Blade Product Manager

Client: World’s biggest investment bank

Duration: 6 months

Location: London

Working structure: Hybrid

Pay type: PAYE inside IR35

JOB SCOPE

The FM Digital Channels team is driven to provide world class technology to support the bank’s Financial Markets business, working specifically on the bank’s in-house built pricing, execution and trade processing platform. We bring a deep understanding of the domain, a scientific approach, and innovative solutions to bear on the challenges of best servicing our customers in a highly competitive environment. This is a rare opportunity to join an organization working with smart technologists globally in the financial markets domain. The culture in the team is open, intellectual, and fun. Learning opportunities are plentiful and career advancement is always waiting for those high-energized talents willing and able to step up.

As a product manager, you’ll be responsible for delivering technology solutions to financial markets globally. The role is based in London and working in a dynamic global team with other technologists and business stakeholders across multiple locations.

Key Attributes

• Experience of having worked as product manager or business analyst in financial institutions preferably in the front office space with strong product acumen . Product ownership experience useful.
• Pro-actively engage, manage and build strong relationships with both business and technology stakeholders
• Taking ownership of technology deliverables from high level requirement through development, testing and deployment.
• Good understanding of Agile processes and framework, flexibility to wear Scrum Master hat based on team’s demands.
• Identify risks and issues early, plan mitigating steps and communicate these to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Understand business requirements and translate into quality technology solutions.
• Provide on-going support to the technology teams as required e.g. authoring / reviewing test cases, closing out open issues / questions, managing change request process etc..

Qualification & Skills

Technical skills:

• Sound business analysis skills : documenting business requirements and user stories, liaising with business stakeholders and translating them into specifications for development & testing.
• Agile and traditional software delivery methodology experience.
• Certifications such as Scrum Master, Product Owner or PMP a plus.
• Derivatives knowledge from FX, Rates, Commodities and/or Credit encompassing trade life cycle, pricing, risk analytics and market data.
• Finance degree or certifications (FRM/CFA/PRM etc) or market and credit risk understanding a plus
• Functional expertise in one or more of the following asset classes – Interest Rates / commodity / FX Derivatives, Credit, Structured Products.
• Substantial technology delivery and management experience (minimum 10 years), at least part of this in the financial markets domain
• Quantitative finance understanding, experience working with analytics libraries and pricing models.
• Knowledge and previous experience of large-scale financial markets platforms such Sales Dealer systems
• Experience of leading cross-departmental teams to delivery – with or without direct reporting line, project management experience a plus
• Experience working with globally distributed teams and stakeholders in different time zones.
• Technical background beneficial, knowledge of programming and scripting languages, technologies, architectures, data stores, messaging a plus.
• Understanding of change processes in financial institutions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with an excellent standard of English (written and spoken).

Soft skills:

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills .
• Process oriented and strong facilitation skills.
• Proactive , self-starter, autonomous.
• Ability to work proactively, independently and display strong initiative.
• Ability to work under pressure with multiple concurrent assignments.