Vice President of FIX Infrastructure

Company Description Equity Savvy Ventures is a start-up investment firm specializing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies, primarily across North America and the Caribbean. The company focuses on identifying high-potential early ventures and providing capital, strategic guidance, and operational support to help them scale. Equity Savvy Ventures values innovation, data-driven decision-making, and long-term partnerships with founders. Team members operate in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment with opportunities to influence investment strategies and infrastructure from an early stage.
Role Description The Vice President of FIX Infrastructure is a full-time, remote role responsible for overseeing and evolving the firm’s FIX (Financial Information eXchange) connectivity and supporting technology infrastructure. This role includes designing and maintaining resilient infrastructure, ensuring secure and efficient connectivity with trading partners, and aligning systems with business and compliance requirements. The VP will lead IT strategy for FIX-related platforms, collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors, and manage projects to implement new capabilities or enhance existing services. Day-to-day responsibilities include monitoring system performance, addressing incidents, coordinating upgrades and integrations, and establishing standards and best practices for infrastructure, security, and service management.
Qualifications
Strong infrastructure skills, including experience designing, implementing, and maintaining trading or financial connectivity platforms and related systems.
Proven ability in IT strategy, with experience aligning technology roadmaps to business objectives and regulatory requirements in financial services or capital markets.
Project management skills, including leading cross-functional initiatives, managing timelines and budgets, and delivering complex infrastructure projects.
Knowledge of network security, including secure connectivity, encryption, authentication, and risk mitigation for trading and financial data exchange.
Experience with IT service management, including incident management, change management, and service-level monitoring and reporting.
Hands-on experience with FIX protocol and electronic trading workflows; familiarity with brokers, exchanges, and EMS/OMS platforms is highly beneficial.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with attention to detail and a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.
Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders in a remote, distributed environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., ITIL, PMP, security certifications) are a plus.

Work arrangement
Yes