CIB Account & SSI Platform Product Owner (Vice President)

Role Overview

As a Product Owner (Vice President) you will lead strategy and execution for an internal crossline of business Account and SSI (Standard Settlement Instructions) reference data platform with accountability for outcomes across client onboarding account maintenance SSI maintenance and downstream payment settlement and regulatory reporting processing. Sitting between upstream onboarding/KYC processes and a broad set of downstream consumers (e.g. trade allocation platforms trade and cash settlement engines payment/trading platforms and reporting platforms) you will own the product vision roadmap and backlog for a trusted golden source of client account and SSI reference data.

You will drive how account and SSI data is captured validated approved published and consumed via APIs and event-driven publishing translating complex operational risk and regulatory requirements into prioritized development-ready delivery with strong controls traceability and auditability. You will balance new feature delivery with remediation data quality uplift production stability and standards-driven change through transparent prioritization and executive-ready reporting. Success will be measured by delivering a strategic industry-aligned and scalable solution that reduces data proliferation improves the operational user experience and reduces manual touchpoints in a global matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Roadmap:Own the vision roadmap and backlog for the Account & SSI golden source platform aligned to business value resilience and controls; prioritize trade-offs across features remediation and regulatory/standards change (SWIFT MT/MX ISO 20022 BIC IBAN LEI).
• Delivery & Agile Execution:Lead global end-to-end delivery (sequencing dependencies release planning) and convert requirements into development-ready stories with measurable acceptance criteria and clear DoR/DoD; run agile ceremonies with the Scrum Master and maintain documentation approvals change control and traceability for audit/regulatory readiness.
• Data Management & Controls:Drive data standards lineage stewardship and quality with monitoring for accuracy timeliness completeness and consistency; partner with Compliance/Risk on KYC AML and sanctions dependencies with clear policy alignment evidence and control design.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Integration:Translate workflows/pain points across Operations Middle Office Payments Treasury Custody and Front Office into increments improving STP and operating outcomes; coordinate integrations from onboarding/KYC to downstream consumers (SWIFT Fedwire CHAPS settlement engines trading platforms DTCC ALERT SWIFT Ref) with defined publishing contracts and controlled rollout.
• Reporting & Migration:Define and track OKRs/KPIs (data quality/timeliness exceptions/repairs settlement fails STP SLA adherence); provide executive-ready reporting on status/risks/remediation and lead production resilience incident triage and migration/cutover planning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters in a quantitative or related field (Finance Maths Stats CS Engineering).
• Certifications such as CSPO SAFe POPM PMP or PRINCE2.
• Exposure to Markets Investor Services custody clearing and Prime brokerage
• Working knowledge of SSI utilities (DTCC ALERT SWIFT)

Soft Skills

• Executive stakeholder influence across Technology Operations Compliance and business leaders in a global matrixed environment.
• Comfort with ambiguity and sound judgement; makes explicit trade-offs framed in risk operational impact and value.
• Strong ownership and follow-through with attention to detail in requirements controls evidence and delivery commitments.
• Strategic thinker with a bias for execution balancing long-term platform health with near-term delivery outcomes.
• Clear concise communicator to technical and non-technical audiences including senior forums.