Repository & Derivatives Services (RDS) Product Owner

DTCC; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits
• Pension
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (Onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day of your choosing)

The impact you will have in this role:

The Product Owner is responsible for translating the product vision into squad deliverables to achieve the product strategy, aligned with maximizing value to the client. This is done through managing scope and product backlog in collaboration with multiple squads, the Product Manager, clients (internal/external), and key stakeholders.

The successful candidate will serve as an Agile Product Owner for the Global Trade Repository (GTR), with an immediate focus on Securities Financing Transaction Reporting (SFTR). A strong understanding of post-trade processing and reporting, particularly trade reporting under SFTR, and other regulatory frameworks like EMIR and MiFID, is highly desirable for this position.

The position necessitates robust business analysis and communication skills within an agile environment to draft and present business requirements to both internal and external stakeholders for approval and alignment. The ideal candidate must demonstrate proficiency in conducting business impact assessments, comparing current-state and various future-state business models. This role involves leading multiple internal stakeholder meetings and representing the Global Trade Repository (GTR) in various industry-led forums on projects and new initiatives. Additionally, the role requires facilitating and leading external working groups composed of major industry participants to provide guidance on requirements and design options.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Translates the product vision and the roadmap into squad deliverables and release plans. Work with the regional product management leads and business to deliver on the specific initiatives prioritized and budgeted for the region.
• Manages the SFTR squad's backlog.
• Documents requirements in a clear and consistent manner through JIRA and other tools.
• Act as Product Owner in an Agile squad and partner with internal teams for implementation of new features ensuring that all proposed changes are reviewed, feedback is incorporated, and any impact is fully communicated to internal stakeholders.
• Accepts or rejects backlog items, according to acceptance criteria, during the sprint reviews.
• Seeks feedback from stakeholders and clients and incorporates it into future backlog items.
• Ability to effectively plan and organize multiple demands and competing priorities. Facilitates and leads external working groups and other relevant subject matter working groups.
• Assists in product training efforts for all touchpoints to both internal and external customers, inclusive of documentation, publications, E Training tools, FAQs.
• Expected to be SME in an area of the product and, where required, to attend meetings with clients to help with product area of expertise.
• Identifies potential risks to achieving project objectives and elevates them to appropriate management. Mitigates risk by following established procedures, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand applicable legislation and develop requirements that drive regulatory compliant solutions.
• Support the identification and validation of data quality insights for the trade reporting analytics platform.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.**

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience

Talents Needed For Success:

• Exhibits strong understanding of Agile Software Development (primarily Scrum and Kanban) principles and techniques.
• Understands and uses applicable work management tools (i.e. JIRA) for decision making and collaboration.
• Drives creative and solution-oriented activity with all participants and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of financial services operations; Post Trade Processing, Trade Reporting & associated regulation, trends and user demands.
• Understanding of Exchange Traded and Over the Counter derivatives operations.
• Executes against the Product Vision and effectively translates it into Product Roadmap and Backlog items to deliver the highest value.
• Collaborate with product management peers globally to ensure best practices and core principles are understood, adopted and implemented in regional initiatives.
• Ability to collect, analyze and visually present data via the use of charts, graphs or infographics.

We offer top class training and development for you to be an asset in our organization!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.