Operational Product Owner

-Understands operational aspects spanning systems integration and business capability enabling processes

-Can define an operational management framework which enables operational teams to efficiently manage environments

-Can articulate the workflow orchestration requirements to manage and sequence dependencies

-Can define and manage a roadmap of capabilities which streamline operations

-Can work with clients to adopt, refine, and advance operational capabilities

Responsibilities: 

• Performs market analysis and builds product plans 




• Gathers requirements from internal & external parties (clients, partners, vendors, etc.) and creates business requirement specifications 




• Prepares product impact assessment, reviews with engineering groups, estimates effort 

• Summarizes the task for wider internal & external reviews and funding decisions 




• Analyzes priorities, maintains the product calendar and works with engineering to ensure that development calendar is progressing according to plan 




• Creates functional specifications and reviews with relevant parties 




• Reviews development process on an ongoing basis 




• Demonstrates prototypes to interested parties, assesses usability 

• Reviews the QA and documentation process on an ongoing basis 




• Prepares product literature and placement strategy 




• May speak at public events or author industry articles as appropriate 




• Coordinates training and support resources 

Requirements: 

• Ability to research, analyze and develop product plans to serve a diverse customer community 




• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 




• Strong communication and inter-personal skills 




• Experience with managing Agile scrum teams (including multiple) with an eye towards triaging and project management on a cross-functional basis  




• Strong managerial and team management skillset  

• Significant experience in a front-office investment management capacity, either as part of a front-office solution team (internal or externally provided) and/or servicing the portfolio management, risk management, or execution trade desk capacity at a buy-side or sell-side organization.  




• Extensive experience with fixed income and fixed income related derivatives is a focus, while knowledge of equity/equity derivatives and FX specifics are also required 




• Ability to develop and manage cross functional processes and project timelines 




• Significant exposure to portfolio management, order management, compliance, and related buy-side software solutions 




• Understanding of the technology development lifecycle 

• Proven ability to do requirements analysis, functional design and user interface 




• Exposure to Exchange Traded Fund (ETFs) workflows 




• Specific knowledge of the investment industry (financial instruments, workflows, major players, trends, etc.) 




• Strong contributor with high motivation, with the ability to take initiative, set priorities and perform tasks with minimal guidance 




• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, computer science, or equivalent, and/or other work experience in a technical setting 

• 12+ years of experience 

Qualifications: 

• Experience in either product management or systems analysis developing and delivering a multi-tier financial applications 




• Proven experience in managing development of similar products Technical and architectural experience (coding, architecture, tech design) 




• Consulting skills and experience 

• CFA preferred