Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior Product Owner - Middle & Back Office (MBO), FICC for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in New York, NY.The Senior Product Owner for Middle & Back Office (MBO) will be responsible for defining and executing the strategic product roadmap across post-trade operations supporting Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities (FICC) businesses. This role serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, operations, technology, risk, and control functions to drive platform modernization, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and scalable front-to-back processing solutions. The successful candidate will possess broad capital markets product knowledge with deep expertise across FICC trade lifecycle workflows and requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to balance business priorities with technology constraints.
Responsibilities:- Own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and backlog for MBO platforms and capabilities supporting FICC businesses
- Drive transformation initiatives focused on automation, straight-through processing (STP), risk reduction, scalability, and operational efficiency
- Partner with Front Office, Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, and Technology teams to prioritize investments and deliver measurable business outcomes
- Serve as the accountable product lead for end-to-end trade lifecycle workflows across fixed income, rates, FX, repo, credit, and derivative products
- Lead requirements definition, business process re-engineering, and target operating model development
- Make value-based prioritization decisions and manage trade-offs across competing business demands
- Champion data quality, controls, reconciliation, exception management, regulatory compliance, and operational resiliency initiatives
- Oversee business case development, benefits realization, and KPI tracking
- Provide executive-level communication, status reporting, and stakeholder management across business and technology leadership
- Lead and mentor Business Analysts and Product team members while fostering a product-driven delivery culture
Requirements:- 10 years of capital markets experience with significant focus on FICC products and post-trade operations
- Deep expertise across Fixed Income, Repo, FX, Rates, Credit, and Derivatives processing
- Proven experience leading large-scale middle office, back office, or post-trade transformation programs
- Strong understanding of trade lifecycle events, settlements, confirmations, collateral, payments, reconciliations, regulatory reporting, and operational controls
- Experience working within Agile product organizations and managing strategic product roadmaps and backlogs
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders across business and technology organizations
- Experience with platform modernization, workflow automation, data initiatives, and vendor integrations
Desired skills:- Product management leadership experience within an investment bank, broker-dealer, or capital markets institution
- Experience with front-to-back architecture and target operating model redesign
- Strong knowledge of regulatory and control frameworks affecting FICC operations
- Familiarity with post-trade platforms, settlement utilities, market infrastructure providers, and enterprise data ecosystems
Pay range: $185,000 - $227,000 per yearOnly candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:- Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20 years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
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Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
