Product Management Associate

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and encouraging team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to crafting a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

The Product Management Associate is responsible for translating the product vision into squad deliverables to achieve the product strategy, aligned with improving value to the client. This is done through managing scope and product backlog in collaboration with the multiple squads, Product Manager, clients (internal/external) and key customers.

The position requires keen business analysis and communication skills to draft and present business requirements to both internal and external customers for ratification. The candidate must be proficient in depicting and describing business impact assessments between current-state and various future state business models. The position entails leading multiple internal customer meetings and representing Financial Risk & Governance's business in various forums on projects and new initiatives. The role also requires facilitating and leading external working groups composed of major industry participants that help advise on requirements and design options.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Assisting in developing project plans, including task assignment, prioritization, and forecasting, ensuring that all aspects are covered comprehensively.
• Creating and maintaining detailed project documentation, such as timelines, reports, and meeting minutes, to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Monitoring project progress diligently and identifying any potential issues or risks that could impede the successful completion of the project.
• Ensuring projects stay on schedule and within budget by carefully supervising achievements and expenditures.
• Assisting with resource allocation by actively managing and ensuring that all necessary resources are available at the right time.
• Coordinating with team members and customers to ensure smooth project execution through effective communication and collaboration.
• Managing project budgets meticulously and tracking all expenses to avoid any financial discrepancies.
• Communicating project updates and status to customers regularly to keep them informed and engaged.
• Facilitating meetings and ensuring effective communication within the project team to foster a collaborative environment.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers to ensure their continued support and involvement.
• Identifying and addressing potential project risks and issues proactively to minimize their impact on the project's success.
• Developing and implementing mitigation strategies that are tailored to address specific risks and issues as they arise.
• Advancing critical issues to the project manager or senior management promptly to ensure they are addressed effectively.
• Ensuring that project deliverables meet quality standards by conducting thorough reviews and quality assurance activities.
• Participating in quality assurance activities to identify and address any quality issues before they become major problems.
• Identifying and addressing quality issues as they arise to maintain the highest standards of project deliverables.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree preferred with Masters or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Agile/scrum methodology, including defining a minimal viable product, and exposure to other software development methodologies.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Exhibits strong understanding of Agile Software Development (primarily Scrum and Kanban) principles and techniques.
• Understands and uses applicable work management tools (i.e. JIRA) for decision making and collaboration.
• Drives creative and solution-oriented activity with all participants and customers
• Knowledge of financial services operations and risk management; clearance and settlement, post trade processing, counterparty credit risk, & associated regulation,trends and user demands in these areas.
• Complete the Product Vision and effectively translates into Product Roadmap and Backlog items to deliver the highest value.
• Collaborate with product management peers globally to ensure standard process and core principals are understood, adopted and implemented in regional initiatives.
• Ability to collect, analyze and visually present data via the use of charts, graphs or infographi

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About Us

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC's Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at or connect with us on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram .

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It's the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.

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About the Team

Our Risk Management teams work to protect the safety and soundness of our systems and are responsible for identifying, managing, measuring and mitigating a spectrum of key risk types including credit, market, liquidity, systemic, operational and technology in all existing and new products, activities, processes and systems.