TradeAgent Equities Derivatives Product Manager

LSEG is in the early stage process of launching and developing new Post Trade services which expand beyond the traditional core clearing businesses.

As part of the effort to launch new products and services within the new Post Trade Division, LSEG is seeking to hire a Product Director, based in London, to develop and implement new products within the existing Equities OTC business.

The ideal candidate will have detailed Equities OTC derivatives knowledge, product ownership and change management experience and should be familiar and experienced delivering within Agile frameworks

Key responsibilities of the role:

Product strategy for the Equities business including customer engagement, solution design, roadmap planning and in collaboration with other senior team members and the Business Leads, the candidate will help drive the commercial success of Product through customer adoption and pricing 

• Builds and maintains a client engagement model to drive Product development
• Owns product strategy, design, business requirements, feature and functionality trade-offs for Equity Business in partnership with Equity Business Team members
• Contributes to annual business planning for budgetary approval and product roadmaps, communicating the vision to their teams, senior leaders and partners.
• Acts as the product lead on project delivery teams, providing senior leadership and direction on scope, approach and go-to-market tactics.
• Delivers go-to-market strategies with Business Lead and Sales org to successful launch & follow up
• Develops a client training plan for product workflows
• Conducts research on market evolution, competitors, client requirements and strategies
• Works closely across divisions to market and lead new products
• Maintains oversight of all Equity product initiatives and product performance, setting business goals and other critical metrics and championing their outcomes.
• Leads a Product Management team/s, developing, mentoring and coaching colleagues to improve the overall capability in the business and encouraging the talent within the function

Crucial experience and skills required:

• Asset Classes
  • Detailed understanding and experience of OTC Equities market and infrastructure
• Decision making
  • Selects between two or more alternatives proficiently by capturing information to reach the best outcome in the shortest amount of time
• Problem solving
  • Defines a problem, generates solutions, and evaluates and identifies the best solution to overcome the problem
• Stakeholder management
  • Builds believing relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand their drivers and negotiate positive outcomes​
  • Partners closely with TradeAgent Equity business team to ensure strategy is aligned and implemented and revenue targets are met.
• Product development lifecycle
  • Has experience of taking Products through their development lifecycle from idea generation to bringing a product to market
  • Experience running product design working groups to gather detailed requirements with industry partners
• Relationship building
  • Interacts well with others, quickly establishing rapport building positive relationships and networks within existing TradeAgent Equities team
• Competitor knowledge
  • Remaining up to date in the marketplace we operate in, gathering data on competitors and analyses their prices, sales, and method of marketing and distribution
• Customer knowledge
  • For all the participant types that operate in the Equities business has a knowledge of their organization structure, business strategy and challenges, product/service offerings, key leaders, and industry
• Critical thinking
  • Has a broad, big-picture view of the organisation and its mission to innovate through analysis of issues and trends and how these link to responsibilities, capabilities, and potential of the organisation
• Leading teams
  • Directs and leads others, coordinating activities and providing support and inspiration to help others succeed
• Training & mentoring
  • Trains, develops, and mentors colleagues in order to maximise their potential, develop their skills, and improve their performance
• Project planning & delivery
  • Demonstrates the subject area of planning, organising, and managing resources and activities to achieve specified outcomes within a clearly defined timeframe and standards.
  • Supports analytical, experimental, investigative, and other fact-finding work in support of technology product development
• Initiative
  • Identifies what needs to be done and takes appropriate action without waiting to be asked; is a self-starter.

Ideal Experience

• Leadership roles in Operations or middle-office area or an investment bank, institutional investment manager, clearing organisation, or similar financial institution
• Delivery of significant programs of work to both internal and external clients
• Understanding of existing other Post Trade OTC trade processes including relevant market infrastructure, OTC Rates especially relevant

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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