Company Description

MarketAxess is a FinTech company and component of the S&P 500. We are a leading provider of global fixed income trading platforms, data, and post-trade solutions. 

The fixed-income markets represent an enormous global marketplace, where only a fraction of average daily trade volume occurs electronically. Believe it or not, most fixed-income trades are still executed via phone or blotter, providing us with a significant opportunity for disruption and future growth. 

We believe this market is ripe for disruption and have created a proprietary electronic platform that connects the world’s most influential financial institutions to the world’s largest capital market. Since 2015, MarketAxess has grown from roughly 300 employees to approximately 700 with offices across seven countries and annual revenue has more than doubled. We’re excited about the growth opportunities ahead and have built a fast-paced, collaborative, environment where all employees are empowered to make a material impact. We hope you’ll come join us!

Job Description

Product Owners at MarketAxess harness the technical agility of their teams to execute enterprise strategic goals and deliver value to the organization. Our Product Owners are highly motivated, passionate, inquisitive, adaptable and inspire their teams. Product Owners work with stakeholders and their teams to ensure strategic visions and technology innovations align with the entire organization.

As a member of an Agile Team, the Product Owner defines Stories and prioritizes the Team Backlog to streamline delivery of the Features or components for the team. They take a significant role in quality control and is empowered to accept stories as done. They developed significant relationships and responsibilities throughout MarketAxess, including working with Product Management to prepare for the Program Increment (PI) Planning meeting.

We are open to candidates working remotely, on EST or Central hours.

What You’ll Do

• PI Planning – Manage program backlog and refinement. Plan and participate in PI Planning events. Update and maintain Team backlog. Contribute to the Program Vision, Roadmap, and Team presentations.
• Maintain the Team Backlog – compose and manage user stories, defects, and enablers. Ensure backlog items are prioritized based on value, effort, and team dependencies determined in PI Planning. Ensure story Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done are well defined.
• Sprint Planning - Review and prioritize the backlog items in preparation for Sprint Planning. Coordinate dependencies with other Product Owners or Teams.
• Collaborate with Product Manager to define and deliver Features.
• Participate in agile ceremonies such as stand-ups, story refinements and retrospectives to ensure the team has a clear understanding of priorities.
• Perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and produce System Demos.
• Participate in the collection and evaluation of performance metrics.

What You Bring to the Table

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 2- 3 years of Product Owner experience preferred
• Knowledge of software development concepts; comfortable reading and interpreting technical documentation and working with developers, solution architects and other technical staff
• Experience with agile software development methodologies and related tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps
• Experience using Microsoft Office products and other Collaboration/Cloud/BI tools.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner or SAFe Product Owner Certification a plus
• Ability to understand complex business problems and identify and interpret business needs
• Strong influence, facilitation, and collaboration skills with ability to effectively communicate with a variety of disciplines and diverse groups of people
• Proactive self-starter, takes ownership of initiatives from the start through to completion

Additional Information

What’s In It For You?

In addition to working on cutting edge technology and in our culture of innovation, collaboration, and openness, we offer:

• Hybrid Environment: Flexibility matters! Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
• Employer Provided Food: Free lunch is delivered for all employees when in the office. Offices are always stocked with free snacks and drinks. 
• Paid time off: competitive PTO package including vacation days, sick leave, charity leave and parental leave
• 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $10K
• Health Insurance: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
• Wellness Stipend: Up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
• Onsite Healthcare: Convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
• Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: We want to empower your continued growth and development. On-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences are available to all employees.

MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal and state law.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.