Product Manager, APAC (FX & Local Markets)

TP ICAP; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TP ICAP seeks a Product & Business Development Manager to drive innovation in Financial Markets. This role involves overseeing product strategy, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring timely product launches. The ideal candidate has a strong technical background and is skilled in managing development teams.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to deliver technical solutions.
• Experience managing development teams across geographies.
• Knowledge of APIs and external connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap and execute product strategy.
• Manage all aspects of in-life products and lead regional product management.
• Communicate project status and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Technical solutions delivery

Stakeholder management

Market competition analysis

Tools

Jira

Visio

Job description

We are professional intermediaries playing a pivotal role in the world’s financial, energy and commodities markets. Matching buyers and sellers, we create liquidity and price discovery in these markets and provide insight and context to our clients.

We operate a hybrid model where brokers provide business-critical intelligence to clients. It’s supplemented by proprietary screens for historical data, analytics and execution functionality.

Globally, we’re the leading provider of proprietary over the counter pricing information and a unique source of data on financial, energy and commodities products. Our market data is independent, unbiased and non-position influenced.

Our clients include banks, insurance companies, pension and hedge funds, asset managers, energy producers and refiners as well as risk and compliance managers and charities.

We are known in the market for our Honesty, Integrity, and Excellence in the provision of service to our clients. Above all else, we Respect our clients and each other, without bias. Employees are expected to uphold the values and principles of our cultural framework in performance of their job duties.

Role Overview:

TP ICAP’s eMarkets group is responsible for driving innovation and evolution within the business. The group supports the Senior Managing Directors and Desk Heads in growing their business via design and delivery of new technologies and services, and driving adoption of these products and services with both new and existing clients.

The Product & Business Development Management team is at the leading edge of this process. Each Product & Business Development Manager (“Manager”) oversees a particular asset class or product/service—in this case, Foreign Exchange & Local Markets—championing it both internally and externally. This asset class primarily includes Spot, Forwards, Non-Deliverable Forwards, and FX Options products. The Manager is responsible for the entire lifecycle of the product, from developing and validating the business case, through design, delivery, and launch, to its long-term growth strategy. They work closely with all stakeholders—clients, brokers, IT, and other teams internally—to ensure the right product is delivered on time and within budget.

Job duties:

Key responsibilities are to:

1. Translate business strategy into product strategy
2. Own the product roadmap
3. Execute product strategy
4. Drive action throughout the organization to get products to market
5. Plan and carry out product launches
6. Provide insight to stakeholders on the product and market
7. Write high-level requirements
8. Manage all aspects of in-life products, including customer feedback, requirements, and issues
9. Lead regional product management in development, strategy, and redesign from concept through to market launch
10. Assess market competition by comparing the company’s product to competitors’ products
11. Introduce and market new products by developing integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production
12. Maintain understanding of external connectivity including FIX protocol
13. Stay updated on regulatory changes impacting regional businesses
14. Work with local ops and IT to document change requests and system issues using tools like Jira
15. Provide user training, produce manuals and documentation on system functionality
16. Champion regional technology requirements in global forums and articulate technical and commercial details
17. Create and ensure delivery of regional product roadmap
18. Communicate project status and risks to stakeholders
19. Collaborate closely with support and development teams

Experience / Competences:

• Proven ability to deliver technical solutions
• Experience managing development teams across geographies
• Experience leading stakeholder forums for cost-benefit analysis
• Experience preparing workflow artifacts (Visio, Project plans)

Knowledge and Experience:

• Understanding of technical and commercial aspects of the product/business
• Knowledge of APIs and external connectivity
• Experience with Straight Through Processing providers and Clearing House processes
• Previous technical support experience to Front Office in a financial institution