Product Owner

Objectway; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Permanent Employment

International work environment

Résumé du poste

Objectway, a leading international wealth, banking and asset management software provider, seeks a Product Owner for its UK team in London or Birmingham. You will document, deploy and configure our solution on client sites, act as SME to support implementations and translate business requirements into product specifications.

You will manage backlogs and ensure timely, compliant releases across projects and pre-sales activities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Business Economics or IT or equivalent experience.
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into IT specifications.
• At least 5 years’ experience in wealth/asset management and in projects for digital solutions.

Responsabilités

• Document, deploy and configure the solution on client sites, including upgrades.
• Serve as product consultant/SME to support customer implementations and internal teams.
• Translate customer requirements into product specs and backlogs; manage user stories.
• Monitor regulatory changes impacting product and customers; ensure compliance.
• Lead pre-sales activities including RFIs, demos and presentations.
• Collaborate with development and QA to deliver high-quality software on time and budget.

Connaissances

Business analysis

English communication

Stakeholder management

Backlog & user stories

Formation

Degree in Business Economics or IT

Description du poste

Building on more than 30 years of business expertise, Objectway is an international wealth, banking and asset management software provider empowering clients to embrace their future challenges while providing great performance today. The Group is a future-proof technology player with a well-established track record in the financial services industry and over €100 million of consolidated revenue. The Group is a global Top 100 fintech provider (IDC ranking), whose clients include 200+ leading Wealth Managers, Banks, Asset Managers, Fund Managers, Insurers and Outsourcers in more than 15 countries. With over 800 professionals operating from Italy, UK, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland, the Group serves clients in 4 continents, supporting approximately 100,000 investment professionals to manage more than €1 trillion in assets.

To strengthen our team in the UK (London or Birmingham) we are currently looking for a:

PRODUCT OWNER

Main responsibilities:

• Work closely together with our implementation consultants in documenting, deploying and configuring our solution both internally and on customer sites. This may be for both green field implementations or upgrades.
• Fulfil the role of product consultant/SME in order to support customer implementations and to support the internal engineering team.
• Translate customer business requirements into product specifications detailing enhancements and extensions to our product.
• Conduct analysis and gather requirements for new product features/functionality in order to extend the core product.
• Monitor and be aware of regulatory changes which may impact our product and customers.
• Manage the backlog and define user stories.
• Be responsible for and participate in the full development process from requirements gathering, analysis and development to testing and documentation.
• Participate in pre-sales activities including responding to RFIs, conducting pre-sales demos and presentations.
• Work together with our development and quality assurance team members in order to deliver high quality software, on time and within budget.
• Represent the company being a key point of contact in relation with customers.
• Organize and participate in regular customer status meetings.
• Handle customer calls and incidents in collaboration with involved parties.
• Monitor customer adoption and satisfaction and report on it to the management.

Requirements:

• Degree in (Business) Economics or IT, or equivalent through experience.
• Strong ability to abstract and to translate business requirements in IT.
• At least 5 years’ experience within the wealth/asset management sector with at least one of the following: creation of functional analyses based upon a high-level scope definition; application(s) with a 3-tier development structure.
• Experience in managing projects focused on digital solutions, processes and/or digital products.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

The candidate should have strong knowledge or experience in at least 6 of the following back-office areas:

• Client Management & Portfolio Accounts.
• Costs and Charges.
• UK & Overseas Settlements.
• Custody & Reconciliations.
• Cash Management & Reconciliations.
• Corporate Actions.
• Dividends.
• Stock Transfers.
• Finance / Accounting.
• Client Reporting.
• Service Fees.
• UK Regulatory Reporting.
• UK Tax Reporting.

Personal Profile:

Passion for quality, you use high standards and you aim to achieve them

• Team player, flexible, accurate, hands-on mentality
• Leadership skills, enthusiasm, pride and a "can-do" attitude
• Excellent time management and organization, deadline focused
• Strong communication & collaboration skills
• Open to travel both within the UK and on occasion, outside your home country when required.

What we offer:

• Permanent Employment
• A challenging and progressive position within an international work environment

Equality Policy:

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

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