Minimum 5 years of experience in sell-side capital markets technology solutions.
Hands-on knowledge of fixed income and interest rate derivatives.
Proven ownership of product backlog or roadmap in a relevant context.
Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or Kanban methodologies.
Experience with Jira, Confluence, and backlog management tools.
Strong understanding of capital markets platforms like Bloomberg or Murex.
Bilingual in French and English, preferred or required.
Responsibilities
Prioritize product backlog and roadmap based on business value and risk.
Guide and challenge deliverables from business and functional analysts.
Collaborate on business acceptance testing to ensure quality outcomes.
Contribute to solution design and feasibility analyses for product enhancements.
Manage communication and trade-offs between value, risk, capacity, and timelines.
Oversee real-time pricing and market data consumption for derivatives and fixed income.
Support the evolution of products through various project phases.
Benefits
Opportunity to work on high-impact projects in capital markets.
Collaborative environment with a focus on innovation and technology solutions.
Exposure to a variety of financial products and market dynamics.
Professional development opportunities in a regulated financial services environment.
Full Job Description
Job Description Mandate Overview:
The client is looking for three senior product owners to support the expansion of the fixed income, equities and derivatives desks. The role is primarily a product role: backlog prioritization, roadmap, trade-offs between value, risk, capacity, vendors and timelines, and visibility on value delivered. Business depth is the main filter: sell-side activities, fixed income trade lifecycle, interest rate derivatives, real-time pricing and curve calibration. The client accepts a business analyst or PO background, provided it was built in capital markets on technology solutions for at least 5 years. The PO guides and challenges the deliverables of business and functional analysts, and collaborates on business acceptance testing.
Candidate sought: a senior PO or business analyst with at least 5 years on sell-side capital markets technology solutions, with hands-on command of fixed income and interest rate derivatives. Their resume shows ownership of a product backlog or roadmap, as well as work on market data, curves or trading platforms.
Requirements
Required:
Sell-side capital markets activities, fixed income and derivatives first (sales and trading platforms, order management, fixed income trade lifecycle, market and reference data, accounting, risk)
Financial products (quoting mechanisms, bond types, yield curves, credit ratings, trade valuation, fixed income derivatives such as futures and swaps, risk hedging, regulation)
Derivatives and fixed income desk operations, real-time pricing, market data consumption and pricing curve calibration
Experience with project phases or the lifecycle of a continuously evolving product
Agile, Scrum or Kanban methodology
Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence and backlog management
Capital markets platforms (Bloomberg, TOMS, Bloomberg Data License, BPIPE, CanDeal, GLMX, Tradeweb, ION/Fidessa, Murex or similar solutions)
Market and reference data issues (rate curves, data flows, quality, reconciliation)
Contribution to solution design, feasibility analyses, estimates, planning and release preparation
Communication, prioritization, problem solving and trade-off management (value, risk, capacity, vendors, timelines)
French and English bilingualism, "required or strongly preferred" per the client's wording
Asset:
Experience in banking, financial services or a regulated environment ("significant asset")
Knowledge of MiFID II, Dodd-Frank or transaction reporting
Profiles to Exclude:
Profile whose capital markets experience is limited to buy-side or wealth management, with no sell-side fixed income or derivatives project on the resume.
PO or business analyst profile from retail banking, payments or insurance, presenting banking experience as equivalent to capital markets.
Profile that worked in capital markets as a trader, in operations or back office, with no technology solution project as an analyst or PO.
Scrum Master or agile coach profile with no demonstrated product backlog ownership or business requirements gathering.
Project manager profile whose resume shows schedule and budget tracking, without requirements definition or backlog prioritization.
