Product Owner Connectivity & Customer interfaces

The Product Owner “Connectivity & Customer interfaces” is part of the product development team.

Role Summary

The Product Owner (PO) is in charge of contributing to the transformation of Euronext Clearing by defining the functional design (business requirements) of the interfaces and reports available at the CCP to ensure adequacy with client needs.

The PO drafts the business requirements based on the needs that the various services cover, collected in part through consultation with clients (either external or internal). If there are several business lines or stakeholders involved, then the PO must coordinate the various parties.

The PO role will play a central role in ensuring the consistency of interfaces, customer connectivity, reporting and referential data for the clearing of all Euronext markets.

The PO will work together with Euronext post-trade teams, Euronext Operation and IT teams, the Programme director, other POs dedicated to sub streams and all relevant internal & external stakeholders.

Your key accountabilities

• Responsible for the complete definition of business requirements on connectivity and customer interfaces for Euronext Clearing. This may involve designing new interfaces which are currently split across trading, clearing and settlement instances, working with Technology on internal and external networks, liaising with teams in different companies within the group, identifying the bottlenecks and proposing solutions with the customer in mind.

• Responsible for the drafting of the complete product backlog and functional roadmap on connectivity and customer interfaces for the clearing of Euronext markets.

• Accountability for the set of requirements defined, their completeness with regards to the clients’ needs before the launch of the project is a key factor success for the product conception and launch.

• Work closely with the other members of the business and value design stream as well as internal and external stakeholders. This role is central in designing a solution appealing to Euronext Clearing Members and will require close work with Euronext Ops team including the client service desk,  Euronext Clearing teams as a whole and existing and new customers.

• Responsible for the validation of the QA reports after developments of the business functions identified by the PO.

• Participate to the structuring of Euronext Clearing Operations team in Paris and reinforcement of Euronext Clearing overall Operations team.

The key accountabilities only describe the main activities and are not intended to be exhaustive. It evolves depending on the expertise level and ongoing projects.

Your profile

Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in the relevant financial market discipline is required as the PO needs to have strong expertise to deliver on his/her tasks;
• Past experience in an European Exchange or European CCP is a must; and
• Experience with the agile project management methodology is a plus.

Profile and Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills – working with teams from various locations and departments, and interacting with varying levels of seniority across the organization;
• Excellent oral and written communication and influencing skills, capable of interacting effectively with business product and operation experts as well as with executive level management;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Strong knowledge of the clearing and settlement set-ups and functions across Europe;
• Proactive and driven;
• Strong leadership;
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; and
• Mastering of English as a working language is a must.