Product Manager

Location: London, United Kingdom

Role Purpose

The Product Manager is responsible for the development and enhancement of optimisation products and workflows across Post Trade Solutions Optimisation.

Acting as the product subject matter expert, the role works closely with clients, senior stakeholders, operations, and delivery teams to define product direction, prioritise initiatives, and ensure solutions are delivered in line with business objectives and market requirements.

The successful candidate will help shape future product capabilities while supporting the continued growth and adoption of optimisation services across the market.

Key Responsibilities

Product Ownership

• Act as the subject matter expert for assigned optimisation products and workflows.
• Develop a deep understanding of client needs, market structure, and operational processes.
• Help define product vision, objectives, and business outcomes for new initiatives and enhancements.
• Maintain ownership of product requirements and priorities throughout the product lifecycle.
• Ensure products continue to evolve in line with client demand, industry developments, and strategic objectives.

Product Development

• Design and build proof of concepts and functional specifications.
• Work closely with delivery and technology teams to ensure solutions align with the intended product.
• Provide ongoing guidance and clarification throughout the development lifecycle.
• Support prioritisation decisions by balancing client demand, business value, strategic objectives, and delivery effort.
• Review proposed solutions and challenge designs where necessary to ensure they meet business requirements.
• Support testing, validation, and release activities from a product and business perspective.
• Help maintain product documentation and user guidance of new products and enhancements.

Client & Market Engagement

• Engage directly with clients to understand business challenges and workflow requirements.
• Gather and evaluate product feedback and enhancement opportunities.
• Support client onboarding, implementation, and adoption of new services and enhancements.
• Participate in client meetings, workshops, and industry discussions.
• Represent the product area internally and externally as a subject matter expert.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships across Product, Technology, Operations teams.
• Communicate priorities, requirements, and roadmap objectives clearly to stakeholders.
• Facilitate discussions and decisions across multiple teams and functions.
• Support preparation of new product cases and senior stakeholder updates.

Key Skills & Experience

Essential

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a product, business analysis, operations, client-facing, or related role within financial markets.
• Strong understanding of financial markets and post-trade processes.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear product requirements.
• Experience working with cross-functional delivery and technology teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Desirable

• Knowledge of derivatives markets, clearing, optimisation, compression, or portfolio management workflows.
• Understanding of margin, capital, and risk management concepts.
• Experience working with CCPs, exchanges, FCMs, asset managers, or market infrastructure providers.
• Knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies.

Success Measures

• Delivery of roadmap commitments and strategic product objectives.
• Successful implementation of new product capabilities and enhancements.
• Positive client and stakeholder feedback.
• Growth in adoption and usage of optimisation services.
• Clear and effective product prioritisation aligned to business objectives.
• High quality requirements and product guidance resulting in successful delivery outcomes.
• Continuous improvement of client workflows and operational efficiency.

Career Stage

Manager

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