Job Description
Role : Product Owner
Experience : 8 years
- Proven experience (5 years) as a Product Manager or Business Analyst in investment banking, specifically in securities settlement and confirmation.
- Strong understanding of trade lifecycle, including trade capture, matching, confirmation,and settlement across asset classes (Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives).
- Familiarity with industry platforms and standards (e.g., SWIFT, DTCC, Omgeo CTM, Euroclear, Clearstream).
- Experience working with Agile methodologies and tools like JIRA, Confluence.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, global environment with distributed teams.
Key Responsibilities :
Define and own the product roadmap for securities settlement and confirmationplatforms.Collaborate with operations, technology, compliance, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into product features.Lead the development and enhancement of post-trade processing systems, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements (e.g., T 1, CSDR, DTCC, SWIFT).Prioritize product backlog and manage sprint planning in Agile / Scrum environments.Monitor industry trends and regulatory changes to ensure product compliance and competitiveness.Drive automation and straight-through processing (STP) initiatives to improveoperational efficiency.Conduct UAT planning, execution, and sign-off in coordination with QA and business users.Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for securities lifecycle events, trade matching, settlement instructions, and reconciliation processes.Generic Skills
10 -12 years plus experience working across multiple teams and functions to ensurealignmentknowledge of Artificial Intelligence and Financial Products (preferable)excellent writing and communication skills along with managing complex projects'backlogunderstanding of the Agile methodology and software development lifecyclestrong Microsoft software skills (Office, co-pilot)Gitlab and SQL knowledgeproven ability to manage and engage with stakeholders at all levelsability to adapt to changing priorities and work in a fast-paced environmentfocus on innovation and continuous improvementProduct Owner skillset :
MUST HAVE
1. Security Settlement / clear understanding of trade life cycle / Clearing and settlement
2. Cash equities / Fixed income / SBL / Prime brokerage – Any of these
3. Good understanding and knowledge of trade lifecycle and specifically more on clearing
and settlement side
4. Knowledge of Agile framework
5. SQL intermediate (example : join tables, give combinations to run query)
6. Strong problem solving skills and logical reasoning.
Skills Required
Agile