Market Services Product Manager

BBVA; Madrid; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BBVA in Madrid is seeking an experienced Market Services product lead to drive the existing roadmap for listed derivatives, clearing, and market infrastructure. You will coordinate across Operations, Technology, Risk, Legal, Compliance and other stakeholders to deliver new capabilities and value to clients.

Fluent English and Spanish are required, with 7+ years in derivatives or related markets, and strong client-facing and project-management skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in listed derivatives, clearing, market infrastructure or a related business.
• Strong knowledge of global organised markets, Futures & Options and OTC Clearing.
• Good understanding of institutional client needs and regulatory requirements.
• Strong project management, stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive the existing Market Services product-development roadmap and coordinate implementation of new initiatives.
• Coordinate client interaction with Market Services on complex queries, issues and opportunities, bringing together the appropriate internal expertise.
• Identify product and market opportunities arising from client needs, market structure, regulation and technological developments.
• Maintain extensive relationships with exchanges, CCPs and other market infrastructure providers to understand developments and new capabilities.
• Work closely with Market Services Sales and clients to understand requirements, present new capabilities and identify opportunities.
• Coordinate product initiatives across Operations, Technology, Risk, Legal, Compliance and other relevant stakeholders.
• Support the development of business cases and the launch and commercialisation of new products.

Skills

Client Facing

Market Infrastructure

Market Structure

OTC Clearing

Product Development

Professional Presentation

Job description

Excited to grow your career? BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

Learn more about the area: Market Services is the unit within BBVA which is charged with providing access to market infrastructure for our clients.

We currently operate out of Madrid, London and Mexico providing access to OTC Clearing and Futures & Options execution and clearing. The business has grown strongly over the last few years and consequently we are currently establishing an office in New York (subject to regulatory approval). Evidencing our ambition, BBVA recently announced the purchase (subject to regulatory approval) of the 50% of Altura Markets in Spain that it does not currently own. Altura Markets is the leading broker for listed futures and options in Spain and Portugal.

About the job

Key responsibilities

• Drive the existing Market Services product-development roadmap and coordinate implementation of new initiatives.
• Coordinate client interaction with Market Services on complex queries, issues and opportunities, bringing together the appropriate internal expertise.
• Identify product and market opportunities arising from client needs, market structure, regulation and technological developments.
• Maintain extensive relationships with exchanges, CCPs and other market infrastructure providers to understand developments and new capabilities.
• Work closely with Market Services Sales and clients to understand requirements, present new capabilities and identify opportunities.
• Coordinate product initiatives across Operations, Technology, Risk, Legal, Compliance and other relevant stakeholders.
• Support the development of business cases and the launch and commercialisation of new products.

Experience and skills

• 7+ years of relevant experience in listed derivatives, clearing, market infrastructure or a related business.
• Strong knowledge of global organised markets, Futures & Options and OTC Clearing.
• Good understanding of institutional client needs and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Strong project management, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate effectively across clients, market infrastructures and internal teams.
• Fluent English and Spanish.
• Well organised, proactive, collaborative and commercially minded.

Skills

• Client Facing
• Market Infrastructure
• Market Structure
• OTC Clearing
• Product Development
• Professional Presentation

We are more than 121,000 colleagues across 25 countries, working in multidisciplinary teams where we understand the importance of work-life balance. We support our clients in the energy transition and are committed to inclusive growth. We are pioneers in adopting disruptive technologies that will shape the financial industry. Dare to define the future of banking!