Product Manager

New York City

This role is regulated by FINRA.

As a Barclays Product Manager, you will embark on an exciting journey of taking the BARX Equities product franchise forward. You will work closely with the development, quant research, technology, coverage, compliance, legal, and operations team throughout each phase of product delivery. You will be part of an intellectually stimulating environment, where we are continually looking for innovative solutions to clients trading and liquidity requirements in collaboration with the quantitative research and algorithmic development team.

Salary / Rate Minimum: $140,000 Salary / Rate Maximum: $180,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any another type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality, and innovation behind us. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

Working Flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognizes and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.

We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

What will you be doing?

• Defining the product roadmap as it relates to BARX Equity Algorithms, and BARX Smart Order Router, and driving delivery against this roadmap
• Liaising with external clients, trading venues and industry bodies to keep the product aligned with client requirements and changing market structure
• Supporting business initiatives across the electronic execution platform
• Engaging with clients on algorithmic usage and providing execution advisory services
• Working with traders and engineers on use case development and product training
• Assisting Sales with knowledge of the product’s features, performance, and use as well as supporting production inquiries related to product suite
• Gathering and analysing large data sets across multiple data platforms to influence software results
• Collecting requirements for bespoke client features, formulating rollout plans, and leveraging data to understand feature demand across client base

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related quantitative field
• Solid communication skills, including the ability to translate technical requirements to business stakeholders
• Background in data analysis and data-driven decision making as well as basic knowledge of database querying and an interest in programming
• Familiarity with SDLC and software project management concepts

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Understanding of mathematical concepts (Gamma, Normal distributions, statistics)
• Product management experience
• Significant experience with US Equities, particularly electronic trading
• Experience with equity trading algorithms and electronic trading and knowledge of market microstructure for US markets

Where will you be working?

You will be working at our Americas Headquarters at 745 Seventh Avenue. This 32-story office tower is located in Times Square in the heart of Manhattan and features a cafeteria, fitness center and state-of-the-art LED signage on the facade of the building.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 50 countries and employing around 83,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.