Project Manager

<p><span data-contrast="none"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About Akuna:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market maker – meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully, we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":300,"335559740":350}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Our Founding Partners</span><em> </em><span data-contrast="none">first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm’s first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":300,"335559740":350}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">What you’ll do as a Project Manager at Akuna:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing multiple projects at once, driving timelines, motivating our teams, and achieving project execution. This person will have no problem diving in headfirst and holding employees accountable to their commitments, responsibilities, and deadlines. A technical background, or the ability to communicate effectively with technical team members, will be imperative in understanding the mechanics of putting projects together. In this role, you will:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276,"469777462":[9360],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[4]}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Ask insightful and targeted questions to determine project scope, goals, timelines, resourcing needs, and deliverables</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Proactively identify potential risks and challenges ahead of time to keep projects on track and prevent unforeseen obstacles</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Make teams more efficient by streamlining workflows and enabling engineers to focus on execution</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Coordinate