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About Us
MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.
The Role
This Product Associate role sits within our Emerging Markets product team, which is focused on developing our state-of-the-art trading system for fixed income to streamline our customers’ trading workflows. In this position, you will interact with business and technical stakeholders across the firm who help support these product development initiatives and are responsible for adoption by our clients.
The ideal candidate will have technical knowledge including experience of Agile methodologies, business analysis and product management skills within fixed income trading, and a track record of delivering innovative, data-driven solutions.
How You’ll Help Take Us There
- Learn quickly and become a subject matter expert in both fixed income trading and Agile culture, processes, practices and tooling
- Prioritize the backlog of work so that it best supports the execution of the product strategy
- Identify customer needs and articulate them to the cross functional teams responsible for delivering products that meet those needs
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers to ensure the delivery of coherent and consistently high-quality products delivered at pace
- Play an active role in the Product Management community, helping to grow our capability in these areas
- Be comfortable show casing progress to large groups through demos and walkthroughs
- Analyse user and market data for insight on what is driving client behavior. Use this data to produce insightful sales material that will drive product usage
- Support the head of product management in tracking business key performance indicators to measure product ROI/success
What We’re Looking for
- 2+ years working in product, project or business analysis roles
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject (ideally technical)
- Demonstrable ability to work in a team environment
- Experience in financial services sector/fixed income
- Recent experience of OMS/EMS API integration with trading venues
- Understanding of FIX specifications for electronic trading or data
- Fundamental understanding of database design, including working knowledge of SQL
- Experience in Agile delivery techniques, processes, practices, and tooling
- Proficiency with tools such as, Jira, Confluence, MS Office, Slack
- Experience in continuous improvement and problem-solving techniques
- Agile learner with attention to detail
- Strong analytical and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Enthusiasm for trading businesses and technology
What You Can Expect from Us
- Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
- Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks
- Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
- Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
- 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
- Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
- Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
- Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers
- Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
For job positions in NYC, NY, and other locations where required, the estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $90,000 USD to $125,000 USD. Actual salary may vary depending on job-related factors, which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. You may also be eligible for annual cash incentives, equity, and other benefit programs.
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