Cleared Derivatives (Front Office) Product Manager – FIX Connectivity – 6853

Product Management, Full-time, London
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The Role:

ION XTPE is an industry leading comprehensive derivatives solution for the trading community. XTPE is an integrated execution and order management sell-side system with innovative high, low and no-touch trading. XTPE is the #1 Cleared Derivatives execution product on the market and we are growing the team and adding new innovations/functionality to this solution.

The Cleared Derivatives product team is looking for a Product Manager to work in the order management and execution space. This role provides the opportunity to add value to all aspects of the trading platform and work closely with customers to deliver integrations with their systems.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Own and promote the benefits of the Cleared Derivatives product offerings related to FIX electronic workflows going into and out of the trading platform pre and post trade.
  • Represent ION Cleared Derivatives products and services related to FIX Connectivity through discussion, documentation, presentations and demonstration, both internally and externally.
  • Collate detailed requirements and define User Stories in collaboration with customers.
  • Work with development team to deliver against these in an Agile context and to ratify proposed technical solutions, including testing new functionality.
  • Manage and prioritize backlog and road map for FIX Connectivity initiatives.
  • Understand how FIX connectivity integrates with the platform in general as well as with specific front office functionality.
  • Effectively communicate to all interested parties on new initiatives and updates on existing initiatives and services.
  • Support Delivery/Account Management in customer meetings and calls as a subject matter expert.
  • Provide training of new and existing technology to internal teams and customers.
  • Work with user-focused departments to define the user experience for the FIX related self-servicing  administration, support and monitoring  tools. 

Required Skills , Experience and Qualifications

  • 5+ years working in the financial technology sector.
  • Experience of FIX protocol applications within exchange traded derivatives, ideally related to front-office solutions for sell side brokers.
  • Ability to analyse customers' business problems, specify business requirements and suggest possible solutions at a functional level.
  • Excellent communications skills with the ability to adapt between low level technical discussion and a high-level executive summary.
  • Excellent time management and planning skills.
  • Strong technical knowledge of the FIX protocol.
    • Preferred
  • Familiarity with Agile principles and methods.
  • Understanding of order management workflows in exchange traded derivatives.
  • Experience writing product specifications in a Product Management or Business Analysis context.
About us

We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world. 
Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.
Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.
With 10,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe, ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group.
At ION, we offer careers that provide many opportunities: To invent. To design. To collaborate. To build. To transform businesses and empower people around the world to do more, faster and better than before. Imagine what you can do and experience. This is where you can do your best work.

ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.
ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.
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