Asset Management Product Owner (Derivatives) - Vice President

The Asset Management Derivatives (AMD) team is a global center of excellence that builds and runs derivatives platforms and delivers portfolio management solutions. Partnering across all of Asset Management, AMD oversees derivatives mandates for both internal and external clients, including more than USD 53 billion in derivatives overlay portfolios under its management

Job summary:

As a Product Owner (Derivatives) Vice President on the Asset Management Product team you will work on a strategic multi-year program to design and deliver scalable best-in-class derivatives product capabilities (OTC and Listed) for all AM businesses across all asset classes, modernizing derivatives infrastructure front-to-back across Rates, Credit, Equities, FX and Commodities. You will be driving product-led build with full front-to-back operating model integration spanning portfolio construction, implementation, trading, risk analytics and exposures, data architecture and downstream workflows. You will develop and shape the target operating model, gaining a unique insight across all lines of businesses and asset classes with exposure to senior stakeholders across all product lines. The team is based across London, New York and Hong Kong. 

Job responsibilities:

• Manage derivatives business demand across all AM lines of businesses, enhancing and developing new front-to-back products and capabilities on the derivatives platform, accelerating time-to-market to meet clients’ desired investment outcomes.
• Develop collaborative partnerships with portfolio management, trading, technology, risk, quant and operations teams to ensure business requirements are fully specified, driving appropriate backlog prioritization with agreed deliverables and timeframes.
• Drive the development, implementation and user testing of solutions on the derivatives platform front-to-back, with cross-functional teams.
• Develop detailed understanding of current and target state derivatives platform workflow, capabilities, operating model and architecture. 

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Strong understanding and experience of multi-asset derivatives markets (OTC and Listed), ideally as an ex-practitioner.
• Proven ability to independently manage and oversee implementation with business and technology teams and support functions.
• Experience in delivering large-scale platform transformation initiatives with strong project management expertise and partnering with global functional teams.
• Leading and managing senior stakeholder buy-in and expectations with strong influencing and credible communication skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Minimum 5 years of relevant derivatives experience, working at an Asset Manager or Tier 1 Investment Bank.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).