Product Specialist - Market Risk (EMEA)
About the role
Product Specialist - Market Risk (EMEA)
The Product Specialist - Market Risk will work within the product management team to support the development of a next‑generation end‑user front‑to‑risk application for the financial markets industry, with a primary focus on Market Risk capabilities.
This role requires a hands‑on Product Specialist with Business Analysis skills who will work closely with internal Risk teams and the application product management to translate complex market risk methodologies into intuitive, user‑friendly workflows, screens, and interactions.
The successful candidate will own the definition and documentation of user‑centric requirements and functional specifications in JIRA, ensuring that Market Risk functionality is not only analytically robust, but also clear, explainable, and efficient for end users such as traders, market risk managers, desk risk controllers, and senior risk stakeholders.
What You'll Do
- Contribute to and maintain the product roadmap for an end‑user front‑to‑risk platform, with a strong focus on usability and user experience across Market Risk workflows.
- Act as a key liaison between Market Risk teams, Product Management, UX/Design, and Development, ensuring risk methodologies are accurately reflected in intuitive user experiences.
- Lead the definition of user‑centric requirements for Market Risk features, producing high‑quality user stories, functional specifications, acceptance criteria, and workflow descriptions in JIRA.
- Own and manage the end‑to‑end requirements lifecycle in JIRA for Market Risk initiatives, including epic and story creation, backlog grooming, prioritization, dependency identification, and continuous clarification with developers and designers.
- Ensure that clear and complete functional test cases are defined for Market Risk features, enabling developers, QA, and business users to validate expected system behavior and outcomes.