What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner position at Globespan?
Product Owner
FULL TIME
NYC, NY
Key Responsibilities
- Own the product vision, roadmap, and prioritization for Operations & Controls platforms.
- Lead product discovery by understanding business problems, operational workflows, and stakeholder requirements.
- Partner with Back Office Operations, Controllers, Finance, and Technology teams to improve operational processes.
- Drive modernization initiatives in fund control accounting workflow automation, and operational reporting.
- Build and manage the product backlog, define user stories, and prioritize features based on business value.
- Coordinate delivery across engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders.
- Track milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery progress.
- Promote transparency and effective stakeholder communication throughout the product lifecycle.
- Identify practical opportunities where AI and automation tools can improve productivity, decision-making, and operational efficiency.
- Ensure solutions meet governance, audit, and operational control requirements.
Required Qualifications
- 5 years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Senior Business Analyst within Financial Services.
- Strong experience supporting Back Office Operations, Fund Controllers, and Finance Operations.
- Has fund accounting domain literacy, hands-on exposure to at least one fund accounting/admin platform, exception management
- Experience building or enhancing corporate back-office platforms and operational systems.
- Demonstrated experience translating fund control requirements — NAV integrity, cash/position break resolution, and controller sign-off workflows — into product specs and acceptance criteria that satisfy audit and governance standards.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Proven ability to manage product roadmaps, planning, prioritization, and execution.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini) and understanding of where AI can improve operational workflows. Hands-on AI solution development is not required.
- Ability to work effectively with engineering teams and understand modern software delivery practices.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with platforms such as Geneva/SS&C, Eagle, Advent, Paxus, or similar fund accounting and operations systems.
- Experience working with fund administrators or investment operations teams.
- Experience with Agile product delivery.
- Exposure to workflow automation, cloud platforms, or modern enterprise applications.