eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Charles River Development

• Location

  Burlington, MA

• Compensation

  TBD

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  09 Sep 2009

• eFC Ref no

  550578

Responsibilities:

Provide Product Management in Fixed Income Trading or Equity Trading, Derivatives, Analytics, EMS, Money Market, Compliance, PM&A, Reference Data, Risk Management, Wealth Management,  Post Trade, Settlements

• Performs market analysis and builds product plans
 

• Gathers requirements from internal & external parties (clients, partners, vendors, etc.) and creates business requirement specifications
 

• Prepares product impact assessment, reviews with engineering groups, estimates effort
 

• Summarizes the task for wider internal & external reviews and funding decisions
 

• Analyzes priorities, maintains the product calendar and works with engineering to ensure that development calendar is progressing according to plan
 

• Creates functional specifications and reviews with relevant parties
 

• Reviews development process on an ongoing basis
 

• Demonstrates prototypes to interested parties, assesses usability
 

• Reviews the QA and documentation process on an ongoing basis
 

• Prepares product literature and placement strategy
 

• May speak at public events or author industry articles as appropriate
 

• Coordinates training and support resources
 

Requirements:

• Specific knowledge of the investment industry (financial instruments, workflows, major players, trends, etc.) Knowledge of several of these areas : Fixed Income Trading, Derivatives, Analytics, EMS, Money Market, Compliance, PM&A, Reference Data, Risk Management, Wealth Management,  Post Trade, Settlements.

 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
 

• Strong communication and inter-personal skills
 

• Ability to develop and manage cross functional processes and project timelines
 

• Understanding of the technology development lifecycle
 

• Proven ability to do requirements analysis, functional design and user interface
 

•   Ability to research, analyze and develop product plans

• Strong contributor with high motivation, with the ability to take initiative, set priorities and perform tasks with minimal guidance
 

• Bachelors Degree from top tier University  (CS, Systems Eng, Math or other Analytical Science)
 

• 10+ years of experience

Qualifications:

• Experience in either product management or systems analysis developing and delivering a multi-tier financial applications

• Proven experience in managing development of similar products Technical and architectural experience (coding, architecture, tech design)

• Consulting skills and experience

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