Senior Principal Solutions Engineer, Front Office

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Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! 

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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Why this role is important to us

The Senior Principal Solutions Engineer is crucial to shaping go-to-market , sales, and marketing efforts to meet license revenue targets and the expansion of SimCorp’s profile across the Americas specifically focusing on Front Office workflows with a focus on multi-asset class portfolio management. The Senior Principal coordinates the functional RFI/RFP process and presentations/demonstrations of SimCorp One to prospective and existing clients in partnership with our Sales and Customer Success teams.

What you will be responsible for

• Act as a subject matter expert on all areas as it relates to portfolio management in the Americas markets across all asset classes (including public and private markets). 

• Hold regular meetings with prospects and clients to understand how they currently use technology and systems and how they might take advantage of some of the available functionality not already licensed.

• Responses to prospective client RFIs (request for information) and RFPs (request for proposal).

• Prepare and deliver detailed SimCorp One software demonstrations, presentations and workshops to clients and prospects. 

• Work with the Sales team to manage and moderate SimCorp One workshops.

• Ensure detailed information transfer from the sales process to the implementation team after a contract has been signed. 

• Contribute to build out of local and global demonstration databases to reflect how the system should be used by clients in the various verticals; Pension Funds, Asset Managers, Insurance Companies, Central Banks.  

• Provide inputs to product team on market trends and evolving requirements.

• Attend relevant client and industry events as well as relevant industry training.

What we value

• University degree in business or technology.

• 7+ years experience in investment management within the FSI. Total of no less than 10 years FSI experience.

• Domain knowledge within Front Office (PMS, OMS, Compliance, Performance, Risk, covering fixed income, equities and derivatives). 

• Presentation and communication (both written and oral) skills are essential.

• Problem-solving skills and a solution-focused attitude, with a commitment to delivering outcomes. 

• Methodical, motivated and the ability to work well during high-demand projects.

• Relationship builder with good interpersonal effectiveness- both with customer consultation and cross-functionally.

• A critical thinker and a continuous learner.

• Willingness to travel as required.

• Flexibility to attend SimCorp office 2x/week as per our hybrid policy.

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is 145,000.00 - 210,000.00 USD. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

Next steps 

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks. 

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