DCM Senior Product Owner

DCM Senior Product Owner has a heavy involvement, directly working with the DCM business partners; there is also involvement with Development, Infrastructure, Compliance, Finance and other Control teams where there is overlap. Interaction with intra company and third-party vendor relationships also play a key part in the delivery of this role.

Bridge the gap through relationship building between technical team (Infrastructure, developers etc) and the business (DCM Trading and Issuance Desks), to relay updates to stakeholders.

successful candidate will:

• Manage the IT engagement and relationship with the DCM business at a senior level, acting in a product owner capacity to manage backlog and prioritisation for both BAU and project change items
• Bridge the gap through relationship building between technical team (Infrastructure, developers etc) and the business (DCM Trading and Issuance Desks), to relay updates to stakeholders and manage expectations
• Maintain communication throughout the change lifecycle in a consistent manner, with regular reporting to sponsors and stakeholders, as well as coordinating regular status updates with the IT teams (managing a backlog)
• Work closely with FO business stakeholders and the development team to deliver a variety of change associated with the Capital Markets DCM business, by providing direction and ownership
• Contribute and grow project delivery disciplines and an enhanced customer experience; provide role modelling, leadership, and motivation within the DCM Engagement community
• This role is responsible (but not limited to) ensuring the smooth functioning of the DCM business within the bank. It includes all change raised by the DCM Trading and Issuance Desks and ensuring stakeholder approval of delivered solutions
• Proactively identifying, specifying and documenting business needs and areas of improvement from key business stakeholders
• Leading and facilitating working group discussions and workshops
• Understand the implications of each project/change and ensure that risks and issues are monitored throughout, in particular timely escalations and proactive actions to meet objectives
• Working across functions of the company, including business analysts, developers, middle office and operations, to meet business needs at a strategic level
• Follow our governance process
• Create and contribute to team processes and procedures
• 3rd Party relationship management
• Keeping abreast of market updates by participating in external committees including ISDA Data & Reporting Working Groups, Tradeweb Working Groups, UnaVista Working Groups etc.
• Support the continued evolution of the DCM business workstreams