Jump Trading
Technical Project Manager
$200K–$250K
Chicago +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States - Experience
- 7–10 years.
- Education
- Engineering or computer science background, whether an academic degree or equivalent hands-on experience as a software engineer or in a closely related technical role.
About the job
Leads end-to-end delivery of technical projects for quantitative trading teams, coordinating engineering, research, and trading stakeholders from project scoping through launch.
What you'll do
- Plan and deliver projects involving trading platforms, execution infrastructure, and quantitative research tooling.
- Coordinate teams, dependencies, risks, milestones, and stakeholder communications.
- Improve project practices, including planning, prioritization, status reporting, and post-mortems.
What they ask for
- 7–10 years managing technical projects or engineering programs.
- Engineering or computer science background through an academic degree or equivalent hands-on experience in software engineering or a closely related technical role.
- Technical fluency to discuss architecture, trade-offs, and delivery risk with engineers and researchers.
- Track record shipping complex projects on time while aligning multiple teams and stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience in trading, financial markets, or another high-performance, data-intensive domain.
- Familiarity with low-latency systems, distributed infrastructure, or quantitative workflows.
Pay
$200,000 — $250,000 USD (base salary)
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