Product Owner, Trading Interfaces and Connectivity
Railz
Position Type :
Full timeType Of Hire :
Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)Education Desired :
Bachelor's DegreeTravel Percentage :
1 - 5%Job Description
We are FIS. Our technology powers the world’s economy and our teams bring innovation to life. We champion diversity to deliver the best products and solutions for our colleagues, clients, and communities. If you’re ready to start learning, growing, and making an impact with a career in fintech, we’d like to know: Are you FIS?
About the Team
The Capital Markets Securities Processing team oversees a comprehensive suite of products that facilitate the processing of equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and derivatives for global sell-side brokers, with a primary client base in North America and Europe. Key offerings include Securities Processing Manager (formerly Phase3), PTP (formerly Torstone), Professional Portal (formerly WealthStation), and a range of supporting modules.
The team plays a vital role in requirements gathering, solution design, backlog prioritization, and stakeholder collaboration, and is currently transitioning to adopt Scaled Agile practices across all solutions.
What You Will Be Doing
We are seeking a Product Owner Specialist to join our team and take end-to-end ownership of our Trading Interfaces and Connectivity component, also known as Middleware. The ideal candidate will bring strong product leadership and technical understanding to drive the evolution of this component, ensuring seamless integration and high-performance connectivity across our platform.
Middleware serves as a connectivity hub that manages a wide range of inbound and outbound interfaces within the Securities Processing Solutions ecosystem, including FIX-based trading interfaces, TRACE reporting and UTC flows.
- Own and manage the Middleware FIX/Connectivity roadmap, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and evolving business needs.
- Collaborate with the broader product management team to identify and implement Middleware enhancements that support initiatives across the Securities Processing solutions.
- Lead requirements gathering efforts, engaging with clients, subject matter experts (SMEs), third-party vendors, and internal product teams.
- Prioritize and refine requirements using MoSCoW principles, and work closely with development teams to validate designs and define implementation plans.
- Partner with QA teams to establish clear and comprehensive user acceptance criteria.
- Support Professional Services in deploying Middleware updates and assisting with new client implementations.
- Define and maintain the long-term vision for trading interface connectivity across the Securities Processing product suite.
- Stay current with industry trends and initiatives impacting Middleware connectivity, such as FIX post-trade developments and regulatory changes.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of training, education, and work experience as well as fintech operational product experience/knowledge.
- Solid understanding of US retail, correspondent clearing, and institutional trade flows, especially in equities, fixed income (bonds, repos), money market funds, options, and mutual funds.
- Experience with FIX-based trading interfaces (e.g., Bloomberg, Murex, Valdi, Apex).
- Familiarity with DTC CTM allocation flows, NSCC UTC processes and OCC flows.
- Knowledge of Purchase & Sales (P&S) operations.
- Exposure to ISO 20022 and/or ISO 15022 messaging standards.
- Exceptional communication, collaboration, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Team-oriented with the ability to build effective, internal and external relationships.
Added Bonus If You Have
- Experience with one or more industry platforms such as Broadridge BPS, BPSC and Impact, BetaNxt, Phase3 or InteliClear.
- Working knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies.
- Exposure to modern development practices, such as Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Delivery or Development (CD) automation.
What We Offer You
A career at FIS is more than just a job. It’s the change to shape the future of fintech. At FIS, we offer you:
- A voice in the future of fintech
- Always-on learning and development
- Collaborative work environment
- Opportunities to give back
- Competitive salary and benefits
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EEOC Statement
FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here
For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Sourcing Model
Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.
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