Fixed Income - Business Analysis/ Product Owner - Vice President

Overview

Own the end-to-end Fixed Income post-trade Book of Work, defining and delivering the product roadmap for Settlement, Confirmation and Regulatory Reporting, and acting as the bridge between Front Office, Market Operations, Market Controllers and Global Technology Delivery teams.

What you'll do

• Take full end-to-end accountability for defining, prioritizing and delivering the Fixed Income Post-Trade Book of Work.
• Formulate a multi-year product roadmap aligned with organizational goals, regulatory imperatives and operational efficiency targets.
• Translate complex business problems into product epics, user stories, acceptance criteria and measurable business outcomes.
• Manage capacity and budget allocations across development pods, optimizing resource utilization and release velocity.
• Drive transformation across global settlement mechanisms (e.g., Euroclear, Clearstream, DTC, Fedwire, local market CSDs), fail management and cash/securities reconciliation.
• Lead product enhancements for electronic trade affirmation/confirmation platforms (e.g., Trax, DTCC CTM, SWIFT MT/MX ISO 20022 messaging).
• Oversee product compliance with international regulatory reporting regimes impacting Fixed Income (e.g., MiFIR/MiFID II, EMIR, Dodd-Frank, FINRA TRACE, CAT, CSDR).
• Proactively monitor market structure changes, industry mandates and central clearing counterparty (CCP) rules to ensure product adaptability.
• Build and sustain relationships with Desk Heads, Operations Leadership, Technology Directors, Risk & Control Partners and Legal/Compliance Officers.
• Navigate competing priorities across business lines through structured trade-off analyses, data-driven insights and executive negotiation.
• Run steering committees, backlog prioritization sessions and executive status reviews, communicating product vision, risks and ROI.
• Act as the dedicated Agile Product Owner across cross-functional engineering and QA squads, leading backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews and acceptance sign-offs.
• Define and monitor KPIs and KRIs to quantify product adoption, operational STP rates and risk mitigation.
• Champion product management practices, ensuring adherence to change governance, SDLC frameworks and audit controls.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, computer science, engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years of total financial services / fintech experience, with at least 4+ years in a senior Product Owner, Product Manager or Business Analyst role.
• In-depth knowledge of Fixed Income asset classes (Bonds, Treasuries, Repos, Security Lending and Borrowing instruments) and the post-trade lifecycle.
• Solid grounding in SWIFT messaging standards (ISO 15022 and ISO 20022), FIX protocol and trade flow architecture.
• Comprehensive understanding of bilateral and central clearing, tri-party repo mechanics and exception handling workflows.
• Practical experience delivering regulatory reporting solutions for post-trade transaction reporting.
• Proven ability to influence and align senior stakeholders with divergent agendas.
• Adept at dissecting complex workflow bottlenecks and formulating scalable, automated solutions.
• Strong familiarity with Scrum/Kanban frameworks, JIRA/Confluence and modern product management tools.
• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills suited for C-suite and executive audiences.

Nice to have

• Master's degree or MBA.

Details

• Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India.
• Full-time role.