About the Role:

The Team:

OSTTRA provides end-to-end solutions for post-trade transaction management of OTC derivatives. OSTTRA also connects dealers and buy-side institutions to central clearing counterparties, trade repositories, and electronic swap markets.

Responsibilities and Impact:

The Sr Solution Design Manager (SDM) role sits at the head of the project lifecycle. The Sr SDM assists sales during the sales process, in terms of workflows scoping, client demos and business knowledge. Once a new service has been sold by sales, with the assistance of a professional service Sr SDM it will pass to a dedicated project manager. The project manager will track, manage & escalate risks on the project. They will work closely with the integration team to perform the setup of transformers & addresses, and the implementation team perform the setup in the product and support the client in UAT testing before deploying the production. At all points along the project lifecycle the Sr SDM will provide assistance and guidance of the business and workflow requirements as scoped and agreed with the client.

In this role you will:

Scoping

• Work with the Sales team to ensure that the solution for a service being offered to the clients meets their requirements.
• Aid Sales in client demonstrations
• Escalate to the business strategy team and/or product team if any product or service enhancements may be required.
• Create fully documented Service Scope to be presented to the client for their agreement ahead of any contract completion. Service Scope details the required workflows and Service Optionality required by the client.
• Create any required message transformation specifications (In or out bound messages to client)
• Partner with the assigned Project Manager to handover the Service Scope and any relevant message translation specs.

Product & New Initiatives

• Participate in working groups, organized and run by Product Design but attend and supported on the technical side by Solution Design
   

Product Enhancements

• Gather information & requirements from clients, as part of Solution Design BAU, and provide to Product Design (and add to PRF)
• Business logic defined by Product Design with messaging/integration requirements defined by Solution Design
• SD to participate and approve design and implementation of new features
   

New Products & Services

• Solution Design to define MVP product requirements for implementation to be added to roadmaps by Product Design /Product
• Solution Design to specify standard & any custom documentation required for scoping and implementation
• Solution Design to design demos - preferably canned/recorded with scripted text for Product Design /Sales/CS/support to use if required
• Solution Design to participate in and approve design (including UI) and implementation requirements of new products and services

Product Refinement Forums

• Assist Product Design in understanding item prioritization benefits in translating PRF items into roadmaps.
• Participate in gathering product enhancements request from both clients and professional Services, to be added to the Product Refinement Forum list.
• Participate in Product Refinement Forum to aid in prioritizing relevant product enhancements.

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $140,000 to $164,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.

This role is eligible to receive S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our OSTTRA employees, please click here.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the Financial Services Software as a Service Industry, including 3 years Osttra product experience
• Full understanding of detailed workflows and financial modelling for FX and related Credit & Risk Services including related Osttra platforms, including but not limited to Harmony 3, Netlink, ClientLink, Creditlink and Limithub.
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Ability to autonomousl