Senior Product Manager - Post Trade (Cleared Derivatives)
Job Summary
Job Description
Senior Product Manager for cleared derivatives at ION Markets. 10+ years in finance or financial technology, understanding of global derivatives markets, knowledge of ETD clearing and settlement process, and ability to analyze business problems.
Must have:
- Derivatives Market
- ETD Clearing
- Business Analysis
- Product Management
Good to have:
- Vendor Platforms
- Cleared OTC
- US Regulations
- Agile Methods
Perks:
- Global Footprint
- Career Experience
8 skills required
Job Details
The Role:
XTP is ION’s flagship clearing and settlement solution, supporting the entire post-trade processing cycle for cleared derivatives.
Working as part of our global Product Management Team, you will act as US Head of Product Management for our post-trade suite, and you will be primarily responsible for the following:
• Senior product liaison with US based clients, regulators, exchanges and industry associations (FIA US).
• Product lead for US based client engagements (new client onboarding and product extensions).
• Product Ownership for specific functional areas, contributing to ION’s strategic product roadmap, including regulatory enhancements.
• Management of the US post-trade product team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Senior product liaison for US based clients, exchanges, regulators and industry bodies.
- Gather and document client business requirements and forthcoming US exchange and regulatory initiatives, liaising with the XTP Product Owner and the development team to schedule the related enhancements.
- Working within the Product Management team, utilising your industry experience you will assist in the functional evolution of ION’s Cleared Derivatives offering (front, middle and back), with focus on XTP’s post-trade suite.
- Manage the US post-trade product management team, overseeing timely delivery of assigned tasks, ensuring their quality standards are met as expected. Mentor the team to ensure their professional growth, recognising talent and promoting longer term career potential within ION Cleared Derivatives.
- Leading XTP Implementation Analysis engagements, attending client workshops and documenting requirements across the ION solutions in scope
- Take ownership of a specific product line, function or asset class (e.g. Cleared OTC) within the Cleared Derivatives Product Management team, immediately or over time, depending on your specific product knowledge and experience
- Regularly attend major US cleared derivatives industry conferences
- Participate in FIA-led initiatives and attend FIA working groups and committees as ION’s US cleared derivatives representative.
- Work with development teams to ensure solutions meet business requirements, including testing new functionality
- Effectively communicate to all interested parties on new initiatives and updates on existing initiatives and services
- Support the Technical Account Management and Commercial Account Management teams in customer meetings and calls as a subject matter expert
- Liaising with the Sales team, provide assistance for the following activities:
- Preparation of demos and related client meetings, attending as an industry subject matter expert (SME)
- Provision of questionnaire responses and any material required for submission of RFP bids within the timelines indicated by clients
- General pre-sales activities including preparation of commercial proposals and related supporting materials
Required Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
- Required
- Degree educated
- 10+ years working in finance, or financial technology at a bank/FCM, software vendor, or exchange, with understanding of global derivatives markets
- Knowledge of the exchange traded derivatives (ETD) clearing and settlement process
- Ability to analyze customers' business problems, specifying business requirements and their solution at a functional level, using an agile approach
- Ability to communicate confidently and concisely (both oral and written) using specialist business acumen
- Excellent team management skills
- Strong technical awareness
- Preferred
- Direct knowledge of vendor post-trade platforms (including risk-management) or in-house developed solutions.
- Direct knowledge of cleared OTC post-trade life cycle from clearing to settlement, including reporting (IRS, CDS, FX NDF products).
- Direct experience with US regulatory framework and reporting requirements for cleared derivatives
- Direct experience with US tax regulatory framework and tax reporting requirements
- Experience of the software development lifecycle, including agile methods, SCRUM, definition of use cases, knowledge of JIRA as the related supporting tool.
- Experience writing business requirements and product specifications, with a background in Business Analysis or Product Management
About us
We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.
• Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.
• Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.
ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group with 13,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe,
Our ever-expanding global footprint, cutting edge products, and over 40,000 customers worldwide provide an unparalleled career experience for those who share our vision.
ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.
ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.
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We’re visionary innovators who are delivering mission-critical trading and workflow automation software to financial institutions, corporations, central banks, and governments. By combining our passion for automation with a strategic view on the industries we serve, we design solutions that improve decision-making, simplify complex processes, and empower people. Simply put, we help our customers do more, faster and better than before. We believe our investments in research and development are shaping the future of automation and enabling our customers to transform their business. And we embrace the power of community, working with each other and with our customers to succeed through a positive culture of continuous improvement.
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