Malaysia Treasury Services Product Associate - Payments

J.P. Morgan; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Market and Product Expansion Associate. In this role, you will focus on regulatory requirements, manage product strategy, and build relationships to ensure product readiness for market. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in Payments or related fields and demonstrate strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Payments or financial services.
• Ability to influence product strategy and drive market adoption.
• Experience with regulators and governance.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize regulatory requirements in product strategy.
• Support product management in obtaining market approvals.
• Ensure product readiness for market release.
• Monitor product performance and respond to issues.

Skills

Payments expertise

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership

Communication skills

Job description

Unlock your potential and dive deep into market analytics and product compliance. Harness your expertise to build pivotal relationships, identify areas of improvement, increase efficiencies, and lead our products to their launch.

As a Senior Market and Product Expansion Associate in Malaysia Payments team, you contribute significantly to your team’s success and test the regulatory requirements for our products. You work across the organization, build critical relationships, and prepare the products to go to market.

Job responsibilities

• Serve as the voice of the market to prioritize regulatory requirements and client, partner, and sales needs in product strategy and development.
• Support Product Management in obtaining market approvals and addressing local government and regulatory requirements.
• Tailor and execute commercialization activities and collateral to ensure products resonate with the Malaysian market.
• Ensure product readiness for market release by securing necessary sign-offs, interfacing with regulators, and collaborating with partners.
• Advocate for market expansion and drive efforts to achieve business targets, including revenue, market share, and growth.
• Deliver and execute product initiatives within timelines, ensuring successful roll-outs and commercialization in Malaysia.
• Monitor product performance and respond to issues to maintain resiliency and stability in the market.
• Driven new wins and promotions across products and segments to expand our Payments footprint.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key in-market functional partners and cross-line of business stakeholders.
• Lead and collaborate effectively across teams to drive business objectives and foster local innovation.
• Manage risk and control requirements by engaging with regulators, completing governance processes, and remediating incidents and audit findings.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proven minimum 5 years of experience in Payments, Transaction Banking, or related financial services, with strong knowledge of local market requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to influence product strategy and drive market adoption.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Experience interfacing with regulators and managing governance requirements.
• Experience collaborating with technology teams, developers, and managing product deployment projects.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities.