Senior Product Specialist
United Kingdom
Job Description
Senior Product Specialist
Greater London, England

Job Summary

Senior Product & Delivery Manager - Credit Technology (FIC)

Project Description

Credit Technology partners with Credit Trading, Sales, Risk, Operations, and Quant teams to deliver strategic technology solutions that support front-office trading, risk management, electronic trading, regulatory compliance, and business growth across Credit Markets. This role combines product ownership, delivery leadership, and stakeholder management responsibilities to drive the successful execution of the Credit Technology portfolio.

 

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of Credit Technology initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities, regulatory requirements, and strategic objectives.
  • Partner closely with Credit Traders, Sales, Structuring, Risk, Operations, and Technology teams to define product roadmaps, priorities, and delivery plans.
  • Own delivery governance across multiple workstreams, ensuring effective management of risks, dependencies, issues, and execution timelines.
  • Drive Agile delivery across globally distributed development teams, ensuring predictable and high-quality outcomes.
  • Translate business requirements into actionable product and technology solutions, balancing commercial objectives with technical feasibility.
  • Facilitate stakeholder discussions, negotiate priorities, manage competing demands, and drive decision-making across senior business and technology leadership.
  • Monitor delivery performance through meaningful KPIs, portfolio metrics, and management reporting.
  • Lead portfolio planning, release management, quarterly roadmaps, and investment prioritisation exercises.
  • Ensure strong collaboration between front-office stakeholders and engineering teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and high-performing trading solutions.
  • Champion continuous improvement in delivery practices, operational processes, and platform capabilities.
  • Support production governance and work with support teams to ensure platform stability and business continuity.
  • Present progress, delivery status, risks, and strategic recommendations to senior management and governance forums.

Skill Requirements

  • Product Delivery and Technology Leadership
  • Stakeholder Management and Executive Communication
  • Agile Delivery (Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile)
  • Product Management and Roadmap Ownership
  • Portfolio and Programme Delivery
  • Risk, Dependency, and Issue Management
  • JIRA, Confluence, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Data-driven Decision Making and Reporting
  • Vendor, Resource, and Budget Management
  • Strong Leadership, Negotiation, and Influencing Skills

 

Domain Expertise Required

  • Strong understanding of Fixed Income and Credit Markets.
  • Experience working with Credit Trading desks, including:
    • Investment Grade (IG)
    • High Yield (HY)
    • Credit Derivatives (CDS)
    • Bond Trading
    • Electronic Trading Platforms
  • Understanding of trade lifecycle, pricing, risk management, P&L, and front-office workflows.
  • Knowledge of investment banking technology architecture and trade processing flows.
  • Familiarity with regulatory and market structure requirements impacting Credit businesses.

Other Requirements

Key Attributes

  • Strategic thinker with strong execution focus.
  • Able to influence senior business and technology stakeholders.
  • Comfortable challenging priorities and driving decisions.
  • Strong commercial awareness and understanding of Credit Markets.
  • Proactive leader who can operate independently in complex environments.
  • Excellent communicator capable of engaging from trader level through to Managing Director/CIO level.
  • Results-oriented, with a proven track record of delivering complex technology programmes.
Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.