Senior IT Lead - Asset Onboarding, Connectivity & Integration Delivery
📍 Zurich
Role and responsibilities
You will be responsible for the onboarding of additional assets and trading capabilities onto the strategic order execution platform (EMS). Leading requirements analysis, FIX connectivity, SWIFT integration, security, test planning and execution, as well as end-to-end migration activities across execution, custody, and settlement systems. Acts as the primary technology liaison between Business, Operations, Technology teams, vendors, and external providers to ensure successful delivery of fund and securities trading capabilities, robust system integration, and seamless operational readiness.
Team / description
At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.
Qualifications and Skills
Extensive experience in the delivery of trading technology, execution services, asset onboarding, and integration initiatives within Private Banking, Wealth Management, or Capital Markets environments
Strong analytical, technical, and business analysis skills, with proven ability to translate business requirements into functional specifications, solution designs, and comprehensive test scenarios
Proven experience implementing and supporting FIX connectivity, trading interfaces, and end-to-end system integration across internal platforms, external counterparties, and market infrastructures
Strong understanding of execution services, securities and fund trading, order lifecycle management, settlement, custody processes, and SWIFT messaging standards
Hands-on experience defining and executing system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), connectivity testing, migration rehearsals, and production readiness activities
Ability to act as a key SME and liaison between Business, Technology, Operations, Avaloq teams, vendors, and external service providers, ensuring successful end-to-end delivery
Experience delivering complex technology and migration initiatives using Agile delivery methodologies combined with structured governance and control frameworks
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage technical dependencies, risks, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Highly delivery-focused, resilient, and capable of operating effectively under pressure while maintaining high quality standards and meeting critical deadlines
Fluency in English (verbal/written)