Product Manager

87554# Product ManagerMontrealHybridAgility and Product ManagementApplyWith over 30 years of recognized expertise, COFOMO is now a leading Canadian consulting firm specializing in digital and artificial intelligence. Supported by more than 3,000 experts, 10 Centers of Excellence, and 4 offices across the country, we are uniquely positioned to successfully guide our clients through their transformations. Both strategic and tactical, we help organizations across a wide range of industries thrive in today’s rapidly evolving world.## Our promiseHelp our clients succeed and maximize the impact of their transformation initiatives, turning them into powerful drivers of growth and innovation.## Job description**Here's a brief overview of the tasks and responsibilities you'll have :*** Represent the voice of internal clients to ensure a clear understanding of needs, business objectives, expected benefits and capital markets priorities;
* Define the positioning, planning, implementation and follow-up of the initiatives under his/her responsibility, while maintaining and prioritizing the product backlog;
* Develop and monitor the product roadmap, including the progress of the work, the risks, the issues, the required trade-offs and the budget consumption;
* Clarify and document business needs, success objectives, expected features, target processes, business rules, context diagrams and operating models;
* Guide business and functional analysts in the realization of their deliverables, including gap analyses, requirements, target processes, use cases, acceptance criteria, business rules, and traceability;
* Contribute to structuring decisions by presenting analyses, options, impacts, risks, trade-offs and recommendations to stakeholders and governance bodies;
* Maintain clear visibility on progress, risks, issues, decisions, trade-offs and value delivered;
* Ensure the alignment between support, maintenance, evolution and project activities that have an impact on the products or solutions under his/her responsibility;
* Collaborate in the preparation, execution and follow-up of business acceptance tests, including the traceability of requirements, the documentation of deviations, the prioritization of anomalies and the coordination of validations with users;
* Reduce the ambiguity of requests and ensure measurable value with every delivery.
**The profile we are looking for is as follows:*** Bachelor's degree in finance, administration, technology, engineering, mathematics, economics or a related field;
* Have at least five (5)years of experience in capital markets at a large financial institution, as a business analyst or product manager on technology solutions related to derivatives, fixed income, equities or financing;
* Proficiency in capitalmarkets sales activities, particularly fixed income and derivatives, including sales and trading platforms, order management, trade lifecycle, accounting and risk management;
* Knowledge of financialproducts, quotation mechanisms, bond types, yield curves, credit ratings, valuation of transactions, fixed income derivatives such as futures and swaps, as well as risk hedging mechanisms;
* Demonstrate strong communication, prioritization and problem-solving skills, as well as an ability to manage trade-offs between value, risk, capacity, suppliers and timelines;
* Experience with the different phases of a project or the lifecycle of a product in continuous evolution;
* Understand derivativesand fixed income desk operations, real-time pricing of financial products, as well as the processes of consuming market data and calibrating pricing curves (an asset);
* Demonstrate customer focus, rigor, autonomy, judgment, accountability and influential leadership;
* Proficiency in Agile, Scrum or Kanban methodologies and hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence and product backlog management practices;
* Knowledge of capital markets platforms such as CanDeal, GLMX, Tradeweb, ION, Fidessa, Anvil, Murex, Bloomberg, TOMS, Bloomberg Data License, BPIPE, MarkitWire or similar solutions;
* Understand issues related to market data, benchmark data, yield curves, data flows, data quality and reconciliation;
* Contribute to solutiondesign, feasibility analyses, estimates, planning and preparation of deliveries;
* Experience in a banking, financial services or regulated environment is an asset.* This position requires fluency in French and English for daily tasks, understanding documentation, and professional communication with customers, suppliers, and colleagues across Canada. French and English language skills are essential, both oral and written.Apply#J-18808-Ljbffr