Product Owner and FIX Onboarding Specialist at Northern Trust in Limerick

Job description

About Northern Trust As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions. Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide. With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. Role/Department: The Product Owner and FIX Specialist will be part of the Global Brokerage Product team, based in Limerick, and will support the delivery, onboarding and ongoing management of Brokerage products, client connectivity and electronic trading workflows. The role will focus on coordinating product requirements, supporting complex client implementations and developing specialist knowledge of FIX connectivity across order, execution and allocation workflows. The key responsibilities of the role include: Support the coordination of Brokerage product, client onboarding and technology delivery activities to meet client, operational and market requirements. Work within the Global Brokerage Product team and partner with Sales, Trading, Operations, Technology and other internal stakeholders to gather, document and clarify business requirements for product initiatives and client implementations. Create and maintain business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, user stories and acceptance criteria, ensuring these are communicated clearly to technology and operational partners. Coordinate FIX onboarding activities for complex clients, working with clients and internal teams to understand required trading workflows, message flows, instruments, markets and implementation requirements. Document client-specific FIX requirements, including order, execution and allocation workflows, required FIX messages, fields, identifiers, configuration requirements and mapping decisions. Act as a key coordination point between clients, Brokerage Product, Sales, Trading, Operations, Technology, FIX connectivity teams and relevant third-party providers throughout the onboarding process. Support FIX onboarding from initial requirements gathering through connectivity, configuration, testing, issue resolution, implementation and early-life support. Coordinate client and internal testing activities, including preparation of test scenarios, tracking of test results, management of outstanding issues and confirmation that agreed requirements have been addressed before implementation. Maintain accurate onboarding documentation, requirements, decisions, actions, risks, issues and implementation status, ensuring ownership and next steps are clearly assigned and followed through to completion. Work with clients and internal partners on product implementation and ongoing maintenance, investigating issues, gathering supporting information and coordinating practical solutions with appropriate business and technology teams. Support the ongoing ownership of assigned Brokerage products, applications and services, including maintenance of product documentation, application records, procedures and governance information. Assist with product risk assessments, procurement activity, application governance, data lineage and other control requirements where these apply to assigned products or client onboarding activities. Coordinate project and onboarding activities to help ensure that agreed milestones, testing dates and implementation schedules are met, including facilitating working sessions across business and technology teams. Provide clear and concise progress updates, highlighting outstanding requireme