Product Owner, Derivatives Onboarding, Capital Markets

Mandate Overview:

• The client is looking for a senior product owner for the Capital Markets Solutions team, Business sector. This person represents the fixed income, equities and derivatives groups and supports their expansion through the modernization of technology solutions and business processes. They own the product backlog and roadmap, report on progress, risks and budget consumption, and present options and recommendations to governance committees. They guide and challenge the work of business and functional analysts, then coordinate business acceptance testing. The mandate accepts experience gained as a PO or as a business analyst, provided it involves sell-side Capital Markets technology solutions.
  
• Candidate sought: a PO or business analyst with at least 5 years on sell-side Capital Markets solutions, with hands-on knowledge of fixed income and derivatives (products, quoting, yield curves, trade lifecycle). The target is someone who has already prioritized a backlog and tracked a roadmap, working with platforms such as Murex, Bloomberg or Tradeweb. Bilingual, they balance value, risk, capacity, vendors and timelines.
  

Requirements

Required:

• Role held on Capital Markets technology solutions: business analyst or PO
  
• Segments covered: derivatives, fixed income, equities, financing
  
• Sell-side activities, mainly fixed income and derivatives: sales and trading platforms, order management, fixed income trade lifecycle, market and reference data, accounting, risk
  
• Financial products: quoting mechanisms, bond types, yield curves, credit ratings, trade valuation, fixed income derivatives (futures, swaps), risk hedging
  
• Project phases or lifecycle of a continuously evolving product
  
• Agile, Scrum or Kanban methodologies
  
• Hands-on use of Jira, Confluence and backlog management practices
  
• Capital Markets platforms: CanDeal, GLMX, Tradeweb, ION/Fidessa/Anvil, Murex, Bloomberg, TOMS, Bloomberg Data License, BPIPE, MarkitWire or similar
  
• Data issues: market data, reference data, rate curves, data flows, quality, reconciliation
  
• Contribution to solution design, feasibility analyses, estimates, planning and release preparation
  
• Communication, prioritization, problem solving, managing trade-offs (value, risk, capacity, vendors, timelines)
  
• Client focus, rigour, autonomy, judgment, accountability, influence leadership
  

Asset:

• Derivatives and Fixed Income desk operations, real-time pricing, market data consumption processes, pricing curve calibration
  
• Banking, financial services or regulated environment (described as a "significant asset")
  

Profiles to Exclude:

• PO or business analyst profile whose experience covers retail banking, payments or credit, with no assignment on Capital Markets solutions.
  
• Profile whose Capital Markets experience is buy-side only (asset management, portfolio management), with no demonstrated exposure to sell-side activities.
  
• Capital Markets experience held as a trader, salesperson or operations agent, with no role on technology solutions.
  
• Business analyst with no demonstrated responsibility for backlog prioritization or roadmap contribution.
  
• Scrum Master or agile coach presented as a PO, without backlog ownership or representation of business needs.