Technical Product Manager

Technical Product Manager

London, GB

Overview

A well-established financial markets technology firm is seeking a Technical Product Manager to join its post-trade platforms division. You will work closely with product owners, development, QA and operations teams in an agile environment, helping to maintain mission-critical platforms that handle high volumes of daily transaction messages - forming a core part of automated trade processing, settlement and regulatory compliance infrastructure across global capital markets.

The role

You will be part of a product team of capital markets professionals focused on designing, building and safeguarding high-performance, compute-intensive applications built on modern microservices and cloud-based architectures.

The role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong organisational and coordination ability, and a sharp analytical mind. You will be process-oriented with a solid grasp of the product development life cycle, comfortable working at pace and adapting quickly. You will collaborate with globally distributed teams and build relationships with internal stakeholders as well as external clients, clearing houses, venues and trade repositories.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field
• 4+ years of relevant professional experience
• Qualifications in Business Analysis or Product Management
• Demonstrated experience in a product management environment
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Data analytics experience
• Good knowledge of requirements elicitation, structured analysis, requirement documentation, stakeholder management, use case and user story definition, and other business analysis techniques
• Commercial awareness and financial services experience

Preferred qualifications

• Experience as a business analyst in an agile scrum team
• Familiarity with financial asset classes and the trading lifecycle
• Exposure to SQL and object-oriented languages
• Understanding of XML, FIX, JSON or other messaging formats and protocols

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness coverage
• Generous annual leave
• Continuous learning and development resources
• Competitive salary, retirement planning and financial wellness programmes
• Company-matched continuing education contributions
• Family-friendly perks and benefits