Application Lead - Institutional Business

Role : Institutional Business IT Applications Lead / Market App lead / Technology Lead

Location : Prabhadevi.

Department : Information Technology – Institutional Business

Experience : 10+ years in IT with significant exposure to institutional trading platforms

Role Overview :

The Institutional Business IT Applications Head will lead the technology function supporting key institutional trading and business applications such as Flex, Greek, Omnesys, TCS, and other front-to-back systems. The role entails overseeing Level 3 (L3) support, managing Level 1 (L1) and Level 2 (L2) support teams, ensuring uptime and performance of critical platforms, and facilitating regulatory and exchange-related approvals. The incumbent will collaborate closely with business, operations, and external vendors to align technology solutions with institutional business goals. This role will also have full ownership of Beginning-of-Day (BOD) and End-of-Day (EOD) application readiness and completion.

Key Responsibilities :

• Oversee application lifecycle and support for Flex, Greek, Omnesys, TCS, and other institutional systems.
• Ensure optimal performance, scalability, and stability of platforms in alignment with business requirements.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams for issue resolution, upgrades, and customizations.
• Lead L3 support for critical incident handling and root cause analysis.
• Supervise and mentor L1 and L2 support teams, ensuring efficient day-to-day operational support.
• Establish and enforce SLAs for issue resolution and system availability.
• Take end-to-end ownership of BOD and EOD processes, ensuring all systems are production-ready before market open and properly closed post-market.
• Liaise with trading desks, compliance, and operations to translate business needs into technology solutions.
• Manage exchange-related integrations, certifications, and regulatory approvals (e.g., from NSE, BSE , MCX & NCDX).
• Prepare and review documentation required for audits and exchange reporting.
• Build and manage a high-performing application support and development team.
• Define team KPIs, provide performance feedback, and guide professional development.
• Drive key IT projects, migrations, or deployments relevant to institutional business.
• Implement change management processes and ensure minimal disruption to production systems.
• Handson experience on Algo Trading.

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