Product Owner: Market Maker & Options Clearing (VP)

Overview

Product Owner (individual contributor) for planning, coordination and delivery of enhancements across Market Maker Clearing, Options Clearing, Trade Processing, Regulatory Reporting, Reconciliation and Post-Trade Operations.

What you'll do

• Execute the product roadmap across Market Maker Clearing, Options Clearing, Equity Clearing, Trade Processing, Reconciliation, Regulatory Reporting and Post-Trade Operations.
• Evaluate business requests, operational needs, stakeholder feedback, control requirements and regulatory obligations to prioritize the backlog and plan delivery.
• Manage the product demand and intake process, ensuring requests are documented, assessed, tracked, prioritized and routed appropriately.
• Maintain visibility into initiatives, outcomes, dependencies, milestones, capacity, risks, assumptions and delivery commitments.
• Manage quarterly planning, including Big Room Planning (BRP), capacity reviews, dependency management, prioritization and roadmap coordination.
• Partner with Product Managers to define intended outcomes, clarify scope and acceptance measures, evaluate solution options and drive delivery from concept through implementation.
• Assess impacts across business processes, technology platforms, operating models, controls, regulatory reporting and client or counterparty servicing.
• Create, refine and maintain Capabilities, Epics, Features, User Stories, business requirements, acceptance criteria and process flows in Jira.
• Partner with Business Analysts and Technology teams to translate complex business and operational needs into clear, testable and actionable work items.
• Own backlog refinement and prioritization; lead or support sprint planning, story reviews, retrospectives, backlog reviews and daily scrums as needed.
• Track delivery progress, resolve gaps, and identify and escalate risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies in a timely manner.
• Lead or coordinate user acceptance testing, test planning, traceability, evidence management, defect triage, production validation and post-implementation reviews.
• Coordinate implementation planning, release readiness, stakeholder communications, training materials, rollout activities, support procedures and production preparedness.
• Ensure processes, controls, support procedures, business continuity considerations and target operating models are documented and validated before implementation.
• Support root cause analysis, incident remediation, production issues, audit and compliance requests, and sustainable corrective actions.
• Coordinate Product, Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Business and Control stakeholders to drive delivery activities and decisions.
• Lead working sessions, planning meetings, governance reviews, execution checkpoints and cross-workstream coordination.
• Maintain action, decision, issue, risk, assumption and dependency logs; establish clear owners and drive timely resolution of blockers.
• Manage and respond to internal and external inquiries related to product capabilities, delivery commitments, controls and ongoing initiatives.
• Identify and execute opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate and scale product and operational processes.
• Use automation, analytics, workflow solutions and AI-enabled tools to reduce manual effort, strengthen controls, improve delivery efficiency and enhance decision-making.
• Develop dashboards, metrics and management reporting covering roadmap delivery, testing, capacity, risks, controls and operational readiness.
• Use AI-supported documentation, analysis, planning, testing, reporting and communication judiciously, with appropriate review for accuracy, context, privacy, security and regulatory requirements.
• Create concise, executive-ready presentations and updates that explain business outcomes, delivery status, trade-offs, risks, dependencies and decisions required.
• Translate complex clearing, platform, operational and regulatory issues into clear, outcome-oriented conversations and practical recommendations.
• Embed risk and control considerations into product design, backlog prioritization, requirements, testing, release readiness and implementation.
• Ensure product capabilities and delivery processes comply with applicable regulatory, operational, governance, resiliency, data security, privacy and internal risk-framework requirements.
• Support audit, compliance, resiliency, control remediation and business continuity activities, ensuring actions are traceable and sustainably closed.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of Business Execution, Implementation or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, education, MBA, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years of mandatory experience across Capital Markets, Securities Processing, Equities, Listed Options, Clearing, Trade Processing, Post-Trade Operations, Product Management or related functions.
• Experience supporting equity and/or listed options clearing workflows, with knowledge of trade lifecycle processing and operational controls.
• 5+ years of experience working with Agile delivery methodologies, Jira, business analysis, requirements management, backlog management and cross-functional execution.
• Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives, solve complex problems, and deliver from concept through implementation.
• Strong organizational, planning, analytical, problem-solving, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to create executive-ready presentations and present information to persuade, educate and enhance understanding at all levels.
• Ability to work effectively in a demanding, fast-paced, global environment, handling multiple priorities while maintaining quality, accuracy, integrity, accountability and attention to detail.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Experience identifying and driving process improvements in complex environments.

Nice to have

• Direct experience with Options Clearing, including listed options lifecycle events, OCC workflows, allocations, exercise and assignment, settlement, reconciliation and related controls.
• Experience with Market Maker Clearing, Equity Clearing, Trade Processing, Regulatory Reporting, Reconciliation or Post-Trade Operations.
• Experience consulting with internal clients and business partners and working successfully with all levels of leadership.
• Experience delivering regulatory, compliance, audit, resiliency or control-remediation initiatives.
• Demonstrated success leveraging automation, AI tools, analytics, workflow technologies, dashboards, metrics or low-code platforms to improve outcomes.
• Experience with front to back testing governance, operational readiness, production support, service management, quarterly planning, capacity management, prioritization and delivery governance.
• Data mining, modeling and analysis experience.
• Self-motivated, intellectually curious, adaptable, collaborative and execution-focused, with the ability to learn independently and operate with limited supervision.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Hybrid working model with a minimum of three (3) days per week from the office.
• Reasonable flexibility required to attend stakeholder meetings or calls as needed during US business hours, and to support weekend activities, particularly during release and deployment windows.
• Posting end date: 22 Oct 2026.