TradeNeXus Head of Product

TradeNeXus is a premier post-trade solution that offers enrichment, matching, netting and messaging for foreign exchange and money market transactions as well as tailored workflows for routing and monitoring for central clearing, settlement and portfolio optimization. TradeNeXus has a 20 year track record of reliability and innovation with its 500+ global asset manager and investment bank clients. It is a part of State Street GlobalLINK's suite of market leading e-trading platforms, technology, data and workflow solutions.

As Head of TradeNeXus Product, you will work with the head of TradeNeXus and business development in creating and executing solutions for our community through driving our development roadmap by collaborating with key internal and external market participants in delivering market leading post-trade solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Management of a global team of product managers which includes oversight of the team's work, providing support where needed, advocating and promoting the team and career development
• Ownership of TradeNeXus roadmap - working within the business, Head of IT and constituent teams in defining and prioritizing our book of work balancing strategic and ongoing enhancements, managing direct and indirect resources.
• Oversee the product development process and implement improvements to maximize risk mitigation, efficiency and communication.
• Lead product initiatives in assessing viability, risks, interdependencies and analyzing requirements (including technical specifications).
• Develop and drive end-to-end product delivery for initiatives, which includes collaborating with key constituents in Sales, IT, Legal and Compliance as well as navigating State Street enterprise level processes such as new business approvals.
• Ability to flex between project management (stakeholder management, management updates) and product development (writing clear, concise but thorough product specifications).
• Identify and solution for risks and issues within the businesses and propose/manage mitigation or elimination.
• Build and maintain strong working partnerships within the team and our partners fostering culture of continued collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Lead product innovation to maintain competitiveness, client satisfaction and increased market share and revenue as well as proactively managing any escalated queries or issues brought to the team
• Horizon scan and input back into strategy and roadmap planning industry trends, regulations and developments that impact our clients and business.
• Develop good working relationships with partner clients and industry partners and participate in client presentations to educate customers on business offering and future direction as needed.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or similar qualification in business, technology or related field
• 10+ years of experience in banking, financial services with some exposure to product development in FX, transaction matching or settlement workflows.
• Ability to work autonomously with confidence - a self-starter
• Experience managing global teams and working closely with business managers, developers and quality assurance teams.
• Excellent communication skills, with strong influencing skills and an ability to effectively communicate technical issues in plain language.
• Results orientated- capacity to prioritize and adept at managing a broad book of work whilst maintaining strong attention to detail.
• Proven track record in successfully leading and timely execution of product requirements in a complex international organization
• A pragmatic, problem solving mind-set with an ability to tackle difficult issues related to both operations and projects and guide all parties to an outcome in the best interest and risk appetite of the organization.
• Ability to deal effectively with stakeholders (Risk, Business, Legal/Compliance and IT teams) in a multi-locational environment