Product Owner

Trade Nation

Kuala Lumpur
Permanent
Full-time

16 days ago
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We're looking for an experienced Product Owner to deliver an unparalleled trading experience for global CFD and spread betting traders, focusing on performance, scalability, and robust trading execution systems. In this high-impact role, reporting to the Chief Product Officer, you'll optimize our product development lifecycle through close collaboration with product and development teams.Who we areWe are Trade Nation. We help our customers power up their trading through killer insights, transparent costs, and fairer ways to trade. We’re innovators, and proud of it. And we’ve grown a lot in our decade as a market-leading low-cost trading powerhouse. Our reach is global through our teams in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Seychelles and The Bahamas.Founded on transparency, forged in trust and powered by people, we’re committed to empowering our customers to outperform the markets. How? By minimising expenses and harnessing technology to prioritise the lowest trading costs.But enough about us. Let’s hear about you.Who you areYou’re something special. You pride yourself on being unique and bringing your own history to the table – finding solutions to daily challenges in a way that can’t be done by anyone else. Maybe you talk a big game, maybe you don’t. The important thing is that you do what you say and follow through to see every customer thrive.You don’t play with the bumpers up. That means breaking out of your lane when needed to help others – or forging your own completely. Every problem is our problem and that’s how you see it too. Because Trade Nation’s people have a shared vision, and you want to be part of making it a reality.You know when to take the right sort of risks, the ones that push you to be better. You’re not afraid to try, fail, and then try harder. But don’t worry, you’ll have all the support you need to thrive with us at Trade Nation, and we can’t wait to enable you to learn and grow.Ready to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in?Our commitments to each otherWe have each other’s backsThere when we need each other mostWe challenge each otherBe more creative, more curious, more boldWe thrive togetherTaking our work to the next levelWe form strong bondsThrough team building and social eventsWe don’t judgeInstead, we teach and are open to learningWe step upTaking ownership and we are supporting each other to do the sameResponsibilities

Lead the delivery of our trading platform roadmap, enhancing the experience for global CFD and spread betting traders.
Translate complex business requirements into clear product specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria
Collaborate closely with engineering and architecture to understand the technology stack, influence architectural decisions, and ensure scalability.
Manage the technical product backlog, prioritising tasks, guiding estimation, identifying dependencies, and addressing technical debt.
Lead Agile ceremonies and foster a collaborative culture within development teams and engagement with the wider business community and strategy
Oversee release management with your QA, SRE and engineering team to ensure smooth and predictable deployments
Act as the primary point of contact for development squads and communicate effectively with all stakeholders on roadmap delivery and technical concepts.

Requirements

3-5+ years of proven success as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner or Technical Business Analyst
Experience working in JIRA, Confluence, Figma, Miro (or similar tools) in a masterful way
Experience working in building delightful trading experiences and understanding the underlying trading execution platform
Experience working with trading products such as CFD, spread betting, sports betting, direct trading and investment products
Proficiency in discussing and understanding APIs, microservices, databases, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.
Knowledge of common architectural patterns and trade-offs - including scalability, reliability, security, performance.
Excellent interpersonal, and presentation skills to clearly communicate delivery progress and timelines in different ways
Strong project and cross-functional stakeholder management skills
Experience cooperating with Engineering Leads to get the most out of development teams
Strong technical writing ability with experience co-creating and reviewing technical specifications and tasks
Experience managing and communicating releases to customers and internal stakeholders
Experience implementing agile processes and being able to adapt to the needs and capabilities of the business

Preferred requirements

Direct experience in the CFD, spread betting.
Experience with API design (e.g. Swagger) and championing well-defined and documented APIs.
Experience working with hybrid, remote, in-house, outsourced, and mixed-capability development teams
Experience working with tech stacks - such as C# , Python, Javascript / Typescript

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