Product Manager - Custody, Trading and Investment (12 month FTC)

Product Manager - Custody, Trading and Investment (12 month FTC) London (GB)

LGT Wealth Management UK LLP is a UK-based partnership, wholly owned by the private banking group LGT, which is in turn owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein. When we set up LGT Wealth Management in 2008, our aim was to offer a fresh approach to wealth management. Alongside the LLP we also have two other entities which focus on US and Jersey based clients. Our head office is based in London however we have a presence in Edinburgh, Jersey, Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol. The plan was simple: put our clients first by providing a transparent service, designed around what is right for each of them. By drawing together in-depth knowledge and experience from across the industry, we provide a flexible, bespoke service adapted to each of our clients' needs.
Our mission is to create long-term value for all stakeholders. Our culture encourages individuals to generate, develop and implement ideas which will strengthen our business. Belonging, respect, integrity, conviction and entrepreneurship are our core values. As our brand recognition grows, we are fast becoming an employer of choice in our sector. We have over £29 billion in funds under management and circa 700 staff.

Business Unit:

The Business Transformation team was introduced in January 2023, responsible for product management across all business and client facing technology and tasked with leading the company's long term digital transformation strategy. The Head of Business Transformation reports to the CEO of LGT Wealth Management.

The team are responsible for driving innovation, engaging with all business units to ensure we continue to challenge and improve our processes, systems, products and services to ensure we are positioned to meet the future expectations of our clients and support the growth of the business.

The team are responsible for the product management of front office and client facing technology, including but not limited Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), Portfolio Management, Custody Services, Research and Client Portals.

Brief Role Objective:

The Product Manager will work closely with the Lead Product Manager for Investments.

They will take ownership of the alignment and product development of our investment operations proposition, including but not limited to Custody, IBOR, dealing and settlements. As a Product Manager, you will be part of the team charged with integrating and improving a key part of the LGT WM Business, with the goal of delivering innovative, efficient solutions to support the business. The Product Manager will bridge the gap between technology and the business, nurturing a long-standing collaborative partnership.

To succeed in this role, you must be able to: collaborate with senior business stakeholders, be commercially minded, constantly develop your business knowledge and awareness, be comfortable working with APIs and be able to work within a long-standing Agile team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acting as the subject matter expert to developers and vendors around deliverable outcomes
• Understand the needs of key business stakeholders and ensure their requirements are understood and turned into actionable agile user stories.
• Communicate the value / benefits delivered by the product team to relevant stakeholders and governance groups, taking ownership of the portfolio management and research ecosystem.
• Take the lead in product updates, giving regular demos and training across the business.
• Articulate the product vision and how each story supports that vision.
• Working in the grey areas, totally comfortable with ambiguity and able to find a way forward.
• Able to translate human into tech and vice versa.
• Lead an agile product team delivering high quality well written user stories and acceptance criteria.
• For internal systems, own the product backlog and be responsible for ensuring the backlog is refined, transparent and clear to all, and show what the team will work on next
• For external systems, support the management of relationships with multiple vendors, facilitate release planning and ensure the product roadmap aligns to the overall team strategy and objectives.
• Liase with wider product teams to determine any product dependencies and negotiate to avoid blockages.
• Ensure that all design and delivery is robustly managed in terms of conduct, delivery and operational risk in line with LGTWM's business standards.

Your profile

Key Skills and Competency Requirements:

• Direction - is well informed about the business and strategic context. Keeps moving forwards and loves change
• Alignment - works across team boundaries to share perspectives and maximise efficiencies. Well connected and maintains broad set of relationships, laser focussed on the vision
• Commitment - shares success and openly acknowledges high performers. Has humility, acknowledges shortcomings and can admit error
• Behaviours - passion to challenge the status quo with an experimental mindset to drive innovation
• Collaborative - Thrives in a team, builds and nurtures great relationships and shares knowledge openly

Experience, Qualifications and other requirements specific to the role:

• Degree level
• 5+ years Product Manager experience
• Experience of transformational change
• Experience working with APIs, microservices and distributed architecture
• Experience working with external vendors across Portfolio Management or Investment Services
• Experience leading teams in an agile setting, delivering continuous change into a production environment
• Has worked in financial services setting, preferably within Asset Management, Wealth Management or Private Banking

Excellent spoken and written English.

Do you feel addressed? Then simply fill out the online application. We look forward to getting to know you.

Transparency is important to us. That is why you will find everything that matters to us on our website - plus everything you should know about us before you meet us in person, open an account or apply for a job. That includes, for example, the history of the Princely Family, which is closely intertwined with our own.