Senior Product Development/Structuring - Active ETF/ETP Provider - London/Munich

JR United Kingdom; London; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Product Specialist to join its dynamic team in London. This role involves developing and maintaining a diverse product suite, sourcing new ideas, and managing the entire product life cycle. The successful candidate will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, drive product innovation, and ensure client satisfaction. With a commitment to excellence and a remote-first culture, this position offers a unique opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced environment while contributing to a leading global ETP provider's mission. Join a collaborative team that values diversity and innovation.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years experience in product development or management in asset management.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage the product life cycle from sourcing ideas to launch and enhancements.
• Conduct research on product ideas and investment strategies.

Skills

Product Development

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Degree Level Education

Tools

Project Management Tools

Job description

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Client:

psd group

Location:

london, United Kingdom

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Posted:

08.05.2025

Expiry Date:

22.06.2025

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Job Purpose

My Client was founded in 2006 with a passion for creating better ways to invest. Since then, their European business has grown in terms of our product set and AUM.

Today they are the biggest independent ETP provider globally and offer one of the most innovative ranges of ETPs, covering commodities, currencies, equities, and fixed income.

My Client is seeking Product Specialist based in London or Munich.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and maintaining their product suite by sourcing and validating new product ideas across a variety of asset classes and managing the product life cycle from product design to launch and ongoing product enhancements. The candidate will also be instrumental in helping clients and other internal and external stake holders understand my Client's product strategies and structures.

Key Accountabilities and Scope:

Source research and validate product ideas:

• Conduct extensive research on product ideas and investment strategies across all asset classes
• Be informed on capital market fundamentals, economic outlook, major events and potential impact on market as well as general innovation and trends in asset management
• Build concise business case for ideas, presenting for approval in internal forums

Product structuring and engineering:

• Drive product structure innovation
• Be familiar with different investment wrappers and their differences relative to ETPs in terms of mechanics and strategies delivered
• Be familiar with regulatory and tax environment in relevant markets and asset classes and be able to recommend appropriate product structures and wrappersWork closely with external and internal stakeholders negotiate terms and draft and structure product documentation Negotiate terms and pricing for swap agreements with investment banks
• Work with swap desks to structure efficient funding structures for ETPs
• Design and oversee mechanisms for allocating swap balances efficiently in a multi swap-counterparty platform

Be a product specialist:

• Be a central point for answering product structure and return profile related questions
• Review performance of products versus competition and to client's satisfaction
• Explain investment strategies to sales, marketing as well as investors in face to face presentation and written materials
• Assist with queries from Research, Sales and Management teams

Overall product life-cycle management:

• Assist in the management of the product life cycle from sourcing ideas, through to validation, design, launch, and through to ongoing maintenance and continuous enhancement of existing products
• Identify potential improvements to the existing product platform from a strategy, positioning, or structuring perspective and ensure these are prioritised accordingly
• Enhance processes and internal tools so team members can effectively manage the product life cycle for broad platform and particularly the idea pipeline

Manage cross-departmental projects for new product development and product restructuring:

• Develop and maintain project plans for product related projects
• Facilitate communication across project teams by leading regular project meetings
• Follow up on milestones and target delivery dates
• Communicate with relevant stakeholders and keep management informed of progress
• Across all areas of engagement, identify and highlight opportunities for improvement

Skills and Qualifications:

• Degree level education
• 4-8 years experience in a product development, product management or structuring role in asset management or investment banking
• Breadth of asset class experience (Equities, ETFs, Fixed Income, FX, derivatives and structured products) desirable
• Familiar with project management tools
• Self-starter with ability to equally operate independently and in a team.

Personal Attributes:

• Reliable, diligent, exceptional attention to detail, able to work under tight time frames and balance multiple priorities without compromising accuracy or deadlines
• Analytical and strong planning and organisational skills
• Must be comfortable in a fast-paced, team-based environment with a high degree of individual autonomy
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities
• Strong project management and problem-solving skills, with a can-do attitude

About Us

My Client launched its first exchange traded funds (ETFs) in June 2006 and, through its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe, is a global exchange traded product (ETP) sponsor and asset manager. My Client offers products covering equity, commodity, fixed income, leveraged and inverse, currency, cryptocurrency and alternative strategies. My Client pioneered the concept of fundamentally weighted ETFs and active ETFs and is currently an industry leader in both categories (as measured by assets under management). My Client is the only publicly traded asset manager exclusively focused on the ETP industry. My Client common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker WETF.

Remote First

My Client is a Remote-First organization headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Dublin, Milan and Munich. Employees will have the flexibility, and, subject to their position, may be required to report into the office on occasion.

Mission, Vision & Values

My Client is committed to delivering a better investment and financial experience through the quality of their products and solutions and finding alignment within their community on their core values: My Client employees strive for Excellence & Innovation, work with Transparency & Accountability, and show each other Fairness & Respect. They welcome the applications of qualified individuals who will support this mission and thrive in their collaborative and empowering work environment.

My Client is proud to be an Equal Opportunity workplace. They believe that diverse teams produce the best ideas and outcomes. They are committed to building a culture of inclusion, entrepreneurship and innovation across gender, race, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability, and identity.