Product Manager

Product Manager - Managed Funds/Transfer Agency

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

**Get To Know Us**:
SS&C Technologies is the world's largest independent hedge fund and private equity administrator, as well as the largest mutual fund transfer agency. SS&C's unique business model combines end-to-end expertise across financial services operations with proprietary software and solutions to service even the most demanding customers in the financial services and healthcare industries.

Our Global Investor Distribution Solutions (GIDS) team provides information processing and computer software services and products. The Company's operating segments include financial markets, customer management, professional services, and output solutions. SS&C GIDS serves the alternative investments, asset and wealth management, banking and lending, insurance, and real estate industries.

**Why You Will Love It Here**
- **Flexibility**: Hybrid Work Model
- **Your Future**: Income Protection Insurance & Salary Continuance
- **Work/Life Balance**: Generous Bereavement & Compassionate leave
- **Your Wellbeing**: Private Health Insurance discount, Primary & Secondary Paid Parental leave, Death & TPD Insurance
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
- **Training**: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
- **Extra Perks**: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more

**What You Will Get To Do**:
The Product Manager's primary aim is to support the Product Management function by overseeing ownership for SS&C AU products and services, driving the evolution and execution of the Product Strategy across all deliverables, and defining the product and solutions functional capability model in line with industry and competitor standards. They are jointly for prioritising the AU R&D roadmap with direction from the Executive Team, ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations, managing key client and partner relationships, and providing thought leadership to foster business transformation and operational improvements.
- Conduct thorough research on target markets and competitive landscapes to produce reports that identify gaps in the current product suite and prioritise areas for improvement.
- Develop product and propositional specifications, along with business cases, for new features and services tailored to the AU market.
- Maintain comprehensive product ownership by understanding the capabilities of the existing suite and aligning future roadmap developments to achieve desired product outcomes.
- Manage the ongoing Product Roadmap, ensuring alignment across interdependencies and with developments in other regions.
- Serve as a key point of contact for partners, clients, and internal teams to address product issues, challenges, and long-term strategies.
- Collaborate with internal teams to evaluate the feasibility of new products, considering technical direction and approaches (e.g., build, buy, or integrate).
- Support the Sales team by ensuring accurate and effective representation of products throughout the sales process.
- Partner with the Sales team to engage prospective clients, analyse their Target Operating Model, and identify gaps between their needs and existing solutions or services.
- Review and sign off on Solution Requirements Documents generated by Delivery teams to ensure alignment with product direction.
- Represent the organization as an industry expert in recognized forums and actively participate to build credibility and influence.

**What You Will Bring**:

- In-depth knowledge and extensive experience within the Australian financial services and wealth management industry, specifically in the Asset Management space (product design and distribution of Managed Funds, Custody, Fund Administration and Transfer Agency).
- Strong track record in Software Development and/or Product Management.
- Demonstrated expertise in Product Development within iterative and agile environments and building business cases.
- Skilled in analysing market research outputs, identifying trends, and translating insights into actionable strategies.
- Proven ability to engage and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the capability to make informed decisions in complex scenarios.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate product requirements and convey expected outcomes to diverse audiences.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunter