Product Director, ETF (PA26Q2PDJH75)

About the role

In this role, you will be responsible for defining and delivering industry-leading products for the ETFs domain within our product portfolio. This role will see you create ideas and develop those from around the company, you will test the value proposition and client appetite for new products at an early stage, assess and evaluate the product/market fit and commercial viability, allowing these to be challenged and enriched in the Product governance process. You will encourage idea generation from your partners in Sales, Operations, Marketing and Technology and, crucially, directly with clients. You will also join specialists in the Sales team in co-creation sessions with clients, aimed at understanding their needs and working on potential solutions collaboratively, keeping scalability and repeatability of the solution front of mind. You'll own the strategy and applicability of your products, working with key stakeholders to take them through from ideation to in-life management and ongoing commercial success. What You Will Get To Do: Guide, own and communicate the feature set for your product domain against the overall product strategy and vision set by the Head of Product and in line with our company strategy Devise new ideas and business models to fit into the market, which positions us as a disruptor to the funds and investments industry Seek out like-minded clients and partners to work with on new ideas and models Be responsible for the commercial viability of your product domain, ensuring product-level budgets and sales targets are set and achieved in line with corporate goals Collaborate with the other product managers to ensure the end-to-end vision is clear Represent SS&C as thought pioneers at industry events, presenting the vision to industry front-runners Show clients a clear path to adoption for all products in your domain Collaborate with your development partners within Technology and the client-facing teams in Sales, Operations and Marketing to ensure delivery, adoption and success of your Products Aid the creation of the marketing content and Go-To-Market plan by working closely with Marketing regarding the value proposition and key capabilities of your products Undertake regular, in-depth competitor research, gaining insights into the extent of your competitive edge and how to maintain it Monitor and optimise your products to maximise chances of success, including profitability Represent the Customer/Client in decision-making Assist Sales in Client meetings; investigating client needs and establishing views on new product capabilities to meet them Carry out Discovery, investigating client needs and establishing views on new product capabilities to meet them. Leadership of the Product staff in the ETF domain, including line management where required.