At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead product development for complex financial instruments and translate client needs into innovative solutions.
- Company: Join Citi, a globally connected financial institution based in London.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, competitive salary, and access to professional development programmes.
- Other info: Collaborate across functions and grow your career with extensive networking opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on client outcomes with your technical expertise in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: 6-10 years in Complex Assets or Derivatives; strong analytical and project delivery skills required.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 Β£ per year.
Shape your career with Citi in London. By joining Citi, you will become part of a team that is looking for a Senior Product Development Specialist to join its Complex Assets team within Investor Services, based at Citi's EMEA headquarters in London. In this role, you will act as a recognised technical authority, executing the end-to-end product development lifecycle for complex financial instruments - including OTC derivatives, Exchange Traded Derivatives, and Portfolio Swaps - and translating client needs and market trends into tangible product solutions. This is a high-impact individual contributor role for a specialist who combines deep domain knowledge with strong analytical capability and a track record of delivering across cross-functional product initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Execute the end-to-end product development lifecycle for Complex Assets, scoping product releases, defining technical requirements, and tracking delivery against agreed business priorities.
- Gather and organise client insights, market analyses, and internal innovation ideas to develop new product concepts, features, and functionality aligned to business objectives.
- Coordinate the design and delivery of product features through to release, serving as a product ambassador and key technical point of contact within the user community.
- Identify and implement solutions across data analytics, reporting, trade workflows, and trade processing to address specific client and business requirements.
- Produce clear project plans, business analysis documentation, and technical requirements specifications to underpin feasible and well-structured product execution.
- Engage directly with sales, business managers, and Technology teams to understand long-term strategic goals, incorporate industry trends, and shape the product and solutions roadmap.
- Conduct controls and governance activities, including security and access reviews, access approvals, and controls testing, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and firm policy.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- 6 to 10 years of experience in the Complex Assets or Derivatives industry in a Product Development, Technology, or Business Analysis capacity within financial services.
- Deep technical understanding of multi-asset class OTC derivatives and their lifecycle events from a systems and processing perspective, with solid knowledge of Portfolio Swaps and Exchange Traded Derivatives.
- Solid understanding of fund accounting principles as they apply to complex financial instruments and their operational lifecycle.
- Direct end-to-end project delivery experience, with strong familiarity with product development methodologies and cross-functional programme delivery.
- Ability to structure and break down complex problems, develop actionable technical solutions, and drive outcomes with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Experience in business analysis, data investigation, troubleshooting data quality issues, and conducting exploratory and descriptive analysis of business datasets under time pressure.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline.
- Familiarity with analytical and reporting tools such as Qlikview, Tableau, or MS Access, applied to product or business analysis tasks.
- Experience generating management-level reports and presentations that clearly communicate complex findings to senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to build and sustain internal and external networks, contributing to cross-functional delivery with a collaborative and detail-oriented approach.
What We Offer
This role puts you at the centre of a globally connected financial institution, working on technically demanding products that directly serve clients across the EMEA region and beyond. You will have the autonomy to make a real technical contribution, with access to the networks, resources, and development opportunities that come with working at Citi's London headquarters. A specialist role with genuine technical ownership, where your product analysis and delivery work has a direct impact on client outcomes across global markets. Hybrid working pattern, with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, providing flexibility alongside structured collaboration with your team. A position based at Citi's EMEA headquarters in London, connecting you to a broad international network of colleagues, stakeholders, and business leaders. Exposure to a wide range of business functions - including Technology, Sales, and Operations - giving you the breadth of experience to grow your career across multiple directions. Access to Citi's learning and professional development programmes, designed to support continued technical and career growth at a senior specialist level. Competitive financial wellbeing and benefits package commensurate with the seniority and scope of the role.
Apply now to bring your Complex Assets expertise to one of the world's most globally connected financial institutions and deliver the product solutions that make a measurable difference to clients across the EMEA region.
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