About the Role:
As a Product Manager, you will drive the development, pricing, execution, and lifecycle management of Structured Products that support the investment needs of the bank’s clients and its growth objectives. This role involves identifying and evaluating new product opportunities, collaborating with internal stakeholders to generate investment ideas, securing necessary product approvals, and partnering with platform teams to enhance processes and develop innovative product capabilities.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Identify product needs for all customer segments across RBWM in conjunction with segment and channel leads, and eliminate product gaps in the product/service offering. Continuously innovate and align ideas with the house view and client needs.
- Monitor market trends and events that may create end-user needs; ideate payoffs and underlyings aligned with house views, seek stakeholder interest, and manage product lifecycle.
- Analyze, optimize, and establish consensus across sales, investment strategy, and control functions; launch and manage products with issuer assistance, addressing client queries throughout the product lifecycle and suggesting replacements at maturity.
- Improve processes and automate wherever possible to reduce turnaround times on various activities; take ownership of sundry tasks requiring the desk’s involvement on a daily basis.
- Project manage strategic enhancements for the wealth management business.
- Continuously improve infrastructure and desk capabilities, such as agreements with issuers and digitization efforts.
- Understand the business dynamics across channels and segments to leverage product/service needs of the bank’s customers, positioning Structured Products as essential to a valuable customer proposition.
- Establish delivery of a best-in-class educational framework for Structured Products.
- Automate desk activities wherever feasible.
- Manage relationships with all relevant internal and external counterparties to ensure seamless distribution channels in delivering business targets.
- Jointly own the budget for Structured Products in partnership with segments and channels.
- Monitor the structured products trade book and escalate any yellow/red flags to the WMIGC for exercising customer duty of care.
- Develop, monitor, and continuously improve checks and balances to ensure desk activities comply with all relevant regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Act as a point of contact for all stakeholders regarding Structured Products.
- Manage Structured Product trade-book, reviewing secondary market pricing, identifying repeat sale opportunities for upcoming maturities, and gathering sales feedback.
Skills and Experience:
- Degree in Engineering or Mathematics from a globally recognized top-tier university.
- Preferred Postgraduate qualification in Finance from a reputed international university, with specialized coursework and strong exposure to derivatives, structured products, and advanced financial markets.
- Proven experience in Equities, Rates, FX, Fixed Income, or Structured Payoff Structuring within a leading bank.
- Experience in Global Markets, Quantitative Structuring, or Structured Products.
- Hands-on experience in the design, pricing, and structuring of derivative and structured investment products across asset classes.
- Demonstrated programming and quantitative development skills, with evidence of coding experience in languages and tools such as Java, VBA, Python, C++, GitHub, SQL, or similar technologies.
- Ability to build pricing tools, automate workflows, develop quantitative models, and support structuring activities through technology-driven solutions.
- Experience collaborating closely with Trading, Sales, Structuring, Quantitative Research, Risk Management, and Technology teams to deliver innovative client solutions.
Benefits:
- A competitive rewards package that reflects your skills and responsibilities.
- Flexible work policy, allowing you to work from home as needed.
- A range of professional development opportunities aimed at accelerating your career.
