Technical Project Manager with Reference Data - Toronto, ON - Fulltime

Role: Technical Project Manager with Reference Data

Location: Toronto, ON- (Hybrid 4 days onsite in a week)

Job type: FTE

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end project management for Reference Data and Golden Source initiatives, including planning, execution, and delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across data governance, IT, operations, and business teams to gather requirements and define project scope.
• Coordinate technical activities related to data modeling, data quality, data lineage, and master data management.
• Oversee the migration, integration, and enhancements of Golden Source systems, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively, providing regular status updates to senior management.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies proactively.
• Ensure adherence to data governance standards and best practices within project deliverables.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams (developers, data stewards) and non-technical stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery processes and technical solutions related to reference data.
• Support audit and regulatory requirements concerning master data.

Requirements:

Technical Qualifications:

• Capital Markets Domain Expertise:
• 3+ years working with reference‑data domains in trading, risk or back‑office functions.
• Strong understanding of Securities data feed from Bloomberg, LSEG (Reuters).
• Strong understanding of various Asset classes and important attributes associated with each asset classes.
• Good understanding of instrument identifiers (ISIN, CUSIP, FIGI, RIC), entity identifiers (LEI) and product taxonomy.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficient in SQL and relational data‑modeling concepts.
• Familiarity with using APIs and JSON, XML structures.
• Familiarity with MDM and data‑governance platforms (e.g. Collibra, DataHub) and metadata‑management best practices.
• Excellent Excel skills to perform various data analysis, triage recons and build summaries.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of project management experience, ideally within capital markets or financial institutions.
• Strong understanding of Reference Data concepts, data governance, and data quality frameworks.
• Proven experience in managing technology projects related to trading platforms, risk systems, or data warehouses.
• Familiarity with capital markets products (equities, fixed income, derivatives, forex, etc.).
• Experience with data management tools, ETL processes, and data integration platforms.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, Agile, or other relevant project management certifications preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.

Preferred, but not required:

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and related data services.
• Exposure to financial services or trading environment.
• Understanding of regulatory standards impacting reference data management.
• Experience with data lineage and metadata management tools.

Thanks,

Sanjay Kumar

sanjay.kumar@zodiac-solutions.com