Product Manager - Transactional Functions

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a Product Manager to join an effective, cross-functional team in Edinburgh. As a global team, we follow Agile processes and consist of software developers and business analysts based in Avaloq's development centres across Edinburgh, Zurich, Berlin, Luxembourg, Pune and Manila.

Collaboratively, we work with clients and partners to develop and deliver innovative product solutions to meet market demands, help shape the back-office landscape of tomorrow and maintain existing features in live use. Your role will be to work across multiple projects simultaneously and collaborate with Engineering, Design and Marketing teams to ensure successful product development and delivery.

• Lead the product lifecycle from ideation to launch and post-launch optimization.
• Conduct market research, analyse competitor products and keep up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and to maintain our competitive edge.
• Gather and prioritize product and customer requirements, working closely with stakeholders to understand their needs.
• Develop and maintain a product roadmap aligned with company goals and market demand.
• Conduct impact assessments to measure the effect of regulatory change on a process.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and inform decision-making.

• Proven experience working in a similar role, practicing product management methodologies (Agile and Scrum)
• Broad knowledge of the transactional functions domain in Financial Services: transactional and regulatory reporting, payments, securities trading
• Ability to communicate to a range of seniorities and technical or non-technical stakeholders to present product strategies, roadmaps and performance metrics
• Ability to use your analytical skills to translate data into actionable insights, in tandem with your strategic approach and awareness of market trends
• Proficiency in project management tools (Jira or Trello) and knowledge of user experience (UX) principles

It would be a real bonus if you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science or related field
• German-speaking language skills, or another European language
• Experience working with or knowledge of Avaloq products

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.