Vice President - Product Manager, FX and Local Markets

MUFG Americas; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Greater London is seeking a Regional Product Lead for FX and Local Markets. The role involves managing the product roadmap, leading product development, and engaging stakeholders. Ideal candidates have a strong background in FX product management and a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams. This position offers opportunities to make a meaningful impact with a focus on client needs and market objectives. Flexible working requests may be considered.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in FX product management with exposure to eFX platforms and institutional client workflows.
• Strong ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex product initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as the regional owner of FX and Local Markets product roadmap.
• Lead the design and delivery of new products and features.
• Engage with local sales and trading teams to identify product requirements.

Skills

FX product management

Understanding of FX market structure

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership skills

Problem solving

Education

Degree level or relevant experience

Job description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Overview of the Department/Section

eMarkets and Digital Solutions is a trading aligned front office team;

• eMarkets: Manages global pricing and execution across FX products (spot, swaps, NDFs, options, etc.). Focuses on revenue growth through data driven systematic client optimization.
• Digital Solutions: Designs and delivers digital tools and capabilities to help clients access Global Markets products efficiently. Acts as the product management arm of eMaDS.

Main Purpose of the Role

Regional product lead for FX and Local Markets. Identify customer need (via sales, clients, other SMEs) and the larger business objectives that a product or feature will fulfill, articulate what success looks like for a product and rallies a cross-functional team to turn that vision into a reality.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership – Act as the regional owner of FX and LM product roadmap, ensuring alignment with global goals and local market needs.
• Product Development & Delivery – Lead the design and delivery of new products and features. Collaborate with technology, trading, and sales teams to ensure seamless execution and rollout.
• Stakeholder Engagement – Engage proactively with local sales and trading teams to identify product requirements and pain points. Provide transparency and regular updates on the product roadmap to ensure alignment and buy-in from front-office stakeholders.
• Governance & Reporting – Provide regular updates to senior stakeholders and contribute to PMO reporting structures.

Key competencies:

• Understand the market and competitive landscape
• Determine customer need/opportunity
• Identify potential value in terms of additional revenue or reduce costs
• Create the strategy for the development of the product and its roadmap
• Align stakeholders around the vision
• Build vs Buy, including assessing 3rd party products, external consultants and internal dev.
• Work with Program/Project Management to assure delivery of product
• Provide input to marketing campaigns related to the product
• Be the options product expert both internally and externally
• Receive, respond and prioritize bugs/enhancements for ongoing product development
• Creating a shared brain across larger teams to empower independent decision making

Work Experience

Essential:

• Proven experience in FX product management, ideally with exposure to eFX platforms and institutional client workflows.

Skills and Experience

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential

• Proven experience in FX product management, ideally with exposure to eFX platforms and institutional client workflows.
• Strong understanding of FX market structure, regulatory frameworks (e.g. MiFID II), and electronic trading systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex product initiatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Education / Qualifications:

Essential

• Degree level or relevant experience

Personal Requirements

• Excellent communication skills.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• The ability to operate with urgency and priorities work accordingly.
• Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement.
• A structured and logical approach to work.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• A creative and innovative approach to work.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
• Excellent managerial/leadership experience
• The ability to lead a high performing team
• A strategic approach, with the ability to lead and motivate your team

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.