistent operating practices across multiple teams and sites.
• Ability to develop technical leaders and reduce reliance on individual knowledge.

Benefits

• Initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance

About the company

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. It is a technology- and data-driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing.