The Bank for International Settlements, BIS is hiring a Senior IT Product Manager within the Banking IT department.
This role is based in Basel, however, thanks to our status as an international organization, we can hire globally and welcome applications from candidates of all nationalities and located anywhere in the world. Relocation support is available for the successful candidate and their dependent family members.
Purpose of the job:
This role focuses on product management with additional responsibilities in business analysis to identifying business needs and developing tools for pricing financial instruments, hedging, trading, portfolio management, and related activities.
Leads cross-functional initiatives mentoring team members and coordinating with external stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.
By joining the Banking IT team, you will:
- Be responsible of defining the strategic vision, development and lifecycle management of the assigned product(s) ensuring alignment with the bank’s strategic objectives.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business needs, analyse business processes, and document requirements.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions and smooth system operation, including production support.
Principal accountabilities:
- Act as the primary liaison for stakeholders to coordinate changes and initiatives and provide regular progress updates.
- Lead and mentor agile cross-functional teams, providing guidance and fostering collaboration to achieve product goals.
- Oversee the full lifecycle of software releases and upgrades, enhance system reliability through DevOps and test automation and ensure compliance with IT and cybersecurity policies.
- Provide support, including on-call coverage during evenings, weekends, and service windows, managing incident resolution processes, liaising with technical teams to troubleshoot issues.
- Organize own work and, when required, help set objectives for the area of responsibility ensuring measurable contributions to the department’s success.
- Maintain records of time spent on various activities in accordance with departmental procedures.
- Ensure that resources are used in an effective manner within the designated area, in cooperation with the Line Manager. Propose investments to the Line Manager and ensure cost-effectiveness within the area of responsibility.
Qualifications, skills, and experience:
- Deep knowledge of the financial trade life cycle in central banks environments using a TMS ideally Findur.
- Working experience as a product manager with trade management systems in a treasury and/or asset management business for a financial institution.
- A master's degree in information management, computer science, finance, or equivalent professional work experience.
- Strong analytical thinking to understand business needs and specify technical solutions including acceptance criteria and non-functional requirements.
Strong understanding of agile methodologies and experience working in agile development teams.
Who we are:
The Bank for International Settlements is a diverse organization with colleagues from over 60 countries. By joining us, you will work in a unique, highly rewarding, and international work environment. We truly value diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the world we serve. We want the best people to work for us in an inclusive environment so welcome applications from all qualified candidates. At the BIS, we value equality and diversity in all its forms, including those with a breadth of professional experience. One way we support diversity and inclusion is through our staff-run networks. You can discover more about diversity at the BIS here.
What the BIS offers:
We want your time at BIS to be a rewarding and career-enriching experience. We offer an agile and flexible working environment with hybrid working opportunities including home office and working from abroad days. To support our international applicants, we offer relocation support that extends to your dependent family members. In addition, thanks to our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, including support for working families including childcare and education allowances (where applicable). Finally, we offer a genuinely unique international working environment, which will give you exposure to the global financial system and the opportunity to collaborate with passionate experts from all over the world.
We strive to ensure that individuals are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, and to perform essential job functions. Should you wish to request accommodation, support in completing this application or participating in the application process, then please reach out to the recruitment team at staffing@bis.org.