London Stock Exchange Group
The FTSE Russell business is establishing Product Leads focused on developing target state Index capabilities to transform the core Index Platforms and scale growth for FTSE Russell. The Senior Product Manager - Index Portfolio Construction will drive strategic and cross-functional projects to build world class scalable Platform capabilities for our Index Platforms. The key responsibility will be to act as a product owner for technology to build fit-for-purpose software solutions for Index Portfolio construction. You will successfully interact with wide stakeholder group, designing solutions, owning specifications used for development, and ensuring sound execution. Serving as a bridge between FTSE Russell customers, business stakeholders, other technology capabilities, and the Delivery organisation, accountable for the setting a strategy, vision, and the creation and delivery of a long-term roadmap for their capability area. Critical to the role is a strong Agile and collaborative mindset, working well across many diverse groups and balancing outcomes that help drive capability excellence but also FTSE Russell goals. Main responsibilities Set the strategy, vision, and mission of their capability area, communicating that across FTSE Russell to wide stakeholder groups As business owner, develop proactive relationships with senior leaders across business units and technologists to design appropriate solutions, foster discussions and decisions around product & feature definition, feasibility, scoping, and development Own mid- to large-size transformational projects that aim to increase FTSE Russell's product offering, improve scalability or enhance quality, including being responsible for business analysis, development and refinement of strategies, and definition of current and future capabilities requirements Collaborate with the other Capability Product Leads, as well other stakeholders, in identifying capabilities required for current Index creation, calculations and future product expansion Define interfaces with among key Index development systems: calculation, data processing and reporting/distribution Drive migration of existing systems into new integrated Index platform, reverse engineer capabilities of legacy platforms when required Define and drive adoption of quality and scalability controls for new Index Platform, including automated QA for index calculations (calculation output validation, methodology cross-checks, etc.) Profile/Skills Extensive relevant work experience in product ownership / technology / business analysis / program management / application delivery in banking or financial domain Experience in Indexing / portfolio management Solid understanding of Index Management and Operations, Index design, calculation, and data (software development experience would be a plus) Experience building/leading technology delivery for operations teams in the financial industry, ideally linked to Indexing/Funds Experience driving large-scale technology programs and designing digital transformation strategies Experience in portfolio construction, performance and risk calculations, optimization techniques and statistical analysis Deep understanding of investment, business and technical perspective, ability to solve business challenges through technology Management experience with Product Owners, including training and career development Experience with Agile delivery and transformation Experience with technology-driven innovation and digital transformation Familiarity with Benchmark Regulations Experience with SaaS (Software as a Service), Cloud, Test-Driven Development (desired) Exposure to relational and non-relational databases (desired) Key Behaviours Articulate, creative, energetic person able to work alongside the team Exceptional written and oral communication skills and experience with executive storytelling. Ability to communicate with diverse audiences, ranging from highly technical partners to business clients Excellent attention to detail with the ability to think logically to solve business problems Ability to establish credibility and build strong, confident, collaborative relationships with business and technology stakeholders including external parties, at all levels Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines without compromising quality Results driven, self-motivated, problem solving, and solutions oriented; takes pride in his/her work Demonstrates a can-do attitude, exhibits self-confidence, leadership, and adaptability to business change Excellent organisational, negotiation, presentation, and time management skills; ability to manage business expectations Ability to keep abreast of and understand technology trends, see how they impact your roadmap, and how they drive innovation LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions. Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity. LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, and how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject . If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.
The FTSE Russell business is establishing Product Leads focused on developing target state Index capabilities to transform the core Index Platforms and scale growth for FTSE Russell. The Senior Product Manager - Index Portfolio Construction will drive strategic and cross-functional projects to build world class scalable Platform capabilities for our Index Platforms. The key responsibility will be to act as a product owner for technology to build fit-for-purpose software solutions for Index Portfolio construction. You will successfully interact with wide stakeholder group, designing solutions, owning specifications used for development, and ensuring sound execution. Serving as a bridge between FTSE Russell customers, business stakeholders, other technology capabilities, and the Delivery organisation, accountable for the setting a strategy, vision, and the creation and delivery of a long-term roadmap for their capability area. Critical to the role is a strong Agile and collaborative mindset, working well across many diverse groups and balancing outcomes that help drive capability excellence but also FTSE Russell goals. Main responsibilities Set the strategy, vision, and mission of their capability area, communicating that across FTSE Russell to wide stakeholder groups As business owner, develop proactive relationships with senior leaders across business units and technologists to design appropriate solutions, foster discussions and decisions around product & feature definition, feasibility, scoping, and development Own mid- to large-size transformational projects that aim to increase FTSE Russell's product offering, improve scalability or enhance quality, including being responsible for business analysis, development and refinement of strategies, and definition of current and future capabilities requirements Collaborate with the other Capability Product Leads, as well other stakeholders, in identifying capabilities required for current Index creation, calculations and future product expansion Define interfaces with among key Index development systems: calculation, data processing and reporting/distribution Drive migration of existing systems into new integrated Index platform, reverse engineer capabilities of legacy platforms when required Define and drive adoption of quality and scalability controls for new Index Platform, including automated QA for index calculations (calculation output validation, methodology cross-checks, etc.) Profile/Skills Extensive relevant work experience in product ownership / technology / business analysis / program management / application delivery in banking or financial domain Experience in Indexing / portfolio management Solid understanding of Index Management and Operations, Index design, calculation, and data (software development experience would be a plus) Experience building/leading technology delivery for operations teams in the financial industry, ideally linked to Indexing/Funds Experience driving large-scale technology programs and designing digital transformation strategies Experience in portfolio construction, performance and risk calculations, optimization techniques and statistical analysis Deep understanding of investment, business and technical perspective, ability to solve business challenges through technology Management experience with Product Owners, including training and career development Experience with Agile delivery and transformation Experience with technology-driven innovation and digital transformation Familiarity with Benchmark Regulations Experience with SaaS (Software as a Service), Cloud, Test-Driven Development (desired) Exposure to relational and non-relational databases (desired) Key Behaviours Articulate, creative, energetic person able to work alongside the team Exceptional written and oral communication skills and experience with executive storytelling. Ability to communicate with diverse audiences, ranging from highly technical partners to business clients Excellent attention to detail with the ability to think logically to solve business problems Ability to establish credibility and build strong, confident, collaborative relationships with business and technology stakeholders including external parties, at all levels Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines without compromising quality Results driven, self-motivated, problem solving, and solutions oriented; takes pride in his/her work Demonstrates a can-do attitude, exhibits self-confidence, leadership, and adaptability to business change Excellent organisational, negotiation, presentation, and time management skills; ability to manage business expectations Ability to keep abreast of and understand technology trends, see how they impact your roadmap, and how they drive innovation LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions. Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity. LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, and how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject . If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.
Virgin Money
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
Business Unit: Chief Operating OfficeSalary range: £47,200 - £70,800 per annumContract Type: Permanent Take control of your career. Live a Life More Virgin. Our Team In Quality Engineering Services we are proud that we are the team which deliver the engineering capabilities that enable our customers to engage with their finances when and how they want to. We deliver change right across the bank from in store, web and mobile channels across a range of technologies. We love what we do and it's truly an exciting time to join the team! We're looking for someone ambitious who of course loves the techy side of being a technologist but also someone who cares about delivering engaging customer experiences. We are looking for a best in class Senior Quality Automation Engineer who will provide expertise and knowledge to develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality. You'll work alongside the tribes/squads/project teams to drive test automation and framework(s) that complement the development approach. In this exciting role, you'll work collaboratively with the delivery team to review and input to requirements, specifications, and technical design documents, estimate, prioritise, plan and coordinate testing activities within the team. Interested, keep reading to find out more and apply! What you'll be doing • Developing and executing exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality.• Working collaboratively with the delivery team to review and input to requirements, specifications and technical design documents, estimate, prioritise, plan and coordinate testing activities within the team.• Leading and mentoring colleagues within our project, squads and tribes ensuring the appropriate development and coaching is in place to ensure the team is successful across the bank.• Working with engineering leads; product owners; project managers and other competency chapter leads to understand the CIO & tribe priorities; working as a team you will facilitate the best solution and help prioritise the backlog which will demonstrate the most relevance for our colleagues and customers.• Feeding into overall delivery estimate, design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools as much as possible, develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet stakeholder needs, track quality assurance metric• Proactively identifying technical impediments, working directly to resolve. • Working with colleague to support and educate on quality first principles, whilst facilitating CI/CD. We need you to have • Previous Experience of working in an agile environment with at least foundational experience of digital infrastructure, configuration management, continuous integration & automated software releases• In depth knowledge and understanding of user acceptance testing • Experience in shifting NFT left, this includes performance, Security, Accessibility and Compatibility.• Previous experience of automated software releases, configuration management and system management in a high availability cloud environment; Containerization experience highly desirable• Experience working with build tools like Maven or Gradle as well as compatibility testing tools (ideally Browserstack)• Skilled in automating functional testing in sprint and maintaining automated regression packages• Proficient in applying industry best practices, fostering knowledge sharing to provide solutions for complex business problems. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Computer Science and/or Engineering degrees (or equivalent practical experience) are preferred while other degree subjects may be considered• Highly effective communication skills working with all levels of the organisation• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment• Problem solving ability• Relentless focus on delivering business value through sound engineering methods and principles Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if Part-Time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of
Business Unit: Chief Operating OfficeSalary range: £47,200 - £70,800 per annumContract Type: Permanent Take control of your career. Live a Life More Virgin. Our Team In Quality Engineering Services we are proud that we are the team which deliver the engineering capabilities that enable our customers to engage with their finances when and how they want to. We deliver change right across the bank from in store, web and mobile channels across a range of technologies. We love what we do and it's truly an exciting time to join the team! We're looking for someone ambitious who of course loves the techy side of being a technologist but also someone who cares about delivering engaging customer experiences. We are looking for a best in class Senior Quality Automation Engineer who will provide expertise and knowledge to develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality. You'll work alongside the tribes/squads/project teams to drive test automation and framework(s) that complement the development approach. In this exciting role, you'll work collaboratively with the delivery team to review and input to requirements, specifications, and technical design documents, estimate, prioritise, plan and coordinate testing activities within the team. Interested, keep reading to find out more and apply! What you'll be doing • Developing and executing exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality.• Working collaboratively with the delivery team to review and input to requirements, specifications and technical design documents, estimate, prioritise, plan and coordinate testing activities within the team.• Leading and mentoring colleagues within our project, squads and tribes ensuring the appropriate development and coaching is in place to ensure the team is successful across the bank.• Working with engineering leads; product owners; project managers and other competency chapter leads to understand the CIO & tribe priorities; working as a team you will facilitate the best solution and help prioritise the backlog which will demonstrate the most relevance for our colleagues and customers.• Feeding into overall delivery estimate, design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools as much as possible, develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet stakeholder needs, track quality assurance metric• Proactively identifying technical impediments, working directly to resolve. • Working with colleague to support and educate on quality first principles, whilst facilitating CI/CD. We need you to have • Previous Experience of working in an agile environment with at least foundational experience of digital infrastructure, configuration management, continuous integration & automated software releases• In depth knowledge and understanding of user acceptance testing • Experience in shifting NFT left, this includes performance, Security, Accessibility and Compatibility.• Previous experience of automated software releases, configuration management and system management in a high availability cloud environment; Containerization experience highly desirable• Experience working with build tools like Maven or Gradle as well as compatibility testing tools (ideally Browserstack)• Skilled in automating functional testing in sprint and maintaining automated regression packages• Proficient in applying industry best practices, fostering knowledge sharing to provide solutions for complex business problems. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Computer Science and/or Engineering degrees (or equivalent practical experience) are preferred while other degree subjects may be considered• Highly effective communication skills working with all levels of the organisation• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment• Problem solving ability• Relentless focus on delivering business value through sound engineering methods and principles Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if Part-Time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of