Senior Product Manager - Financial Services

Senior Product Manager - KORE

Highlight of the engagement opportunity:

Nature of role: Full time

Number of years of experience expected: 8-15 years.

- Areas of past experience preferred: Market Risk Products / Market Risk consulting / Derivative pricing implementation / Hedge accounting / Product demonstration / Product presales.

- Educational qualification expected: MBA / CA/ BTech / Product courses.

- Additional certifications preferred: Actuarial science (Cleared more than 9 actuarial papers) / FRM / Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) / Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) / Chartered Accountant (CA)

- Technology proficiency preferred: - Python / SQL / Bloomberg / Reuters / Experience with any MR / treasury systems

- Preferred geography of previous work experience: India / Europe / APAC / US

- Language requirements: Ability to write and speak fluently in English

Key responsibility areas:

- Lead, Lead, and manage product development in line with the product development roadmap

- Responsible for product development roadmap and its alignment with client and market demands

- Lead, manage and execute medium to large-scale Kore implementation across customers and geographies.

- Conduct and manage product demonstrations showcasing several functionalities of the application to several prospective and potential clients across the global BFSI industry

- Lead product pre-sales initiatives like RFP responses and product marketing collateral creation

- Test GUI flow and accuracy of developed functionalities / features across the application

- Conduct research on functional methodologies and design prototype models pertaining to pricing, risk factor modelling, balance sheet projections and balance sheet management

- Lead and / or assist in drafting / enhancing existing product documentation and collateral such as business requirement documents, functional specification documents, user manuals, demo presentations, test case repository etc.

- Independently drive day-to-day execution of assigned client projects and internal development initiatives

- Independently lead and mentor a team of associates / developers on a day-to-day basis

Other important information:

- Work permit requirements: Either Indian Citizen or having valid work permit to work in India

- Period of engagement: Full-time position

- Probation period: 6 months

- Compensation: Compensation varies depending on the skill, fitment and role played by the person. Compensation discussions will take place post the selection process.

- Performance incentives: Typically, all roles at Acies have a performance incentive. Specific aspects will be discussed during the compensation discussion

- Leave: 22 working days a year. Additional leaves for national holidays, sick leaves, maternity and paternity, bereavement and studies vary based on the city and country of engagement.

- Other benefits: Other employment benefits including medical insurance will be informed during the compensation discussion.

- Career growth for full-time roles: Acies believes in a transparent and data-based performance evaluation system. You are encouraged to clarify any questions you have with respect to career growth with Acies personnel you interact with during the selection process.

- Career opportunities for part-time roles: Conversion of part-time roles to full-time roles depends on both performance of the individual and business needs. You are encouraged to ask about the prospects as you interact with Acies personnel during the selection process.

- Global mobility: Acies encourages mobility across our offices. Such mobility is, however, subject to business needs and regulations governing immigration and employment in various countries.

Selection process:

- We seek to be transparent during the selection process. While the actual process may vary from the process indicated below, the key steps involved are as follows:

- Personal interviews: There are expected to be at least 3 rounds of online interviews. The number of interview rounds may increase depending on the criticality and seniority of the role involved.

- Final discussion on career and compensation: Post final selection, a separate discussion will be set up to discuss compensation and career growth. You are encouraged to seek any clarifications you have during this discussion.

Preparation required:

It is recommended that you prepare on the following aspects before the selection process:

Strong knowledge of market risk management, interest rate risk, quantitative modelling, product implementation, and client management

Basic / intermediate knowledge of Python and / or SQL

Basic / intermediate functional understanding of financial markets and products (Equity, FX, Fixed-Income and Derivatives)