Product Owner. Commodities Market Data. £90,000 - £95,000 + Discretionary Bonus and Benefits. Hybrid 2 Days a week in Central London Office.
My energy trading client is looking for a Senior Product owner to work on their front office Market Data platform build. Commodities Trading experience is essential as is experience of providing Market Data to the front office.
Main responsibilities
* Create the product vision and be the product ‘champion’
* Identify and scope out user requirements and translate these into product backlog epics & features, ensuring that they align to business benefits/KPIs
* Ensure the product meets non-functional requirements including performance, security, scalability and including technical activities (e.g. technical debt, upgrades, architectural changes)
* Seek technical guidance from the Data Architect and ensure the development follows the agreed approach and meets agreed standards
* Develop the product roadmap (including release schedule) & communicate this to the product team
* Manage and prioritise the backlog, balancing strategic and tactical requirements
* Develop user stories ensuring they are clear & precise, have sufficient detail and the necessary acceptance criteria are included
* Sequence and schedule user stories
* Set iteration/sprint goals
* Determine resource requirements and manage resource Risks
* Define the product development progress (monitoring, reporting, risks, issues) and ensure the product seamlessly moves through its lifecycle from development to support
* Approve iterations/products prior to release and ensure the appropriate level of testing is undertaken
* Define the product KPIs to define product success and monitor against these, addressing areas of concern e.g. low usage
* Communicate with stakeholders, including the business and technical teams, ensuring they are given the context for all work, understand their roles & responsibilities and are kept updated on progress
* The key people within the Data Team that you’ll work with are the Lead Architect, Technical Lead, developers, QA & testers, Head of Data Management, Programme Manager and Head of Data
* Build and improve the product team identity, morale, performance and ways of working
Required Skills and Experience
‘Process’ skills
* Experience in a product team designing and building bespoke technology solutions
* Experience of the full product development lifecycle and application of user-centric design principles
* Experience in eliciting, analysing and documenting user requirements
* Experience in developing user stories including defining acceptance criteria and definition of done
* Managing a product throughout its lifecycle including testing to ensure fit for purpose, and gathering feedback from stakeholders around its suitability and performance
* Project management experience including planning, resourcing, managing dependencies and monitoring/reporting progress
* Proven ability to mitigate and manage risk, resolve issues and solve problems
* Pragmatic approach to decision making
* Experience of agile working including developing artefacts and leading ceremonies
‘Soft’ skills
* Strong customer focus with the ability to extract value and positively impact business KPIs
* Stakeholder management including building strong relationships across the business at all levels
* Strong and adaptable communicator, both written and verbally, with the ability to tailor messages to the audience and present clearly and succinctly
* Experience in motivating and co-ordinating team members to continually improve performance and deliver agreed outputs
* Able to multitask, switch focus and prioritise both important and urgent activities; comfortable working under pressure with demanding front office users
* Equally comfortable to work in-person and remotely
Business knowledge
* Knowledge of the European Power and Gas commodity markets, including market fundamentals, trade instrument types
* Energy trading lifecycle / activities and teams
Technology & tools
* Workflow management tools e.g. JIRA, MS Azure DevOps
* Analytical tools – Python (including Pandas), SQL, Jupyter Notebooks
* MS Office applications
If you are interested and to learn more, please send your CV for immediate consideration,.