Area Product Owner, Trading - Equities (Assistant Vice President) at OCBC in BOS Singapore

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Required

• FIX Protocol messaging
• OMS/EMS platforms
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Jira
• Confluence
• Reporting tools