Head of Technical Product

OSTTRA; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial analytics firm in Greater London seeks a Head of Technical Product for Financial Risk Analytics. This role involves leading the technical product strategy and managing a team to ensure product quality in market risk and counterparty credit risk solutions. The ideal candidate has at least 15 years' experience in technical product management in financial technology, with strong expertise in cloud-native architectures and team leadership. Competitive benefits and a full-time position await.

Benefits

Health & Wellness coverage

Flexible time off

Continuous learning opportunities

Financial planning support

Family-friendly perks

Qualifications

• 15 years in technical product management or related roles in financial technology.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, APIs, and SaaS delivery models.
• Proven ability to lead technical product teams and influence engineering decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical product vision and roadmap.
• Lead a team of product analysts and support local counterparts.
• Partner with engineering to validate designs and resolve challenges.

Skills

Collaborative influence

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Commercial awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cloud-native architectures

APIs

Job description

About the Role :

Grade Level (for internal use) :

14

Head of Technical Product Financial Risk Analytics

The Head of Technical Product Management will lead the technical product strategy and execution for market risk and counterparty credit risk solutions within the Financial Risk Analytics business. This role focuses on ensuring the technical feasibility scalability and performance of products while aligning with business objectives. The position requires close collaboration with Technology Quant and Architecture teams to translate complex technical requirements into actionable roadmaps and deliver robust cloud-native solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the CPO to define and own the technical product vision and roadmap ensuring alignment with business and technology strategies
• Support the CPO being a local counterpart helping mentoring the product team
• Lead a team of product analysts responsible for bridging business needs and technical implementation
• Partner with product owners and the CPO to find solutions benefiting all products and platforms and to optimize the design of features in accordance to the strategic product architecture
• Partner with engineering and operational teams to validate technical designs resolve delivery challenges and ensure system integrity
• Drive adoption of modern technology practices (cloud-native microservices APIs) across the product portfolio
• Conduct technical risk assessments and ensure compliance with security and performance standards
• Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize technical enablers alongside business features
• Improve technical governance release predictability and communication of technical dependencies
• Support client-facing teams with technical expertise during demos and roadmap discussions

Success Metrics

• Reduction in technical debt and improved system performance
• Predictable delivery of technically complex features
• Increased adoption of modern technology frameworks
• Improved collaboration between product and engineering teams
• Enhanced client confidence in technical robustness

Skills & Behaviours

• Highly collaborative and able to influence without full authority
• Clear communicator with strong stakeholder management capability
• Analytical thinker with strong prioritization and decision-making skills
• Able to operate in transformation environments with evolving processes
• Commercially aware and focused on customer outcomes

Experience & Knowledge

• 15 years in technical product management or related roles in financial technology
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures APIs and SaaS delivery models
• Knowledge of market risk portfolio analytics or counterparty credit risk domains
• Strong familiarity with analytics platforms and technical integration challenges between analytics data and infrastructure
• Proven ability to lead technical product teams mentor across product and engineering and influence engineering decisions

Education

Bachelors degree required; advanced degree in relevant field a plus

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Health & Wellness : Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

Flexible Downtime : Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

Continuous Learning : Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

Invest in Your Future : Secure your financial future through competitive pay retirement planning a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution and financial wellness programs.

Family Friendly Perks : Its not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones too with some best-in class benefits for families.

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Required Experience :

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Key Skills

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Employment Type :

Full-Time

Experience :

years

Vacancy :

1