Job Title- Technical Data Product Owner Illiquid, AVP

Location- Bangalore, India

Role Description

• You own the data products for our alternative investments  and AIF structures. That covers all the data these vehicles run on: valuations of illiquid and unlisted holdings, capital calls and distributions, commitments and undrawn amounts and the data behind the AIFMD reporting obligations. 
• Your main goal  is creating reliable and reproducible data products out of inputs that are inherently diverse, incomplete, point-in-time sensitive and are delivered in very different periods and formats. 
• The role sits in IT but is closely tied to the business. You are the contact person for our business departments and capture their data needs, understand their business from a data perspective and drive the realisation of data products from end-to-end perspective.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the backlog of alternatives/AIF data products including e.g. valuations, cash flows (calls, drawdowns, distributions), commitments, performance, investor data, and regulatory inputs.
• Together with your manager you will develop a product visions and strategies for the data products  to ensure that the data products deliver accurate, complete and reproducible data to serve e.g. customer and regulatory reporting like AIFMD obligations (Annex IV reporting, depositary reconciliation, look-through and transparency).
• You convert the visions and strategies to product roadmaps and you define each product properly in terms of what it contains, where it comes from, the expected cadence and lag, and what "correct" and "as-of" mean for it.
• You work and connect with all the stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations by applying different methods of product thinking and create a solid foundation to support the visions and product strategies.
• You manage illiquids product backlogs by applying your understanding of business priorities and ensure the correct items are prioritized for development.
• You liaise with the data engineering and platform team to realise the data products until they are accepted by the business and deployed in production. 
• You ensure that the products are continuously supported and optimized by adding or adapting new features as the business strategy changes and monitor the performance and adpotion of the products with well-defined KPIs.
• You work with Data Governance and other compliance/governance departments to ensure a regulatory compliant and auditable setup of the data products.

Your skills and experience

• >7 years working experience, at least 3 of them in IT or technical position on business side.
•  >5 years experience or relevant exposure to asset management, financial services, data management or product management
•  >3 years experience in agile ways of working in data or software projects.
• strong understanding of alternative investment funds and AIF structures.
• strong data literacy in Business Intelligence Tools, Databases or other analytical functions.
• strong understanding of software development processes, business analysis methodologies and ways of working, data governance processes 
• good understanding of regulatory reporting and the underlying regulatory obligations/requirements.
• experience in working with data engineering and technical teams
• experience with agile tools like Jira, Confluence, Figma, Azure DevOps etc.

Qualification:

• University degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Information System, Business Computer Science or related disciplines.
• Project Management certification required (PRINCE2, PMI, GPM)
• Agile certification is welcome

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.
 

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.html

We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.