Digital Advisor for Capital Markets

Version 1 has celebrated over 27 years in the IT industry and we continue to be trusted by global brands to deliver IT solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 is not just a Microsoft Partner, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner and an Oracle Partner, we are also an award-winning employer, and our employees are at the heart of Version 1.

Version 1 as a consultancy and a service provider, we are a digital-first environment and we do things differently. We are focused on our core values, and using these we have seen significant growth in the last four years from 1000 to over 3000 employees. We are now preparing for the next phase of expansion, opening new opportunities for highly skilled technologists and leaders to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies.

A few of our awards are the AWS Migration Partner of the Year - EMEA at AWS Re:Invent 2022, Best Workplace™ for Women UK 2022 By Great Place to Work® and Top 10 in Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards 2023.

An Overview of Who We Are and What You’ll Do

Do two or more of the below statements apply to you:

• Are you excited by successfully delivering fast, secure and scalable trading technology solutions to capital markets clients globally?
• Are you driven by introducing modern ways of working and transforming service delivery to develop market leading IT propositions for global investment houses?
• Are you able to identify opportunities for innovation through technology and articulate the value and potential for financial services clients to transform services through existing and emerging technologies?
• Are you motivated by the potential of AI, data analytics and other emerging technologies and keen to embed these into real world services to deliver benefits for customers?
• Do you have a strong vision for how technology and solutions you design will enable financial services customers to meet forthcoming regulatory and industry challenges, from financial regulation through sustainability and environmental objectives?

If so, this could be a super interesting role for you… We are offering a brand-new role at Version 1; an exciting opportunity to shape the future of one of the fastest-growing technology services leaders in Europe. The new Digital Advisor for Capital Markets will be pivotal to building on our existing offerings to our financial services customers and driving the continued growth through focused customer engagement and proposition creation for this sector, the vertical with the highest growth rate for Version 1 today.

The mission of the Office of the CTO is to inspire and build an exciting future for both our customers and Version 1.  We will do this through strategic offering aligned communities, clear differentiated propositions and capabilities, increased focus with key partners, enhanced focus on customer innovation. As part of our ambitious growth plans for Version 1 in the UK, Ireland and beyond, we are looking to hire market-leading advisory talent. The Digital Advisor roles are a pivotal part of the Version 1 strategy and will provide a focal point for our customers and commercial sales teams by defining, inspiring and evangelising the complete Version 1 digital, data and cloud story while combining with deep understanding of specific industry verticals we support.

What We Are Looking For

The attributes that would make you successful in this role include:

• Extensive experience of working with global capital markets clients
• Obsessed with customer success and delivering on customer goals
• Deep understanding of the Capital Markets sector, including business and systems perspective as well as strong regulatory and commercial knowledge
• Strong enterprise architecture and solution architecture abilities and practical experience
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong commercial focus and ability to build winning propositions
• Strong personal relationships across capital markets sector, with IT and business leaders and with supporting industry partners
• Experience of leading complex deals, from solution definition through to pricing
• Track record of creating innovative commercial models to deliver customer value with cost competitiveness
• Strong awareness and understanding of industry technology trends including development approaches as well as data, cloud, AI technology innovation
• Curious and creative – constructing innovative solutions and differentiating against competition
• Great storytelling abilities, comfortable in public speaking / communication including video and events
• Strong technology perspective and understanding
• Wiling to travel to customers and meet with key stakeholders
• Able to lead and inspire others including technology colleagues working in these accounts
• Strong alignment to the Version 1 Core Values and Leadership Principles.

What You Will be Doing in the Role

Version 1 has extensive banking and capital markets domain expertise, built through implementing and maintaining high-performance trading technology solutions for our customers in the US and across the globe. We have delivered solutions for operating in all of the major global financial markets. Our capital markets work includes trading platform development, market connectivity solutions, regulatory technology solutions and specialist services for KX kdb+ high performance time series database.

The Digital Advisor for Capital Markets is an Enterprise Architect with strong Solution Architecture skills who will work with our existing clients and with new prospects to create compelling propositions pulling together technology and business capabilities, customer stories, intellectual property, accelerators, industry and common customer challenges. You will work as a partner to commercial sales team and practice delivery teams to drive the growth through existing accounts and in new customers. You will use your understanding of the sector to draw together Version 1 offerings to deliver customer success and drive our continued growth, while working with internal teams to learn of potential opportunities, grow existing capabilities and ensure successful outcomes. You will be comfortable working with Version 1 capital markets teams together with broader Version 1 capabilities and teams to bring new technology and business opportunities to customers.

The role will be customer facing and market led expecting 50-60% of a typical week to be spent working with customers and prospects, as well as supporting bids and proposals that demonstrate the best of Version 1’s global capability and story. This will require occasional travel given the global nature of our capital markets customer base and our blended onshore, nearshore and offshore delivery model.

Success will include the development of compelling and differentiated propositions for Capital Markets and Financial Services customers leveraging our unique accelerators and evolving these to lead the market, engaging Version 1’s delivery community with regular forums and other touchpoints, and leading the direction for creation of new capabilities to maximise our growth potential and ensure the success of the story we want to tell. It will require deep understanding of customer and market priorities, including regulatory and industry changes that will drive opportunity.

The successful candidates will undertake the following activities as part of the role (aligned to our Strength in Balance model), we don't expect you to have had experience across all of the following, but an understanding and demonstrable experience is beneficial:

Customer Success

• Build on existing strong relationships with senior IT and business leaders in Capital Markets customers
• Bring deep understanding and experience of working within the sector
• Regularly demonstrate market evangelism, key notes and presentations increasing Version 1 presence
• Develop and produce compelling and opinionated thought leadership outputs that inspires
• Engage and build relationships with key customers testing to ensure our services are market leading and responding to needs
• Lead Version 1 teams by example ensuring that new services and propositions are successful

Empowered People

• Provide the linkage between Technologists and Commercial leads and able to talk Capital Markets business and technology trends as well as regulatory and commercial landscape
• Capital markets delivery team community leadership and orchestration
• Work with Version 1 HR, Learning and Development, Commercial and Delivery Portfolio teams to define appropriate learning pathways to build our Capital Markets capabilities

Strong Organisation

• Be the authority in Central Government for Version 1, across perspectives including business, procurement, technology, implementation and service delivery domains
• Build great relationships with Central Government leaders – both in existing customers and in prospects
• Lead by influence across the organisation working with technology leaders in our portfolio business lines to build the best story and ensure we have the right delivery capability for success
• Bid and customer presales support – defining technical and business approaches for customer opportunities
• Ensure reporting and KPIs attainment including demand collation and pipeline management

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes their well-being, professional growth, and financial stability.

One of our standout advantages is the ability to work remote or with a hybrid schedule along with business travel, allowing our employees to strike a balance between work and life. We also offer a range of tech-related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme, Octopus Car Lease, and MyGym Discounts to help keep our team members up-to-date with the latest technology.

We prioritize the health and safety of our employees, providing private medical and life insurance coverage, as well as free eye tests and contributions towards glasses. Our team members can also stay ahead of the curve with incentivized certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.

Our employee-designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of our company's profits each quarter among all full-time employees. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential, offering Pathways Career Development Quarterly, a program designed to support professional growth