IT Chapter Lead - Python

About ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC
ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC (AAC-USA) is a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Clearing Bank N.V., a global clearing firm that provides an integrated suite of financial services to professional trading participants in the global financial market. Our core service offerings consist of execution, clearing, financing, stock borrowing and lending, settlement and custody. Today we clear and finance over 16 million trades per day and cover 90 of the world's leading exchanges across Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Our international network provides comprehensive market access to exchange-listed instruments such as stocks, futures and options. It also covers non-exchange listed investment instruments and alternative products including bonds, OTC derivatives, warrants, forex, forwards, and energy and commodities. ABN AMRO Clearing consistently ranks among the top three clearers in every time zone, based on turnover and market share.
Job Overview
The Chapter Lead position is split into two distinct functions:
First, this position is a leadership role to guide IT Engineers (Developers) in developing solutions based on working with the Product organization (Product Owners and Business Analysts). A Chapter Lead forms the most important connection between the Product Organization and the Chapter Area Lead in making sure that the IT Engineers receive day-to day coaching and guidance.
The Chapter Lead will spend around 30% of the time directly coaching their reports. The Chapter Lead role has a high level of expertise in a specific technology, such as, Java, Data Analysis, Integration, Angular or Python. This is the area they will be coaching the most.
Second, the position will spend the other 70% of their day-to-day activities on non-managerial tasks like developing code, code reviews, or working on coordinating with the Architecture or Platform (Infrastructure) teams. They will be part of an agile Block that is dedicated to a business function.
Job Responsibilities
An essential part of the Chapter Lead role is helping to develop talent within your craft. As an expert and servant leader, you are able to coach and develop your chapter members to become better craftspeople, and to find their own rewarding career paths. Importantly, while you provide craft-specific support to your chapter members, you do not manage their day-to-day activities, this comes from the Product Owner of their block using the Agile process.
Three main types of responsibilities:

• Define best practice way of working
• Perform strategic workforce planning (for your chapter, together with the Chapter Area Lead)
• Manage and grow people

In short a chapter lead is responsible for the "how" within the competence of the chapter in terms of way of working and people management. They are responsible for:

• Being an active block member, bringing expertise into the block and working on day-to-day tasks from the block's backlog
• Defining professional standards, work methodologies and (technical) standards within the chapter competency
• Setting up interaction and knowledge sharing processes within the chapter
• Act as a thought-leader within their area of expertise, guiding, motivating and inspiring chapter members.
• Lead performance evaluation from their direct reports by coaching them both on soft- and hard skills.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field required
• 5+ years of IT Development experience
• Expert knowledge of Python
• Working knowledge of other programming languages such as C# or Java
• Experience working in an Agile environment, as part of a Block structure
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Familiarity with Atlassian Products (Jira, Confluence) and ServcieNow a plus

Perks and Benefits
As a global leader in financial services, we rely on the strengths of our employees to deliver their best work for our clients. We invest back in our employees by offering a host of benefits and perks.

• Competitive health benefit offerings, including choice of three medical plans through BCBS-IL, dental, vision and flexible spending accounts
• Complimentary annual membership to One Medical as well as an EAP
• Robust 401(k) Plan with a generous match and vesting schedule
• Use it or lose it pre-tax commuter benefits, corporate Divvy memberships and employer paid benefits such as term life and AD&D and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off, sick days, a robust holiday schedule and parental leave plans.
• Monthly wellness subsidy used towards wellness activities
• Flexible hybrid work schedules
• Open communication including regular Town Hall meetings with the Management Team
• Forward-thinking, culture-based organization with collaborative teams that promote diversity, equity and inclusion
• Free coffee & tea and "bagel Wednesday"
• Employee-led Social and Philanthropy Committee to bring awareness and fun to the employees
• Awesome office space with a large kitchen/meeting gathering area - including a foosball and ping pong table
• Private, well-equipped Mother's room
• Office is conveniently located in the Chicago Loop Financial District - close to CTA and Metra
• Well maintained building (an architectural "masterpiece") and a part of Chicago history - also includes a robust business center with a café, game-room and a shared rooftop terrace with green space

This information is intended as a summary of potential benefits only. Eligibility for the plans and programs listed here depends on the nature of employment, length of service and other factors. Actual coverage is governed by supporting summary plan descriptions and related policies.
ABN AMRO Clearing USA (AAC-USA) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. AAC-USA celebrates diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects individual strengths, views and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better and stronger team - one that makes better decisions and delivers better business results. Additionally, AAC-USA participates in the E-Verify program in the US.