Lead Product Manager
Posted on: 9 Dec 2021
New York, New York
Job Description
The Investment Management Technology Product Manager’s primary responsibility is to produce and maintain Front Office technology backlogs and roadmaps, enabling a clear path for delivery teams, as well as clear communication to end customers. The Product Manager will be responsible for providing guidance to business and technology team on all requests, development, and strategy management.
Other duties include, but are not limited to:
Collaborating closely with IM Business Relationship Director to gain insight and knowledge on the direct stakeholder needs.
Synthesizing the unique needs of user based on business need, user experience, and technology resources to create product backlog and roadmap.
Prioritizing the backlog of capability and feature enhancement requests for Charles River, as well as other platforms.
Working with back office to establish procedure and protocols for new enhancements.
Collaborating with investment management and technology teams to develop accurate timelines.
Presenting updates, future strategies, and business benefits to leadership/stakeholder teams.
Align IM stakeholders and product development teams on product vision.
Exploring external research on the future of front office tools, developing sustainable long-term strategies for the product.
Establish a forum for continuous feedback with stakeholders
Partner with cross functional teams to make ensure transparency.
What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful?
10+ years in investment, front office investment management experience preferred
Experience as an Agile Product Owner
Experience building software for investment management use
Ability to speak with investment management users to translate user stories to precise technology asks.
Bachelor’s degree in Science in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Information Technology preferred
Self-starter with proven track record of delivering new initiatives/product
Detail understanding of front office investment management workflow. (Portfolio Management, Trading, Operations)
Basic understanding of middle and back-office operations
Forward thinking and influential individual who can walk people through rational behind decisions and align them to product roadmap.
Ability to simplify complex issues and develop creative solutions.
Ability to mediate and resolve conflicts of interest
Excellent communication skills
Organized and detailed document tracking process.
Franklin Templeton Investments
San Mateo, CA
Franklin Templeton Investments has grown from being recognized as one of the best small companies in America to being considered a premier global investment management organization. We offer clients a valuable perspective shaped by our seven decades of experience, investment expertise and growing global reach. The company was founded in 1947 in New York by Rupert H. Johnson, Sr., who ran a successful retail brokerage firm from an office on Wall Street. He named the company for US founding father Benjamin Franklin because Franklin epitomized the ideas of frugality and prudence when it came to saving and investing. The company's first line of mutual funds, Franklin Custodian Funds, was a series of conservatively managed equity and bond funds designed to appeal to most investors.
We have the strength that comes with size. And the insight that comes from seven decades of investing experience.
We maintain a long-term perspective in everything we do and run our business with the same level of discipline we apply to asset management. As a result, our credit ratings are among the highest in the industry.
Our business is diversified by client type and geography. In fact, over 50% of our sales are derived from outside the U.S4. We also maintain substantial liquid cash and investments which give us the flexibility to invest in ongoing innovation for our customers.
We believe these characteristics make us an ideal long-term partner in asset management.
Our strategies are managed by specialized investment teams comprised of more than 600 investment experts around the globe1. These teams are supported by an independent risk management group to ensure investment risks are optimized – not simply minimized.
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IndustryAccounting/Finance
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No. of Employees9,700
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Website
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