About the position
The role involves defining and owning the platform strategy for Corporate Actions and Income, ensuring that the product development lifecycle is managed effectively from prioritization to post-launch assessments. The individual will lead the Corporate Actions platform roadmap, focusing on delivering tangible value to clients and operational stakeholders. Additionally, the role requires defining and owning the Objectives and Key Results to demonstrate the value delivered by the Corporate Events group, supported by Management Information. The candidate will also be responsible for managing the backlog of requirements to drive the roadmap and partnering with internal stakeholders such as Engineering, sales, operations, and risk and control teams to validate the vision and outcomes while owning execution. Proactively identifying market trends, client pain points, and emerging regulatory developments is essential to inform product enhancements and innovation. The product strategy must align with the firm's broader AI goals, and the candidate will act as a trusted expert on Corporate Actions processing across various event types, regional market practices, and industry regulations. Providing in-depth product, operational, and technical guidance to cross-functional teams and clients, including training and incident support, is also a key responsibility. Staying current with global market infrastructure changes and their impact on corporate actions is crucial.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the platform strategy for Corporate Actions and Income
- Own the end-to-end product development lifecycle, including prioritization, UAT, performance monitoring, and post-launch assessments
- Define and lead the Corporate Actions platform roadmap, focusing on delivering tangible value to clients and operational stakeholders
- Define and own the Objectives and Key Results to demonstrate the value delivered by the Corporate Events group with supporting Management Information
- Own and prioritize the backlog of requirements to drive the roadmap
- Partner with internal stakeholders, including Engineering, sales, operations, risk and control teams, to validate vision, outcomes and own execution
- Proactively identify market trends, client pain points, and emerging regulatory developments to inform product enhancements and innovation
- Ensure product strategy aligns with the firm's broader AI Goals
- Act as a trusted expert on Corporate Actions processing across event types (mandatory, voluntary, and complex restructurings), regional market practices, and industry regulations
- Provide in-depth product, operational and technical guidance to cross-functional teams and clients, including training, incident support, and product positioning
- Stay current with global market infrastructure changes and their impact on corporate actions, including ISO standards, ScORE, and CSDR/SRD II
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required
- Advanced/graduate degree preferred
- 10+ years of work experience
- Significant experience in product management, operations, or technology leadership within financial services
- Product leader with a demonstrable history of delivering value to business and clients in agile environments
- Strong knowledge of end to end Corporate Events Lifecycle and market standards
- Experience delivering high quality solutions to operations teams
- Ability to work in fast-paced, client-driven environments with high expectations for data accuracy and performance
- Exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across technical and business teams
- Collaborate with Client Service, Sales, and Relationship Management teams to support new client onboarding and drive product adoption
