Product Manager

Location: Makati City, National Capital Region, ph

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

As a Product Manager within Strategy & Product, you will:

• Develop product and service strategy in alignment with company strategy, and shape the product roadmap, considering customer needs, market standards and the regulatory requirements. 
• Prepare compelling business cases to support product investments, clearly articulating the value proposition, expected outcomes, and resource requirements. 
• Own and drive strategic growth initiatives overseeing the product evolution over the full development cycle: from ideation phase, through design, specification and development and over to the launch and post release analysis. 
• Collaborate closely with diverse internal stakeholders to define R&D budget allocation and monitoring of innovation initiatives part of the R&D portfolio 
• Apply business acumen to critically assess the business fit of M&A and partnership opportunities, including the development of joint value proposition 
• Coordinate the launch of new product features with product marketing and sales operations teams, incl. actively promoting new products within Avaloq as well at Events 
• Communicate product plans, benefits, KPIs and results to all internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, ensuring alignment and buy-in across the organization and balancing high-value solutions for our clients with the complexity of implementation

Qualifications

• You bring product management experience in financial services, and you are interested in the future of the banking industry and the evolution of the technology
• You have a bachelor's degree from a top-tier university in Business, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• You are confident in making strategic product decisions, based on data insights, and articulating them to the executive leadership. 
• You are quick and effective in hypothesis testing, bringing creative energy and structured thinking to problem solving.
• You are energetic and hard-working, and a continuous learner, thriving in a dynamic environment and always striving for excellence.
• You are eager to “make it happen” and have a hands-on mentality. You’re resourceful and creative and can solve challenging problems independently
• You have excellent English communication skills and excel at storytelling, analyzing and communicating complex topics clearly and concisely across all organizational levels
• You’re curious and proactive in exploring how AI tools can streamline workflows, boost productivity, and improve decision-making in your daily work. 
• Experience in B2B product management is a plus. 
• Knowledge of fintech ecosystem is a plus. 

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

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