Product Owner: Markets Repo and Securities Lending Platform (VP)

Overview

Product Owner (individual contributor) for building a new Repo and Securities Lending trading platform, including collateral optimization and allocation capabilities.

What you'll do

• Own the product roadmap and end-to-end execution for the Repo and Securities Lending trading platform.
• Translate front office and middle office needs into target-state capabilities, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery priorities.
• Lead Agile delivery, including running scrums and facilitating global team discussions.
• Drive enhancements across collateral optimization, collateral allocation, inventory management/utilization, and related trading lifecycle capabilities.
• Manage delivery schedules, dependencies, risks, scope changes, bottlenecks, and testing readiness with stakeholders.
• Define and track product outcomes and performance measures such as adoption, delivery progress, operational efficiency, inventory utilization, control effectiveness, and risk reduction.
• Document and deliver requirements and backlogs using tools such as Confluence and JIRA, and use enterprise AI tools (e.g., Copilot) for delivery artifacts and status reporting.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of business execution, implementation, or strategic planning experience (or equivalent).
• 10+ years of experience across markets, product ownership, solution delivery, or change management with significant exposure to Repo, Securities Lending, or collateral management.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end securities finance trade lifecycle across Repo trading and Securities Lending.
• Strong understanding of inventory management, margin, collateral eligibility/availability/allocation, segregation, and optimization methodologies.
• Experience leading product change using Agile methods and working with business and technology delivery teams.
• Proficiency with JIRA for product delivery artifacts and backlog/sprint activities; familiarity with tools like ServiceNow and Tableau/Power BI is beneficial.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for global stakeholders and senior leaders.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Work model: Hybrid; minimum three (3) days per week from the office.