Area Product Owner, Trading - Equities (Assistant Vice President)

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At Bank of Singapore, we are constantly on the lookout for exceptional individuals to join our team. We promote a culture of openness, teamwork and fairness. Most importantly, we invest in our people through our programmes that develop them on both professional and personal levels. Besides attractive remuneration packages, we offer non-financial benefits and opportunities to develop your potential within OCBC Group’s global network of subsidiaries and offices. If you have passion, drive and the will to succeed, rise to the challenge today!

WHAT YOU DO

Reporting to the Product Owner - Trading (Equities) in Platform & Integration Office department within the COO Office division, the Area Product Owner is responsible to support the Product Owner on initiatives related to Equities trading applications/ platform.

Functional Analysis & Product Delivery

• Gather, analyse, and document business requirements from Trading, Operations, Compliance, and Technology stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into user stories, functional specifications, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Perform impact and gap analysis for system enhancements, regulatory initiatives, and vendor releases.
• Support backlog management, sprint planning, prioritisation, and release activities.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure solutions meet business requirements and strategic objectives.

FIX Connectivity & Trade Flow Analysis

• Support broker onboarding and FIX connectivity initiatives across OMS and EMS platforms.
• Review FIX specifications, message flows, and routing logic to ensure accurate implementation.
• Analyse trade lifecycle events, order routing workflows, and broker integrations.
• Coordinate with brokers, vendors, and internal teams to investigate and resolve connectivity, messaging, and trade processing issues.
• Support testing and validation of broker integrations and production releases.

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Review test scenarios and test cases to ensure alignment with business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Support system, integration, and user acceptance testing activities.
• Coordinate defect triage, prioritisation, and resolution tracking.
• Validate delivered functionality against business requirements and functional specifications.

Operational Support

• Support production issue analysis, incident reviews, and operational process improvements.
• Assist in identifying delivery dependencies, operational risks, and technology-related issues.
• Contribute to knowledge management, documentation, and process standardisation initiatives.
• Support platform stability and continuity during periods of increased demand or resource constraints.

Reporting, Governance & Compliance

• Prepare product reporting, governance updates, and stakeholder communications.
• Track delivery metrics, production incidents, defect trends, broker onboarding status, and key risks.
• Support audit, regulatory, and compliance-related documentation and requests.
• Maintain product documentation, process flows, and operational procedures.

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in Product Ownership, Business Analysis, Functional Analysis, or Trading Technology support.
• Experience gathering business requirements and producing functional specifications, process flows, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of equities trading workflows, OMS/EMS platforms, and broker connectivity concepts.
• Familiarity with FIX Protocol messaging and electronic trading workflows.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Jira, Confluence, and reporting tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Equities, Electronic Trading, OMS, or EMS platforms.
• Knowledge of FIX message structures, trade lifecycle management, and order routing workflows.
• Exposure to regulatory and compliance requirements within financial markets.
• Understanding of software testing methodologies and UAT processes.
• Agile, Scrum, Product Owner, Business Analysis, or Capital Markets-related certification is advantageous.