Product Manager

Job Summary:

Asset Control is seeking a Product Manager with experience in analytics and risk surrounding Fixed Income and Derivative instruments.  Someone who understands what it means to build and deliver commercial software.  This individual will serve as the link between the market (general trends, competitive positioning, clients and prospects) and the product delivery capability of the company. 

Main Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Maintains an in depth understanding of external industry trends and works with clients and prospects to identify areas for product improvement;
• Conducts requirements analysis;
• Identifies big picture development tasks and creates appropriate subtasks to ensure that the objectives are met in a measurable and manageable process;
• Maintains product calendar from an overall task perspective and works with engineering to ensure that development calendar is progressing as necessary to deliver against the product calendar;
• Works with other Product Managers to ensure that the functionality and workflow presents a consistent approach to IT support and the end-users;
• Controls all aspects of workflows within the product.  Ensures that all aspects of the flow are optimized for the specific operations area impacted;
• Works with external clients, prospects and internal areas (sales, pre-sales, professional services) to conduct on-going reviews of the results of the iterative development process;
• Works with internal areas (engineering, QA, etc) to manage the ongoing iterative development process;
• Serves as the “product expert” regarding fixed income and derivatives analytics and risk for purposes of initial internal and external training and documentation;
• Works with sales department in prospective sales situations, including site visits and presentations as necessary;
• Maintains relationships with partners for efficient inter-application integration;
• Identifies new areas for product growth based on market & client research;
• Negotiates agreements with vendors/partners as appropriate;
• Stays informed of industry trends;
• Will involve public speaking and industry articles as appropriate.

Required Knowledge & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree;
• 10+ years of related experience (i.e. financial services, software) and 5+ years of fixed income and derivatives analytics and risk product experience as either a business end user or similar product management functions within a software vendor;
• In depth understanding of operations and workflows in the area of fixed income and derivatives analytics and risk.  Ideal candidate would have experience translating workflows and requirements into application design specification.  Candidate should understand both how buy/sell decisions and commercial value determinations are made;
• Demonstrated ability to apply a market/strategic vision on top of the end user provided requirements;
• Ability to simultaneously handle multiple complex tasks;
• Consistent record of success in dealing with complex projects;
• Demonstrated ability to effectively gather information from disparate sources and determine correct courses of action;
• Experience with application development – commercial or in-house;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Specific Competencies:

• Demonstrated ability to apply a market/strategic vision on top of the end user provided requirements;
• Ability to simultaneously handle multiple complex tasks;
• Consistent record of success in dealing with complex projects;
• Demonstrated ability to effectively gather information from disparate sources and determine correct courses of action;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  

Seniority Level (years of relevant experience):

• 10+ years of related experience (i.e. financial services, software) and 5+ years of fixed income and derivatives analytics and risk product experience as either a business end user or similar product.

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