Digital Product Owner-Investment Management

Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Florissant
Posted on: January 6, 2022

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 14,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

A typical branch office has one financial advisor who meets with clients face-to-face and one branch office administrator who enhances the team's ability to build deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis and Tempe provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. Edward Jones currently has more branch offices than any other financial services firm, and we continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.
The Digital Products organization at Edward Jones is focused on developing a profound understanding of branch team and client needs, to create an unparalleled experience. Leveraging these critical insights, we implement technology solutions and enhance our products in ways that enable clients to achieve their financial goals. As key members of the team, Digital Product Owners combine deep subject matter expertise, vision, and strategy, systems thinking, and product management capabilities to produce highly integrated and effective digital solutions and tools.?

Operating at the intersection of business strategy and technology development, the digital product teams provide a dynamic, collaborative, and fast-paced environment. You will be challenged to bring fresh perspectives that allow us to continually exceed client expectations in an ever-evolving landscape. ?

The Investment Management Systems teams are responsible for designing and delivering a world-class digital investment management experience to our clients and branch teams, focused primarily on centralized portfolio management and investment risk practices. The team is responsible for developing software solutions to power the firm's discretionary investment management processes, guided workflows to assist Financial Advisor working with non-discretionary portfolios, as well as software that is directly facing investments teams in the headquarters.
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• The Digital Product Owner serves as the individual accountable for one or more systems, leading a cross-functional agile team to deliver value to internal and external customers of the Firm.
• Reporting to the Product Manager, this individual aligns strategy to execution through the development and maintenance of their product roadmap and backlog, outlining the body of work expected now, next, and into the future.
• This work includes management of system plans and supporting artifacts encompassing resource needs, stakeholder solution requirements, dependencies, timelines, milestones, and success criteria as necessary to deliver on the promised business value.
• Success in this role requires depth and breadth of subject matter experts inside and outside of the assigned digital product, as well as a foundational understanding of Product Management and Agile software development theory, and the ability to expand these capabilities within the organization.
• The Digital Product Owner will work with other firm leaders to attract, develop, and drive a team of high-performing associates, and will play a role in their ongoing personal and professional development.
• Responsible for indirect influence and task assignment authority for architecture, engineering, user experience, and quality assurance resources including mentoring and developing all team members to fulfill the product vision. Opportunities exist for the direct leadership of junior product owners and business analysts.
• This individual will additionally advise and align with adjacent product teams to ensure a consistent and cohesive progression of the product strategy.
• Requires broad understanding of financial products, their features and suitability for certain clients, and how they might contribute to the client's financial objectivesBachelor--s degree in business administration, management information systems, computer science, or related field.
  • Series 7 and 66 preferred; depending upon role may be required within 6 months of hire;?
  • A master's degree or relevant certification such as CFA or CFP is strongly preferred.?
  • 5+ years of experience required, including significant exposure to one or more of the following fields:
    • Development and management of investment management related software
    • Portfolio Optimization (Axioma preferred) or Investment Risk Software (BlackRock Aladdin preferred),
    • Background in Portfolio Management, Investment Risk, Research, Trading, or similar Functional Knowledge:?
      • Broad and deep knowledge of financial services concepts, practices, and procedures, with an emphasis on the digital capability advisors require to effectively serve clients.
      • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
      • Detail orientation with strong analytical capabilities.
      • Ability to overcome ambiguity and deliver results.
      • Strong leadership skills with the ability to delegate and direct work in a way that maximizes both personal and team efficiency.
      • Teamwork/collaboration mindset with the ability to work with stakeholders throughout the organization.
      • A robust understanding of full-cycle software development within an Agile framework.
      • Product orientation with a strong sense of ownership.
        • FORTUNE 2020 -- Edward Jones was named No. 7 on the 2020 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For-- list.
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          • Edward Jones Ranked No. 6 of the 100 best workplaces for millennials by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE Magazine.
          • 2020 Corporate Equality Index -- Edward Jones joins the ranks of 680 major U.S businesses that received top marks in the HRC Foundations 18th Annual Scorecard on LBGTQ Workplace Equality
          • Edward Jones named a top company for training, ranking No. 25 on Training magazine's 2020 Training Top 125 list -- the highest ranking among the financial-services industry!
          • Financial services firm Edward Jones has been named one of the 2019 Best Workplaces for Parents by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE magazine. The firm ranked No. 5 on the list of 50 companies, up two spots from last year.
            • The Best Workplaces for Parents list is one of a series of rankings by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE based on employee feedback from Great Place to Work-Certified-- organizations. Edward Jones ranked No. 7 on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work for in 2019 list, the firm--s 20th appearance on the list. The firm also was ranked the No. 1 Best Workplace in Financial Services & Insurance and the No. 6 Best Workplace for Millennials by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE. Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
              At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
              
              Salary: $89642 - $152634
              Category: Headquarters

Keywords: EDWARD JONES, Florissant , Digital Product Owner-Investment Management, Executive , Florissant, Missouri