Product Manager

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager Consultant to support a strategic Debt Platform Modernization Program. This role will work closely with business stakeholders subject matter experts technology teams external partners developers and QA engineers to define end-to-end business processes and translate them into actionable product requirements.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Product Manager who can drive requirements discovery maintain a delivery-ready backlog support implementation and testing activities and ensure delivered solutions achieve the intended business outcomes. This position requires strong analytical thinking stakeholder management and the ability to operate effectively in complex and evolving environments.

Key Responsibilities

Stakeholder Discovery & Requirements Elicitation

Lead workshops and working sessions with business stakeholders SMEs external partners and delivery teams.

Document current-state and future-state business processes decision points dependencies and operational workflows.

Facilitate alignment across stakeholders and drive timely resolution of requirement gaps and open questions.

Product Planning & Backlog Management

Partner with product leadership to translate business objectives and program priorities into a prioritized product roadmap and backlog.

Manage feature sequencing dependencies release scope and sprint readiness.

Ensure epics features and user stories remain refined and ready for development and testing.

Business Process & Requirements Definition

Define end-to-end business workflows business rules data requirements exception handling processes and integration touchpoints.

Create and maintain epics features user stories process maps and acceptance criteria.

Translate business needs into implementation-ready requirements that can be effectively executed by engineering and quality teams.

Product Delivery & Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate closely with developers architects QA engineers business analysts Finance Operations and third-party partners throughout the product lifecycle.

Participate in backlog refinement sprint planning implementation reviews release preparation and product demonstrations.

Resolve functional questions and provide ongoing business context to delivery teams.

Testing Validation & Product Acceptance

Partner with QA teams to review test strategies test scenarios and traceability against acceptance criteria.

Support defect triage clarify expected business behavior and coordinate user acceptance validation.

Evaluate completed functionality and recommend readiness for business acceptance and production deployment.

User Experience & Process Design

Collaborate with business users and design teams to create and review workflow diagrams wireframes and prototypes using Figma.

Ensure solutions deliver intuitive efficient and well-controlled user experiences for both internal and external users.

Debt Markets & Domain Expertise

Build and apply knowledge of debt issuance securities settlement trade lifecycle processes and related operational workflows.

Leverage business and market insights to identify process improvements challenge assumptions and support informed product decisions.

Expected Deliverables

Current-state and future-state business process documentation

Epics features user stories and acceptance criteria

Business rules workflow diagrams and process maps

Wireframes and prototype reviews

Product backlog management and prioritization artifacts

Product review presentations and stakeholder feedback documentation

Requirements traceability and decision logs

Ongoing support for implementation testing and product acceptance activities

Required Skills:

Product ManagementDebt MarketsTrade Lifecycle