FIS · New York
Product & Program
Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.
About the team
The Capital Markets Securities Processing is responsible for a number of products that are deployed for processing equities, fixed income, mutual funds and derivatives to sell-side brokers. These products include Securities Processing Manager (formerly Phase3), PTP (formerly Torstone), Professional Portal (formerly WealthStation), and ancillary modules and have customers around the world with the highest concentration in North America and Europe.
The Product Management function is currently spread across all regions of the world servicing customers globally. The Team participates in requirements capture, solution design, backlog prioritisation, industry and client engagements.
What you will be doing
The PTP platform is highly extensible and configurable and uses out-of-the-box standardized configurations with per-client custom configuration layers. End-customer solutions are composed by integrating components with standard capabilities into full solutions which are layered with customer-specific configuration as appropriate.
We are looking to strengthen our team with a Senior Product Manager who will own the Product Roadmap for our Reference Data component suite alongside the roadmap and delivery of PTP’s standard product configuration globally.
The duties or the role include: -
1. Managing the roadmap for all reference data work in PTP globally including but not limited to Security Master and Account Master.
Facing off to the Dev Team responsible for Reference Data
Managing Reference Data roadmap
Refining Epics and Stories for Reference Data
Defining Acceptance Criteria for Reference Data Management core change
2. Managing the roadmap for all “out-of-the-box” configurations of the platform which includes US, Canadian, Hong Kong, Japanese and European configurations.
Each solution blueprint defines a number of components that make up the solution, the integration requirement and integration and regression test packs.
The Product Manager will be responsible for defining the end-to-end component integration requirements for Standard Configurations.
Working closely with development teams and Solutions Architects to validate designs and establish build plans for integrating components into Solutions.
Defining acceptance criteria for end-to-end solutions.
Assisting in the definition of regression and integration testing scenarios for standard configurations.
Resolving component integration issues and managing dependencies across component product dev plans.
3. Liaising with customer implementation teams to ensure product development deliverables meet both the objectives of the customer projects and of the standardized product
4. Liaising with component development teams to resolve any end-to-end integration issues.
5. Engaging with customers as necessary to ensure that Product Development requirements meet customer and product objectives.
6. Engaging with pre-sales to prioritize pre-sales end-to-end demo requirements.
What you bring:
A good understanding of Canadian Retail, Institutional and Correspondent Clearing operational processes,
Experience of securities processing (back-office) both in equities and fixed income in North America and/or Europe.
A previous career at a broker or Vendor in a Product or Development role in this space.
Understanding of general functions and departments of Institutional and Retail brokers
A deep understanding of Security and Account Master integration, usage and challenges
Significant exposure to processes
Trade Capture and Middle-office
Settlements
Corporate Actions
A previous senior role in Product Management
Effective communications and interpersonal skills.
Team worker - able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels within organization, internally and externally
Analytical, problem-solving skills
Added bonus if you have:
Experience of one or more of the following systems: Broadridge BPS, Broadridge Gloss or FIS RIMS
Experience in Agile development practices
Exposure to modern development practices: CI/CD projects
What we offer you
A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities.
The opportunity to participate in a long-term strategic re-engineering program of work to bring contemporary technology and development practices to the US Securities Processing industry.
A modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team
A competitive salary and benefits
Execute product vision as defined by the Securities Processing Group & Product Management team.
Work closely with Product Management and development teams throughout the software development life cycle to ensure success of development initiatives
Manages work backlog to maintain a healthy and updated pipeline of work
Prioritizes the work items in coordination with Scrum master and Product Manager.
Ensures the traceability of business requirements for development projects, including scope definition and design.
Collaborate with other Product Managers for cross-functional product enhancements, including regulatory and industry initiatives.
Provide updates on product roadmap and enhancements, including regulatory and industry initiatives.
Work alongside Product Manager to review development priorities, User stories definition.
Contribute to testing and managing products through initial launch and subsequent releases.
Provide internal and external training for new products and features.
Work with professional services and Implementations team as needed.
Participate in Feature Reviews for new and existing clients.
What you bring
5+ years of experience in financial services industry, as a product owner, preferably in back-office securities operations, broker-dealer operations or in other relevant Fintech firms.
Proven experience with different European and North American market infrastructures and facilities with a focus on securities processing back-office functions. e.g. Euroclear Bank, CREST, SIX SIS, Clearstream, DTC, CDS, NSCC, FICC, BONY, FED.
Demonstrate strong knowledge of the securities industry flows in equities and fixed income, especially around SWIFT MT/MX messaging in the context of clearing and settlement.
Knowledge and practice of Agile Methodology.
Demonstrated ability to manage and influence teams in terms of work priorities.
Ability to see and understand the “big picture” and to translate strategic business objectives into tactical steps.
Proven ability to research, analyze and generate scope and business requirements documents.
Strong presentation and product demonstration skills.
Strong analytical and organization skills and ability to manage multiple priorities whilst adhering to deadlines.
Must be responsible, dedicated, self-motivated and dependable.
Experience in interacting with Clients, upper management and senior leadership.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Bonus if you have
Knowledge of FIS Securities Processing operations.
Knowledge of other domain areas e.g. Cash management, Collateral management, Securities financing or Corporate Actions.
General understanding of user experience constructs.
Knowledge of additional messaging protocols including FIX, Bloomberg XML.
Knowledge of Central counterparty flows and processes.
Knowledge of Asian Settlement flows.
What we offer you
A modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team.
A competitive salary and benefits.
A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities.
A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect.
Varied and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset.
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