Lead Associate Principal, Product Owner (Financial Risk)

Location: Chicago, United States; hybrid work with up to 2 days per week of remote work

Salary: $129,800–$184,500 annually, plus an 8%–15% annual discretionary incentive range.

Company

hirify.global is a systemically important financial market utility providing central counterparty clearing and settlement services for options, futures, and securities lending transactions.

What you will do

• Own the product vision, roadmap, backlog, prioritization, and delivery for financial risk management products.
• Engage Financial Risk Management, technology teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and define acceptance criteria.
• Lead requirement workshops and coordinate materials for management, board, and regulatory meetings.
• Drive system enhancements, integration, deployment, process change, and continuous improvement using a hybrid agile methodology.
• Coordinate with Model Risk Management and Quantitative Risk Management teams to support model validation and change management.
• Monitor product integrity, traceability, non-functional requirements, vendor performance, risks, and delivery controls.

Requirements

• Previous Product Owner experience in a hybrid agile methodology and strong knowledge of agile product management.
• 10+ years of financial risk management experience, including team leadership and robust business process development.
• 2+ years of product management experience and 7+ years in financial services or regulated capital markets infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of options and derivatives markets, risk and P&L attribution, margin processing, referential data, market data, and time series.
• Knowledge of multiple asset classes and central counterparty clearing and settlement of derivatives.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Tableau, Microsoft Office, SQL, and MS Excel, with familiarity with data modeling concepts.

Nice to have

• Experience with an exchange, regulator, or clearing house.
• Graduate degree such as an MBA or MS in a relevant field.
• Familiarity with programming, APIs, systems integration, and Atomic UC4.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and supportive work environment focused on work-life balance and employee wellness.
• Hybrid work environment with up to 2 remote days per week and a technology stipend for remote work.
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance.
• Generous PTO, parental leave, medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) employer match and eligibility for a discretionary performance-based bonus.

Hiring process

• Submit an application and resume through the hirify.global careers site.
• Receive email confirmation after the application is submitted.
• If selected, schedule an interview with an hirify.global representative.