Product Manager/ QA (Banking Risk)

Synechron is looking for a Product Manager with 3-5 years of experience to collaborate closely with our Products team on a Risk Management programme of work (x6 month contract). The role is vital in a global migration programme of work and involves a QA element.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Jira workflows to coordinate product development and issue tracking
• Conduct QA and manual testing of parallel systems to ensure quality and performance
• Assist the production team in triaging and resolving production issues promptly
• Work with product teams to ensure the continuous and stable delivery of product enhancements
• Perform data and run analysis to support decision-making and system improvements
• Collaborate with technical teams, leveraging Python programming (a plus) for automation and scripting
• Develop a solid understanding of counterparty risk management processes (collateral, capital, margin systems such as SIMM, IM, VM), CCPs, and clearing operations
• Support the valuation and risk assessment of vanilla OTC IR/FX derivatives (preferred)

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in product management, QA, or related roles in financial technology or banking
• Good understanding of counterparty risk management, derivatives, and clearing processes is a big plus
• Strong expertise in Jira or similar issue tracking tools
• Experience with manual testing and QA processes in complex systems
• Familiarity with production environment troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Data analysis skills, with experience in run analysis preferred
• Basic Python programming skills are highly desirable

X6 months contract in global financial institution - x3 days in office (flex) - strong market rates

Synechron

Synechron Technologies draws on over 17 years of financial services IT consulting experience to provide expert systems integration expertise and technical development work in highly complex areas within financial services this making it one of the fastest-growing digital, business consulting, and technology firms around the world. Headquartered in New York and with 22 offices around the world, Synechron has limitless opportunities for our ambitious and innovative employees to contribute to our growth story. We are embracing the most cutting-edge innovations in areas like Blockchain, Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, and Cloud Computing as well as delivering end-to-end Consulting, Technology, and front-to-back application design capability that allows us to see a project through from start-to-finish as a trusted advisor and partner to our clients, this allowing our people to work on the most industry-leading initiatives that will shape the future of the financial services industry. This has helped us to grow to $850+ million in annual revenue and 13,000 employees.

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