Senior Principal - Product Owner

Sim; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in investment management technology is seeking a Senior Product Owner to drive innovation in financial data solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in market data, data strategies, and strong communication skills to collaborate with various teams. SimCorp offers a competitive salary and a flexible work-life balance, with opportunities for professional development tailored to individual goals.

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Workplace Model

Professional Development Opportunities

Competitive Salary and Bonus Scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in market data across multiple asset classes.
• Experience in building data pipelines for investment risk platforms.
• Knowledge of multi-factor, multi-asset class risk models.

Responsibilities

• Define a long-term vision for data strategy.
• Work with teams to deliver the roadmap.
• Manage KPIs to track and measure outcomes.

Skills

Market Data Knowledge

Risk Analytics

Data Pipeline Development

Vendor Management

Effective Communication

Education

Agile Certification

Product Management Certification

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

W HO WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,0 00+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

At SimCorp , we are committed to shaping the future of investment management technology. Our innovative solutions empower financial institutions to meet the ever-evolving needs of their clients.

We believe in building quality into every aspect of our business, and we are now seeking a visionary Senior Product Owner to join us.

You need to have extensive experience in working with financial market data and be an expert in the challenges faced in using these data to build risk models and generate investment risk analytics for buy-side institutions .

You will know how Axioma’s solutions play a unique part in both the front and middle office and maintain a deep understanding of where the financial services and the market data industry is moving.

You will have deep knowledge of modern data platforms and how they can help organisations develop its data maturity and align its data initiatives with business objectives .

You will use your expertise in these areas to define a strategy which will ensure that Simcorp is maximising the value from the data it ingests and you will work with our vendor management, development, and operations teams to implement that vision.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Understand the Axioma data catalogue and associated data-pipelines including data lineage.

• Be the expert and go-to person as it relates to the data pipelines, how the data is used and any contractual limitations.

• Work with vendor management to identify areas where there are opportunities to optimise data usage and/or provide vendor resilience.

• Define a long term vision to deliver on this data strategy.

• Work closely with research, engineering, operations teams to define the roadmap for the delivery of this vision.

• Take ownership of th is roadmap, managing a set of KPIs to help track and measure outcome .

• Be willing to get involved in testing and sign-off on the roll-out of new data pipelines.

• Take ownership of the data pipeline for new data-sets in support of the broader Axioma Roadmap.

• Work closely with vendor management to own and optimise our data budget and the budgeting life-cycle

• Develop relationships with vendors and other 3 rd parties.

• Follow the industry best practices to ensure to meet the se goals.

WHAT WE VALUE

• Deep knowledge on the landscape of market data vendors and trends in these markets.

• Experience in building modern data piplelines in support of investment risk platforms and/or analytics.

• Significant market data experience across multiple asset classes .

• Good knowledge of multi-factor, multi-asset class risk models and their application.

• Good knowledge of investment risk analytics and their application.

• Experience in negotiating with market data vendors and contract management is beneficial.

• Agile-certified product manager or product owner certification is beneficial

• Knowledge of Python, SQL and other scripting languages is beneficial

• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, as you must communicate regularly with stakeholders, product owners, and different departments within the organization

OUR BENEFITS

Competitive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, at SimCorp , we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide an excellent work-life balance: flexible work hours, a hybrid workplace model. On top of that, we have IP sprints; where you have 3 weeks per quarter to spend on mastering your skills as well as contributing to the company development. There is never just only one route - we practice an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp , we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated .