Product Associate — Fixed Income Trading & AI Enablement

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Food

Paid Time Off

Generous Parental Leave

401(k) Matching

Wellness Stipend

Onsite Healthcare

Job summary

MarketAxess Corporation in New York is seeking a Product Associate to help shape the next generation of fixed income trading solutions. You will partner with the Product Manager, manage the backlog, write clear user stories with acceptance criteria, and ensure alignment across engineering, UX, and business teams to deliver features at pace.

You will analyze market data, track key metrics, and contribute to the product roadmap while engaging with investors and dealers to communicate progress and

Qualifications

• 2+ years working in product, project or business analysis roles.
• Strong experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and defining scope of work for development teams.
• Demonstrable ability to work in a team environment.
• Experience in Agile delivery techniques, including sprint planning, backlog management, and iterative development.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to drive product decisions and improve performance.
• Experience in financial services sector/fixed income.
• Recent experience of OMS/EMS API integration with trading venues.
• Fundamental understanding of database design, including working knowledge of SQL.
• Exposure to API-driven development and technical product considerations.
• Understanding of AI product development principles, including model evaluation, experimentation, user adoption, data quality, and responsible AI considerations.
• Experience defining, delivering, or supporting AI-enabled product capabilities, including machine learning, generative AI, predictive analytics, intelligent automation, or data-driven decision support solutions.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted product development tools, data analytics platforms, or modern software delivery practices is a plus.
• Experience with data-driven decision-making

Responsibilities

• Learn quickly and become a subject matter expert in fixed income trading and Agile processes.
• Prioritize the backlog to support the product strategy; write, refine, and prioritize user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Work with Product Managers to ensure the delivery of coherent and consistently high-quality products delivered at pace.
• Collaborate with engineering, UX, and business teams to ensure alignment on feature development and technical feasibility.
• Clarify requirements with developers and QA; troubleshoot issues, and validate feature completion.
• Analyze user and market data to drive product usage; create insightful sales materials.
• Define and track key product metrics to drive continuous improvements.
• Present progress to large groups via demos and walkthroughs.
• Assist head of product management in tracking KPIs and ROI.
• Attend meetings with investor clients or dealers to provide product expertise.

Skills

Agile delivery

Data-driven decisions

AI-enabled product capabilities

User story writing

Requirements gathering

Analytical mindset

Team collaboration

Fixed income knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject

Tools

SQL

API integration

AI toolsets

Job description

MarketAxess Corporation in New York is seeking a Product Associate to help shape the next generation of fixed income trading solutions. You will partner with the Product Manager, manage the backlog, write clear user stories with acceptance criteria, and ensure alignment across engineering, UX, and business teams to deliver features at pace.

You will analyze market data, track key metrics, and contribute to the product roadmap while engaging with investors and dealers to communicate progress and