Product Lead

Apex Group Ltd; Auckland; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services provider is seeking a Product Lead in Auckland to oversee product development for registry and transfer agency systems. This role involves developing quality strategies, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring product performance. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of finance and exceptional analytical and communication skills. Competitive remuneration and development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Registry/Transfer Agency processes along with general financial knowledge.
• Expert at splitting business and technology problems down to manage risk.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver a business-wide Quality strategy aligned to product risk.
• Develop roadmaps and forecasts to provide visibility.
• Ensure products are developed with performance, resilience, support and quality.

Skills

Registry/Transfer Agency knowledge

IRD KiwiSaver and PIE Tax knowledge

Solution and outcome oriented

CI/CD familiarity

Cloud-native engineering

Excellent communication skills

Analytical skills

Planning and organizational skills

Azure DevOps skills

Job description

Overview

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business reaches globally, services locally, and provides cross‑jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our team has delivered on growth and transformation, and we are represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide. We aim to empower and develop your skills, offering support to help you excel and the freedom to turn big ideas into industry-changing realities.

Role

Product Lead

Location: Auckland

Description

This role oversees the product development of the registry/transfer agency systems within Apex Investment Administration NZ.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver a business-wide Quality strategy aligned to product risk, regulatory frameworks, and client trust
• Understand the why behind the how, especially how customers and users interact with our technology today and how we might improve that in the future
• Understand the business strategy and desired outcomes and articulate how our squads contribute to those goals and enable the strategy
• Maintain and develop strong relationships with stakeholders
• Develop roadmaps and forecasts to provide visibility and keep stakeholders informed
• Work with stakeholders to prioritise work
• Slice the work up into manageable chunks with stakeholders and the squad
• Ensure products are developed with performance, resilience, support and quality in mind
• Report accurately to stakeholders and Principal Product Lead on progress and changes in priorities
• Consistently perform retrospectives and monitor the team’s progress in terms of key metrics like cycle time
• Facilitate key ceremonies – team sync, retrospective, showcases, quarterly lookaheads

Skills Required

• Knowledge of Registry/Transfer Agency processes along with general financial knowledge
• Knowledge of IRD KiwiSaver and PIE Tax calculations a plus
• Solution and outcome oriented
• Expert at splitting business and technology problems down to manage risk and deliver early and often
• Familiar and supportive of CI/CD, automating pipelines, and engineering for cloud-native, highly available scalable systems
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-sourced architecture and predictive analytics
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Excellent Azure DevOps skills to ensure smooth flow of tickets, calculate capacity, and report on progress

What you will get in return

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience
• Training and development opportunities

Additional information

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Hiring decisions are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success not only by delivering great products and services but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet. For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility, please note that information is available internally.

Personal data provided by job applicant(s) will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be treated confidentially. Such personal data may be accessed by Apex stakeholders within and outside the country for consideration of the job application.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.