Product Owner - Operations
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
The Operations Product Owner will help create and deliver quality business systems and operational tools, while working as part of a dedicated Agile Scrum team. The Product Owner will interface with various internal/external operational departments with high levels of responsibility to understand the business behavior and needs to deliver scalable, reliable STP solutions that are critical to the day-to-day business.
The Product Owner represents the business while working with the Product Manager in prioritizing features for development, approving user stories, and ensuring open communication across all stakeholders. The individual will also be responsible for maintaining the product backlog by creating, owning, and refining well-formed user stories which can be actionable by the scrum team.
The individual will represent the scrum team, when needed, to internal/external stakeholders, leaders, and other teams to ensure alignment by providing feedback to the program on enhancements. The Product Owner champions change and effectively manages the implementation of new ideas, ability to align and motivate a team to achieve objectives.
What You Will Do
- Responsible for innovation and E2E launch of products
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with global operational teams
- Works with cross functional teams including infrastructure, compliance, engineering, etc.
- Translate product features into well defined requirements including user stories and acceptance test criteria
- Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog through refinement and grooming sessions
- Remove roadblocks for the scrum team to help meet software and business objectives by gathering information and answering questions
- Work towards becoming a subject-matter expert of your product
What You Bring to the Table
- Candidate must be articulate, and have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to think broadly (across products and functions) and conceptualize practical solutions balancing user requirements with technical constraints
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Excellent attention to detail
- Bachelor's Degree in relevant field
Desired Skills
- 1-3 years of experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst type role
- Successful track record of developing products within deadlines
- Fixed income domain knowledge
- Knowledge of Agile principles and process
- Knowledge of Jira, MS Visio or similar, Word, Power point, Excel, SQL, Linux (basic)
- FIX experience
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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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.