Group Head of R&D
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Equiti Group seeks a Group Head of R&D to lead the research and development organization in Dubai, owning the build of a proprietary pricing engine and Order Management System. Requires 12+ years in financial leadership, deep expertise in trading and market data, and experience leading teams across geographies.
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Responsibilities
- Own the R&D vision, strategy, and multi phase delivery roadmap for the proprietary execution program
- Lead the design and delivery of an in house pricing engine and OMS to progressively replace third party execution and platform dependencies
- Build, hire, and lead a multi disciplinary engineering team (in house and specialist contractors), setting technical direction and engineering standards
- Define and run the phased vendor migration and parallel run strategy, managing risk to live trading throughout
- Partner with the Trading and Quant teams on pricing models, smart order routing, and execution quality
- Own the R&D budget, vendor relationships, hiring plan, and delivery reporting to technology leadership and the board
Requirements
- 12+ years in financial leadership field, with 5+ years leading organizations
- Demonstrated delivery of trading, execution, or market data platforms in a regulated environment
- Track record of building and scaling teams and shipping mission critical systems
- Excellent written and spoken English
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Job Description
- Equiti is a pioneering fintech firm and world class provider of multi asset fintech products.
- We are looking for a Group Head of R&D to lead Equiti’s research and development organization and own the build of Stratos — our proprietary pricing engine and Order Management System.
Responsibilities
- Own the R&D vision, strategy, and multi phase delivery roadmap for the proprietary execution program (market data, pricing engine, OMS, and advanced analytics).
- Lead the design and delivery of an in house pricing engine and OMS to progressively replace third party execution and platform dependencies.
- Build, hire, and lead a multi disciplinary engineering team (in house and specialist contractors), setting technical direction and engineering standards.
- Define and run the phased vendor migration and parallel run strategy, managing risk to live trading throughout.
- Partner with the Trading and Quant teams on pricing models, smart order routing, and execution quality.
- Own the R&D budget, vendor relationships, hiring plan, and delivery reporting to technology leadership and the board.
Skills & Competencies
- Deep expertise in trading and market data.
- Strong knowledge of pricing engines, OMS/EMS, FIX connectivity, and liquidity provider integrations.
- Proven leadership of 10+ reports across geographies, with hands on credibility.
- Experience de risking from third party platforms and managing complex vendor migrations.
- Strong commercial judgement on build vs buy, cloud cost, and delivery trade offs.
Experience Requirements
- 12+ years in financial leadership field, with 5+ years leading organizations.
- Demonstrated delivery of trading, execution, or market data platforms in a regulated environment.
- Track record of building and scaling teams and shipping mission critical systems.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
Perks
- Competitive salary package
- Performance based bonus
- Medical insurance coverage for employees and family members
- Smart working options
- Employee wellness initiatives
- Personalized career development
- Company lunch in the office
- Regular company events
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