Associate Director, Product Owner – Investments

Role Overview

• Create the product roadmap and contribute to defining a strategic roadmap that aligns to the organization’s vision
• Manage dependencies with other teams while identifying, building, and managing partnerships with various stakeholders
• Work closely within the team to translate user needs and feedback into new developments
• Create and maintain a product roadmap that translates corporate strategy into a cohesive product execution plan
• Work closely with stakeholders, including customers, developers, designers, and management, to align and gather requirements with continuous feedback
• Facilitate discussions on requirements and service levels; capturing detailed user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure that features meet the desired outcomes and quality standards
• Create, prioritize and manage the product backlog, ensuring that the development team has a clear understanding of the tasks/priorities while remaining accountable for the outcome
• Participate in sprint planning and review meetings, providing clear guidance and feedback to the development team
• Ensure effective communication of product goals, progress, and changes across the organization; ensuring stakeholder expectations are effectively managed and met during change cycles
• Accountable for ensuring Objectives and Key Results are established, progress monitored/communicated and met for their squad
• Monitor the performance of the product through key performance indicators (KPIs) and customer feedback and make data-driven decisions for continuous improvement
• Ensure adherence to data governance, data quality and risk control during the Data Product Lifecycle.

Requirements

• Proven knowledge of investments space, 5+ years in capital markets/asset management industry
• Demonstrates knowledge of technology or ability to learn about technology and digital products
• Experience working on technical products is a plus
• Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams from technology, design, business, and operations
• Ability to lead others to drive solutions forward
• Excellent problem solving and communication skills to analyze options and arrive at the best solution
• Strong executive-level communication skills with comfort speaking with business stakeholders and influencing/negotiation with others
• Proven communication, consultation, and facilitation skills; leading diverse stakeholder groups to agreement
• Well versed in navigating complex organizational structures and the capability to develop productive working relations with internal stakeholders across the region and globally
• Highly motivated with demonstrated eagerness for continuous learning and self-growth
• Strong understanding and work experience in agile development methodologies
• Managing a backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, removing blockers
• Passion to challenge the status quo, find new solutions and drive out-of-the-box ideas
• Not afraid to “roll up sleeves” and seeks to go outside comfort zone to learn
• Encourages an experimental and continuous learning mindset to drive innovation
• Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust
• Innovative thinking that can break down barriers and provide unique solutions
• A proven track record of fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and collaboration.

Benefits

• Excellent benefits and wellness programs to support the three pillars of your well-being – mental, physical and financial – including generous vacation and sick time
• Market-leading maternity, parental and adoption leave top up program
• Partially-paid sabbatical program
• Pension, stock and savings programs with an employer-paid match to help build and enhance your future financial security
• Flexible work environment with a friendly, caring, collaborative and inclusive culture focused on career growth development
• Opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential