General Manager, Securities

**ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets**:
**Why join the ASX?**:
When you join ASX, you’re joining a company with a strong purpose - to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you’ll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

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**We are more than a securities exchange**:
The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We’re proud of the diversity of our organisation and the culture of inclusion that all our people help to build every day. Our employee-led groups are known for celebrating cultural and religious events, championing LGBTIQ+ inclusion (recently achieving AWEI Bronze), inspiring giving and volunteering, promoting gender equality, and wellbeing. We are an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (WGEA) and a member of the Champions of Change Coalition for the advancement of gender equality in Australia.

**What’s On Offer**

The opportunity to own the Technology strategy for ASX Securities & Payments, including the systems, processes and capabilities supporting Clearing (equities), Settlement, Fixed Income and Issuer Services.

You will be accountable for the design, development, test change and operate (run), pricing and cost management of the technology systems, processes and capabilities supporting the Securities & Payments in achieving our license obligations.

The role ensures that Securities & Payments Technology is developed maintained and operated using sound business and technology management practices; and in alignment and support of both the Securities & Payments LOB and broader ASX strategy (the ‘what’).

The role will work closely with colleagues from across ASX, and in the Securities & Payments and Technology, to understand IT requirements and priorities, as well as ensuring that all Securities & Payments technology services are delivered with high quality and to required standards, including compliance with ASX Technology policies and practices (the ‘how’).

**What you’ll do**:
Be the owner and central leader (across ASX) for Securities & Payments technology, and a member of both the Securities and Payments Leadership Team and the CIO Leadership Team:

- **Create and maintain a high performing technology team supporting ASX Securities & Payments**
- Build, via internal and external recruitment a high-performing and appropriately skilled team, including Engineers, Testers, IT Service Owners and DevOps resources.
- Establish clear goals and monitor performance.
- Ensure professional development for the members of the Securities & Payments Technology team, including remaining connected with external trends relevant to development in Securities and Payments technology.
- **Lead the delivery of technology for the Securities & Payments Line of Business**:

- Deliver Securities & Payments technology projects to time, cost and quality, with progress tracked, communicated and escalated as necessary.
- Support the **ASX licence to operate**by:

- Ensuring adequacy of resources to support existing assets in accordance with ASX licences to operate.
- Managing technology risk including monitoring and prioritisation of aged asset risks, addressing incidents and problem management
- Collaborate with Cyber security team to ensure that Cyber security risk is appropriate assessed and managed in line with ASX security policy and risk appetite
- Collaborate to create a technology vision, strategy and roadmap for Securities & Payments
- Access resourcing and capability from Centres of Excellence for major or high-risk system implementation projects
- Develop and implement operational IT plans within Securities & Payments that execute the overall ASX Technology strategy and LOB strategy.
- Manage the Securities & Payments IT operational and delivery expenditures within budget.
- **Drive consistency of technology practices and a culture of technology excellence for Securities & Payments (with a federated model across ASX)**:

- Participate in the CIO leadership team
- Work closely with technology and delivery leads in each of the ASX centres of excellence to:

- Set, refine and maintain consistent standards for (e.g.) architecture, engineering, testing, agile ways of working
- Contribute to building/maintaining the frameworks and methodologies to support the standards across ASX and within Securities & Payments
- Ensure sufficient capability and capacity within the Securities & Payments technology team to operate and deliver change in accordance with the standards
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