Product Manager, Financial Crime Sanctions Platform

Macquarie Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave

Parental leave

Volunteer leave

Gender affirmation leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Macquarie Group is seeking a Product Manager to lead the implementation and migration of a customer and sanctions screening platform for its Financial Crime team within the retail banking division. You will collaborate with Risk, Data, Technology, and external vendor teams to translate regulatory requirements into practical solutions and drive go-live readiness.

The role emphasizes working with senior stakeholders, delivering platform migrations, and strengthening financial crime controls in a

Qualifications

• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders to align product decisions with program objectives and regulatory commitments.
• Proven experience implementing or migrating sanctions or name screening platforms in regulated environments (ideally Symphony AI).
• Strong understanding of sanctions screening processes: watchlists, matching logic, real-time and batch screening.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the implementation and migration of a new customer and sanctions screening platform.
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical business and technical solutions.
• Support platform configuration and migration activities, and drive delivery through testing, implementation, and go-live.
• Strengthen the bank's financial crime controls while ensuring regulatory commitments are met.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Sanctions screening

Regulatory programs

Financial crime

SQL

APIs

Tools

Symphony AI

Job description

Our Data and Analytics team supports the Financial Crime and Anti-Money Laundering division within Macquarie's retail banking business. Working on a critical regulatory programme, the team is responsible for implementing and migrating a customer and sanctions screening platform, including real-time name screening capabilities, to help manage customer risk and meet regulatory obligations. You'll be part of a collaborative and supportive environment that brings together specialists across risk, data, technology, and operations to deliver meaningful outcomes.

We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future.

What role will you play?

As a Product Manager, you will play a key role in delivering the implementation and migration of a new customer and sanctions screening platform. You will work closely with Financial Crime Risk, Data, Technology, and external vendor teams to translate regulatory requirements into practical business and technical solutions, support platform configuration and migration activities, and drive delivery through testing, implementation, and go-live. Your work will help strengthen the bank's financial crime controls while ensuring regulatory commitments are met.

What You Offer

• Experience as a Product Manager engaging with senior stakeholders (Risk, Compliance, Technology leadership) to align product decisions with program-level objectives and regulatory commitments
• Proven experience implementing or migrating sanctions or name screening platforms within financial services or another highly regulated environment, ideally including Symphony AI solutions
• Strong understanding of sanctions screening processes, including watchlist management, matching logic, reducing false positive alerts, and real-time and batch screening approaches
• Significant experience working in financial crime or anti-money laundering technology roles, with the ability to bridge business, risk, and technology requirements
• Strong analytical skills, including experience with SQL, data mapping, data lineage, data quality analysis, and system integrations such as application programming interfaces (APIs), batch processing, and real-time messaging
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and delivery skills, with experience working across senior business, risk, technology, and vendor teams in a fast-paced and complex environment, alongside a proactive and solutions-focused approach to problem solving.

What We Offer

Benefits

• 1 wellbeing leave day per year
• Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year
• Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave
• Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations
• Access to a wide range of salary packaging options
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About Banking and Financial Services

Banking and Financial Services is our technology-driven retail bank. You will be part of a team that supports clients to achieve their full potential - whether that’s buying a home, growing a business or investing to manage wealth.

Inclusion at Macquarie

We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all, where different experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected. Macquarie provides access to opportunities for all individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, gender identity or any other characteristic or circumstance.

We provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and employment. If you require an adjustment, please let us know during the application process.