Product Lead - Private Funds

Description

The company is building out its private markets and private funds offering, and this Product Lead role sits in the Chief Product Office within the Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking division.

You will own the strategy, build-out, upgrades and day-to-day running of the global private markets offering, working closely with Investment Services product leaders, Global Fund Services, technology, operations, risk and business teams to grow the business, improve client results and keep the offering competitive.

You will assess market openings, competitor products, client needs, regulatory change and vendor capabilities, then decide which enhancements and new products to pursue and help bring them to market with marketing material, thought leadership and client presentations.

The Product Managers in this group focus on shaping product vision, planning and delivery, staying ahead of shifting economic, technology and customer needs across both human and digital channels.

Responsibilities

• Set and run the vision, strategy and roadmap for the private markets portfolio.
• Run product governance and lead product councils that set priorities and make decisions.
• Track competitor, regulatory and industry shifts to find market openings and gaps in the product line.
• Research markets and vendors, build business cases and push for investments that grow clients and the business.
• Set measurable product outcomes and tie priorities to business goals and key results.
• Own each enhancement and new product from start to finish.
• Work with technology, operations, risk, legal and business teams to deliver roadmap items.
• Coordinate and rank product requests so they fit WCIB and Global Fund Services strategy.
• Prepare funding proposals and capital spending requests where needed.
• Lead discovery, design, build, testing and rollout through Agile ways of working.
• Work with business development and marketing to produce and keep up to date collateral, sales tools, client decks, articles, white papers, sell sheets and thought leadership.
• Present the product in client meetings, due diligence sessions and sales talks.
• Attend industry conferences, client events and market forums to gather insight and build the company's position.
• Act as the go-to expert on private markets trends, client needs and industry news.
• Break work into actionable steps, analyze business data and use OKRs to set priorities and track the roadmap.
• Take care of technical features and debt reduction for technical products, and keep them modern.

Requirements

• You have experience as a product manager.
• Preferred: experience in private markets, alternative investments, private funds, fund administration, custody, asset servicing or institutional investment products.
• Preferred: knowledge of WCIB and the investment services ecosystem.
• Preferred: experience reading market trends, competitor products and regulatory change to shape product strategy and roadmap choices.
• Preferred: strong executive communication and client presentation skills, including taking part in due diligence meetings and industry events.
• Preferred: experience supporting product launches through client presentations, sales materials, thought leadership and due diligence.
• Preferred: skill in mapping how product, system and process elements affect results, and in planning solutions that line up resources using business metrics, KPIs, design systems, service blueprints and reuse.
• Preferred: ability to anticipate shifting market priorities and internal and external customer needs in ways that keep adding value.
• Preferred: strong customer focus, with methods that give customers a good experience at every touchpoint.
• Preferred: knowledge of software product technology and ability to design, configure and integrate it.
• Preferred: knowledge of Agile ways of working and of tools and methods for assessing and controlling risk, applied sensibly to different situations.
• Preferred: product P&L, product strategy, vision and planning, product discovery and development, channel alignment, adoption, customer experience research, Agile, go-to-market and sales channels, performance measurement, marketing and analytics, and customer centricity.

Conditions

Some domestic and international travel may be required for client work, industry conferences and market research.

Accommodations are available for disabilities during the application and hiring process.

Benefits

• Benefits are built around the whole person, supporting your health, financial security and peace of mind for you and your family, both at work and outside it.
• Healthcare covering medical, dental and vision.
• Basic term life insurance, with optional term life insurance available.
• Short-term and long-term disability cover.
• Pregnancy disability cover and parental leave.
• 401(k) plan and an employer-funded retirement plan.
• Paid vacation of two to five weeks, depending on salary grade and tenure.
• Up to 11 paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance.
• Sick and safe leave accruing one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless the law provides otherwise.
• Full benefits details by employment status are available on request.