Product Strategist Front Office – ALTO Investment M/F

Job description

Business type

Types of Jobs - IT, Digital et Data

Job title

Product Strategist Front Office ALTO Investment M/F

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Management position

No

Executive / Non executive

Cadre

Job summary

ALTO Investment is a buy side technology platform with large functional coverage across the Investment Management value chain. A solution that combines software and managed services to support all asset classes and investment strategies, including real assets.

A part of Amundi technology, ALTO Investment Product Strategy team sits within the global CPO perimeter encompassing ALTO various product lines, product design, product marketing and communication.

ALTO Investment product team is responsible for establishing the product development strategy and managing the product roadmap for all the functional areas covered by ALTO Investment. In addition, the team drives platform product offerings in term of technology modules and business services.

As business and product specialists, the team supports Amundi Technology business development teams in promoting ALTO Investment products and services, designing end to end solutions for clients and building commercial proposals.

ALTO Product Managers are in charge of analyzing market requirements and defining the future solutions.

The team is also acting as product sponsor on key opportunities and managing strategic projects with a high product impact, including third party solution integration in partnership with technology / service vendors.

The team can also work in partnership with the R&D teams in the product development cycle, in the design phases or throughout the implementation cycle to provide technical expertise to support the project teams.

As owner of ALTO Front Office suite of products:

• Management of ALTO product upgrades and building of new cross asset solutions for portfolio management activities.
• ALTO Portfolio Analysis product enhancement to support various portfolio management strategies and improve business processes: portfolio construction and optimization, allocations and portfolio analysis, order management
• Product gaps definition and macro requirements documentation, Translation of technical and business requirements to user stories
• Work closely with product delivery managers (R&D) to build and track Front Office product roadmap
• Support both delivery and account managers with client onboardings, client meetings as the SME

Supplementary Information

Amundi Technology is an Amundi entity in charge of the design, development, commercialization and support of technology solutions for the savings and asset management industry. The 1200 professionals, located between Paris and Dublin, are also in charge of Amundi's IT.

Amundi Technology's journey began by crafting solutions for our own success. We designed the ALTO platforms that span a wide spectrum of investment strategies and asset classes. In 2021, Amundi Technology has been created to accelerate the design, development, promotion and commercialization of the ALTO platforms. The ALTO suite is composed of 5 offers: ALTO Investment (portfolio management tool), ALTO Wealth & Distribution (discretionary management and advisory solution), ALTO ESR (Employee Savings and Retirement Solution), ALTO Sustainability, ALTO Asset Servicing.

Position location

Geographical area

Europe, France, Ile-de-France, 75 - Paris

City

Paris

Candidate criteria

Minimal education level

Postgraduate degree MA/MSc/PhD/Doctorate or equivalent

Academic qualification / Speciality

Finance, capital market and/or technology

Level of minimal experience

11 years and more

Experience

• Business expertise in asset management in the following areas: Portfolio Management and investment strategies
• Experience in sponsoring and managing the implementation of a software solution as part of a strategic product roadmap
• Experience in analyzing customer needs (Asset Managers, Asset Owners, Asset Servicers) and market trends in the area(s) of expertise
• Experience in building functional architecture solutions

Required skills

• Knowledge of financial instruments
• Knowledge of and operational experience with one of the following platforms: Simcorp, CRD, BBG AIM, Aladdin, Finastra, Orchetrade, Murex, MSCI, ThinkFolio

Technical skills required

Understanding of standard information systems technical architectures

Languages

Professional English and written/oral presentation skills