Product Manager/BA for a leading asset management firm

The ideal candidate will have worked as a business analyst, within the Financial Services industry. Primaryresponsibilities will entail overseeing all front-end applications with a concentration on proprietary businessintelligence tools. The Product Manager will lead a team of two employees and oversee an externaldevelopment team to facilitate the planning, completion, and delivery of development initiatives. This role will report to the Managing Partner and primary stakeholders will include business subject matter experts(Investment Management, Risk Management, Operations), Developers, and the Quality Assurance team.Specific Responsibilities Include Sprint iteration planning, spec building, collaborative design, user empathy, and strategic analysis Lead meetings with multiple stakeholders to identify and prioritize software development and businessimprovement initiatives Integrate with geographically distributed team and be able to work together towards the success ofthe deliverables Daily updates with Product Team focusing on workshopping ‘stories’ to ensure developers and QAengineers understand the business requirements and the desired end user experience Creating test scenarios, UAT, and software candidate validations prior to candidate release Daily cross-functional support on all project stakeholder levels as the ‘application owner’ – this includesdevelopment & QA, technology release team, and business owners Provide level 1 support on escalated production issues to ensure understanding and planningresolution Regularly updating business owners to ensure requirements are being met and that users understandthe product and are aware of project progress and released features Awareness and monitoring of industry trends that may impact prioritization of software development Working with System Architect (direct report) in securing proper daily data flow Working with Product Specialist (direct report) in creating, publishing, and delivering training materialsand documentation to ensure education and knowledge transfer Demos/presentations to internal and external stakeholdersRequirements Ability to prioritize ‘user stories’ and clearly translate requirements to development team 5+ years’ experience working within the financial services industry; prior experience with a hedge fund,hedge fund administrator, or related finance field is a plus Familiarity with investment risk systems preferred Previous experience with dashboards or other types of data visualizations (Power BI, Tableau, orsimilar) Ability to read programming languages (Python, R) Agile, scrum, or other experience with SDLC Strong time management and multi-tasking skills Strong communication and documentation skills