The Role:

The Company Product Owner assures that a cohesive product strategy for the assigned Product/Solutions line across Product Development aligns with the firm's business goals. They will accomplish this by coordinating all Product Owners of the Product/Solutions line and their respective products/solutions on a company-wide basis.

• Has ultimate responsibility for the Company Product Backlog in the Product/Solutions line - understands the vision, complexities, and interdependencies of all related solutions. Participates in the Business Value Estimation Meeting and facilitates the Product Owners meeting.
• Helps competitively position Bloomberg products and solutions in the marketplace by understanding industry trends, competitors and their offerings.
• Manages company-wide expectations of Product Owners. Uses astute judgment to decide when it's appropriate to reduce management expectations or apply pressure to Product Development.
• Analysis ROI for all projects in the assigned product/solution line
• Works with multiple Product Owners to coordinate releases and issues spanning multiple Agile Development teams.
• Maintain close working relationships with all departments to assure optimal communication and conflict resolution.
• Interacts with customers and other industry partners to understand developments and trends in the market
• Focus on creating and marketing full solutions to Bloomberg customers and not only single products
• Supports Sales, Solutions Management and Marketing to showcase Bloomberg offerings and participates in workshops with clients and partners
• Maintains close working relationship with all other Company Product Owners to ensure overall Company Product Backlog and vision is constantly maintained and communicated
• Assure that Product Owners interact frequently with internal customers to make sure that the products and solutions are meeting the customers' needs.
• Assure that Product Owners have a detailed understanding of their product space and positioning relative to competing products in the marketplace.
• Conduct performance reviews of Product Owners, keep them challenged, and provide growth opportunities whenever possible.
• Set a culture of positivity, proactiveness, and a strong work ethic for all Product Owners by example.
• Maintain a heightened sense of urgency for all Product Owners.
• Demonstrate increasing understanding of the business side of electronic trading, including trading strategies, financial markets and instruments, and industry trends.
• Share responsibility for his/her career development and training needs with his/her direct supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Finance, or related
• 5 years of experience with Algorithmic Trading / electronic trading platforms
• Proven aptitude in business analysis, documentation, and liaising between technical and business experts
• Ability to quickly understand complex technical matters and communicate them succinctly
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, strong teamwork skills, and ability to work without close supervision
• Customer oriented, service-minded and well-organized
• Available for domestic and foreign travel

The Company:

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.