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Maarut; Montreal; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Maarut is seeking a senior Product Owner / Business Analyst with capital markets expertise to lead fixed income and derivatives initiatives on sell-side platforms. You will own the backlog, define roadmaps, and balance value, risk, and timelines while coordinating with traders and technologists in both French and English.

You should bring deep knowledge of market data, curves, and trading workflows, plus hands-on Jira/Confluence experience and a track record in delivering evolving capital

Qualifications

• 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
• Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence and backlog management
• Capital markets platforms (Bloomberg, TOMS, Bloomberg DataLicense, BPIPE, CanDeal, GLMX, Tradeweb, ION/Fidessa, Murex or similarsolutions)
• 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 stronglypreferred" per the client's wording

Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog and roadmap for sell-side capital markets solutions.
• Collaborate with business analysts and developers to balance value, risk and timelines.
• Engage with traders on market data, curves and trading platforms to inform priorities.

Skills

Backlog ownership

Roadmap planning

Prioritization & trade-offs

Jira

Confluence

Capital markets knowledge

Fixed income

Derivatives

Market data & curves

French/English bilingual

Tools

Bloomberg

TOMS

Bloomberg DataLicense

BPIPE

CanDeal

GLMX

Tradeweb

ION/Fidessa

Murex

Job description

Job Description

Mandate Overview:

• The client is looking for three senior product owners tosupport the expansion of the fixed income, equities and derivatives desks. Therole is primarily a product role: backlog prioritization, roadmap, trade-offsbetween value, risk, capacity, vendors and timelines, and visibility on valuedelivered. Business depth is the main filter: sell-side activities, fixedincome trade lifecycle, interest rate derivatives, real-time pricing and curvecalibration. The client accepts a business analyst or PO background, providedit was built in capital markets on technology solutions for at least 5 years.The PO guides and challenges the deliverables of business and functionalanalysts, and collaborates on business acceptance testing.
  
• Candidate sought: a senior PO or business analystwith at least 5 years on sell-side capital markets technology solutions, withhands-on command of fixed income and interest rate derivatives. Their resumeshows ownership of a product backlog or roadmap, as well as work on marketdata, curves or trading platforms.
  

Requirements

Required:

• Sell-side capital markets activities, fixed income andderivatives first (sales and trading platforms, order management, fixed incometrade lifecycle, market and reference data, accounting, risk)
  
• Financial products (quoting mechanisms, bond types, yieldcurves, credit ratings, trade valuation, fixed income derivatives such asfutures and swaps, risk hedging, regulation)
  
• Derivatives and fixed income desk operations, real-timepricing, market data consumption and pricing curve calibration
  
• Experience with project phases or the lifecycle of acontinuously evolving product
  
• Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence and backlogmanagement
  
• Capital markets platforms (Bloomberg, TOMS, Bloomberg DataLicense, BPIPE, CanDeal, GLMX, Tradeweb, ION/Fidessa, Murex or similarsolutions)
  
• 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-offmanagement (value, risk, capacity, vendors, timelines)
  
• French and English bilingualism, "required or stronglypreferred" per the client's wording
  

Asset:

• Experience in banking, financial services or a regulatedenvironment ("significant asset")
  
• Knowledge of MiFID II, Dodd-Frank or transaction reporting
  

Profiles to Exclude:

• Profile whose capital markets experience is limited tobuy-side or wealth management, with no sell-side fixed income or derivativesproject on the resume.
  
• PO or business analyst profile from retail banking, paymentsor insurance, presenting banking experience as equivalent to capital markets.
  
• Profile that worked in capital markets as a trader, inoperations or back office, with no technology solution project as an analyst orPO.
  
• Scrum Master or agile coach profile with no demonstratedproduct backlog ownership or business requirements gathering.
  
• Project manager profile whose resume shows schedule andbudget tracking, without requirements definition or backlog prioritization.