Product Management Analyst
Job Summary
Job Description
Product Management Analyst at ION Corporates Commodities requires 3+ years of experience in financial, commodities, or risk management space. Strong understanding of agile software development processes, excellent communication skills, and problem-solving abilities are essential.
Must have:
- Financial/Commodities experience
- Agile development process
- Communication skills
- Problem solving
Good to have:
- Trading/Risk management
- Commodity markets
- Credit/Market risk
- Commodities trading systems
Perks:
- Global footprint
- Cutting edge products
15 skills required
Job Details
The Role:
As an analyst/senior analyst in the ION Corporates Commodities department, you will work with Openlink’s customers, financial/commodity consultants, product managers and software engineers to conceptualize, analyze and design enhancements to Openlink’s software system. The role is for either product owners or subject matter experts for commodities focused enhancements. The roles would require minimal travel (<5%).
Key Responsibilities:
- As a Product Owner:
- Product owners will manage the agile team and processes. Lead a cross functional SCRUM team to deliver a usable, quality product “component” that solves the identified use cases and stories. Manage user stories, burn down metrics and team velocity. (40%)
- To convert user requirements and functional gaps into detailed software user stories consistent with our technical architecture. (15%)
- Collaborate with product managers to prioritize product requirements using financial, technical and operational parameters. (10%)
- Work closely with engineering to ensure that enhancements are implemented in a proper and consistent manner. (10%)
- Understand and clearly articulate product implications for current and future customer needs based on interaction with market facing product managers, sales, customers, sales prospects. (5%)
- Helped create test plans for major enhancements to the software, to be used by the QA team for future regression testing. (5%)
- Document major enhancements to the software, to be used by the Documentation and Training teams in the creation of user guides and training material. (10%)
- For new saleable/licensable features, define licensing strategy, pricing, sales collateral and go-to-market plans. (5%)
- As a Subject Matter Expert:
- Subject matter experts will perform market research and analysis to define user stories. Become the owner of requirements and feature set for a sub-set of the product. (50%)
- To assess the marketplace, via existing or potential clients and to identify functional gaps within the application. (10%)
- Collaborate with product managers, sales, professional services, clients to translate market need product requirement / specification. (10%)
- To convert user requirements and functional gaps into detailed software user stories or consistent with our technical architecture. (20%)
- Document major enhancements to the software, to be used by the Documentation and Training teams in the creation of user guides and training material. (10%)
- We might ask you to perform other tasks and duties as your role expands.
- Consult with clients to demonstrate how the system functionality can satisfy their business requirements.
- Support financial/commodity sales efforts by performing demos, workshops and responding to RFI/RFPs.
- Provide training classes on existing and new functionality.
Required Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of experience within the financial, commodities or risk management space
- First degree in business, finance, math or computers
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
- Understanding of agile software development processes
- Self-starting and self-managing
- Excellent interpersonal communications
- Problem solving
- Implementer/finisher
- Time management
- Organized
- Good written and presentation skills
- Experience in designing a trading/risk management/physical logistics software package
- Understanding of the financial or physical commodity markets
- Credit and market risk knowledge
- Knowledge of commodities trading and risk management systems (e.g., Openlink, RightAngle, Allegro, Aspect, TriplePoint, Pioneer, Molecule, Kiodex, Brady, Murex, Eka, Enuit)
- Knowledge of enterprise resource planning software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, SalesForce)
- Client facing skills
- Strong computer, engineering or math background
- Understanding of relational databases (e.g. Microsoft Access) and SQL
- Exposure to Oracle or MS SQL
- Exposure programming languages in Java/C/C++/.NET
- Software Systems user or analyst with previous experience within a complex trading/risk management environment
- Dedicated, decisive and dynamic
- Dependable, loyal and trustworthy
Preferred:
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.
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About The Company
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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