Product Developer, Director | London, UK

Citi; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Job description

Are you interested in a role that will require you to use your product expertise within Equity Derivatives to help conceptualise and use innovative thought process to design and create a product vision aligned to business priorities? You will be expected to define and manage product development risk platform processes, scope product releases, identify new opportunities to address business priorities, incorporating regulatory and compliance requirements and investment tracking.

The Product Development Senior Specialist is responsible for activities related to the on-boarding of new products and/or features and functionality of products including developing business cases, requirements definition (BRDs), product enhancements innovation, feature and functionality definition based on market and industry research and trends and client needs from a risk platform lens as well as the continued buildout of the strategic risk platform.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful applicant must have worked in a commercial environment where they have had hands-on experience working as part of a front-line platform role focused on Equity Derivatives. Whilst this role will work in close coordination with Technology, Business Management and Quantitative Analytics, it is unlikely the successful candidate will come from these positions, given knowledge of the platform and commercial awareness are essential elements of the role.

You will be a recognised technical authority for an area within the business providing subject matter expertise. It is essential that you have excellent communication and diplomacy skills which you will need to use daily to guide, influence and convince both colleagues in other areas as well as external customers, which if done well will have a significant impact through complex deliverables.

Your work impacts an entire area, which will in turn affect the overall performance and effectiveness of the global markets business.

What you will do will be varied day to day, but the key drivers for the role are:

• This role executes on the end-to-end product development lifecycle and will also scope product releases, agreeing to and tracking business priorities, incorporating regulatory and compliance requirements and investment tracking.
• Identifies, gathers, and organizes client insights, internal innovation ideas, marketplace analyses and trends to drive and conceptualizes, plans, prioritizes, coordinates design and delivery of products or features to product release, and serves as product ambassador within user community.
• Manages and implements a wide variety of products and solutions ranging across data analytics, reporting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Trade Workflows, and trade processing.
• Responsibility to deliver direct business results and advice regarding product development that necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy.
• Creates project plans, business and technical requirements documents for product execution.
• Has direct interaction with sales, business managers and technology, to understand their long-term vision, discuss industry trends, and incorporate them into the product & solutions strategy, to fulfil the delivery objectives.
• Focuses on controls and governance, including performing Need-to-Know based security and access reviews, Access Approvals, controls testing and documentation.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients, and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing, and reporting control issues with transparency.

What we will need from you:

• Relevant experience in a product aligned role within Equity Derivatives within the Front Office, is familiar with product development lifecycles and risk platforms and the ability to structure and break down problems, develop solutions, and to drive to results.
• Proven track record as change agent, with the ability to encourage and embrace innovative ideas and solutions, ably adapting to various situations to rapidly assimilate and report on complex information.
• The ability to create business analysis, troubleshoot data quality issues, and conduct exploratory and descriptive analysis of business datasets.
• You will have process management knowledge with a propensity for attention to detail, comprehensiveness of content and excellent analytical, interpretive and problem-solving skills.
• You will be comfortable with performing data investigations that require a high degree of accuracy with tight timescales.
• You will be able to generate reports and presentations for management.

What we will provide you:

This role will appeal to the intellectually curious, analytical, and conceptual thinker who proactively seeks and aims to develop new opportunities. The successful candidate will have led projects with experience leading large cross functional initiatives through their ability to collaborate and clearly communicate with team members and senior stakeholders across an organization.

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

If you are actively working with clients, have a passion for relationships and want to be part of a successful global franchise - then apply today.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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