Product Owner

Website Trading Technologies
Futures Trading Platform
Trading Technologies is seeking a Product Owner who would like to be a key driver in the electronification of Fixed Income markets. Our energetic, entrepreneurial environment allows you to thrive and work the market without the constraints of working for a large corporation flat structure with direct access to decision-makers at Trading Technologies’s subsidiary, AxeTrading.
What Will You Be Involved With?
- Working within a product stream, you will report to a Product Manager and be responsible for the output of the product stream teams
- Closely align with Engineering, Designers, Product Managers, Delivery BA, and QA to create and deliver user stories
- Own the prioritization and tracking process to make sure the Roadmap is kept on track
- Give transparency and accountability to the PMs
- Interact with customers to provide product updates and requirements gathering
- Act as an internal advocate of the customer to explain the customer’s viewpoint on the issue and work with engineers to solve
- Act as the in-depth knowledge base for the product stream
- Build an understanding of how the product works today
- Have a view and input into the direction and strategy for the product of tomorrow
- Own the feedback loop and process of the work to be done
- Contribute to training and documentation libraries
- Provide internal and external training on the product
What You Bring to the Table
- Experience working in a Product team
- Have been working in a product-lead software firm, or firm with Product Operating Model
- Good understanding of product process and end-to-end product delivery
- Worked with an Agile software development framework, e.g. Scrum, Kanban
- Comfortable collaborating with engineers on the best solution for meeting requirements and breaking it into actionable user stories; strong understanding and experience at what makes a good user story
- Detail-orientated and like to dig deep into a problem, taking the initiative to locate and utilize available resources, be that people, documentation, logs, and the existing product
- Understanding of Financial Markets trading and trade processing terminology
- Ideally, have an understanding of the Fixed Income trading world with an understanding of how both market makers and market takers will look to use technology to trade
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to inspire others
- Experience with a smaller, fast-paced technology firm
- Experience working for SaaS/managed services-based products
- Like to be measured on concrete results
- Familiarisation with FIX protocol and, as a bonus, how it is used in Fixed Income electronic trading
What We Bring to the Table
- Competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision,
- Flexible work schedules – with hybrid work – the expectation of 2 days on site
- 21 PTO (paid time off) days per year with the ability to roll over days into the following year, a robust paid holiday schedule with early dismissal, and generous parental leave (for all genders and staff, including adoptive parents)
- Tech resources, including, a “rent-to-own” program where employees are eligible for a company-provided Mac/PC laptop and/or mobile phone of their choice; and a tech accessories budget for monitors, headphones, keyboards, office equipment, etc.
- Subsidy contributions toward gym memberships and health/wellness initiatives (including discounted healthcare premiums, healthy meal delivery programs, or smoking cessation)
- Forward-thinking, a culture-based organization with collaborative teams that promote diversity and inclusion
To apply for this job please visit tradingtechnologies.pinpointhq.com