Structured Products and Derivatives Implementation Lead

Tasks

The position as Structured Products and Derivatives Implementation Lead includes the following tasks:

• Contribute to the strengthening of the team spirit and the fostering of a collaborative work environment
• Motivate and share feedback to other team members to improve overall performance
• Collaborate closely with product managers and business owners to understand client and market needs, evolving the product roadmap in line with the bank's overall strategy and enabling growth opportunities.
• Develop cases and define product features based on inputs from business owner and business representative
• Continuously prototype features/stories with business owners based on business cases and implementation costs.
• Understand the system implications of the new product and identify roadblocks and dependencies with other features

Requirements

The position requires the following skills and experience:

• Ability to effectively manage internal and external stakeholders in a highly articulate and professional manner
• Proficient analytical skills with an attention to details
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically
• Interest in technology paired with passion to deliver cutting-edge products and solutions
• Excellent interpersonal skills, empathetic personality, charisma, and power of persuasion
• Open and approachable as well as displaying genuine interest in people
• Drive for results
• Ability to relate to clients and colleagues from diverse backgrounds
• Good knowledge of financial products, in particular cross-asset structured products and derivatives, especially the manufacturing flow of such products
• Experience in advisory and sales processes, for both private clients and institutional clients
• Experience in agile project methodologies and frameworks (e.g., SAFe, Scrum, Kanban)
• Experience in managing product deliveries across work streams with varying timelines, priorities, and complexities
• Strong ability to deal with ambiguity, especially when dealing with new products where pilot launches might require some manual processes to start with
• Strong commercial judgment, business acumen, and broad understanding of the financial market and products
• IT savvy and can facilitate basic programming or quickly understand IT landscape of

Product management

The position also includes the following tasks in the area of product management:

• Understand the front to back flow of product issuance
• Work with various risk functions to identify, assess and mitigate potential risks associated with the new product
• Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders (i.e. IT, accounting, operation, risk teams) to understand the system implications of the new product. Specify requirements, identify and resolve roadblocks
• Prepare and maintain documentation related to new product implementation
• Participate in testing and quality assurance processes, create testing protocols, document testing results, and collect sign-off on test cases.
• Ensure the new product is operational and ready for distribution (i.e., client and product suitability checks).
• Continuously evaluate and improve the process, identifying areas for efficiency gains and implementing best practices

Regulatory responsibilities and risk management

The position also requires compliance with the following regulatory responsibilities and risk management requirements:

• Meet all legal, regulatory and compliance standards/requirements while implementing products
• Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviors (including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations