Squad Leader - Boston, United States - Fidelity Investments

    Fidelity Investments
    Fidelity Investments Boston, United States

    2 weeks ago

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    Description
    Job Description:

    The Purpose of Your Role

    To be a part of the Fixed Income Bond Technology Team, a group within Fidelity Investment Asset Management Technology division that designs, develops and supports Portfolio Management, Trading, and Market Surveillance software applications for the Fixed Income Bond business.

    The Expertise We're Looking For

    The Bond Squad Leader will help drive project initiatives across portfolio, trading, and market surveillance applications used by the Bond investment professionals. As Squad Leader, you blend product management and investment management expertise with a passion for delivering results. As the product owner you are the end-to-end gatekeeper of the squad mission, strategy, and tactical execution associated with delivering on strategic priorities. In an agile structure, you will partner with other Fidelity leaders to influence the broader strategic decisions, roadmaps, and resource requirements, set and refine the mission, and bring together a team of chapter members to execute on specific product features. You will ensure alignment on the "what" and "when" work is to be performed through ongoing planning and prioritization of a product backlog. You will enable squad members to work iteratively, innovate through testing and experimentation and learn from failures while celebrating success. You are committed to developing your own expertise and knowledge to ensure you bring the latest thinking to your role.
    • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or similar.
    • MBA or Masters is a plus
    • Overall 5+ years of experience in delivering technology solutions
    • 2+ years of experience leading an agile development team
    • 2+ years of experience directing a team of onshore and offshore members
    • Experience working in the financial industry and product experience is a plus
    The Skills You Bring
    • You have strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively engage our business partner who are investment professional in order to understand their business needs to create requirements and strategy for the technical solutions which the squads will build
    • Dedication to understanding and learning the user's needs and requirements
    • You are self-motivated, driven, and have a strong client focus and results orientation approach
    • You can effectively lead a small agile development team
    • Fast learner and a great team player
    The Value You Deliver:
    • Set an overall product strategy to direct and inform the squad's work
    • Develop strong relationships with business and technology partners in order to efficiently collaborate and move the work forward
    • Serve and support the squad working directly with its members to prioritize and manage what needs to be done, by when; removing obstacles to deliver customer and business value.
    How Your Work Impacts the Organization

    Fidelity Asset Management Technology provides worldwide technology and support to all the Portfolio Management, Research, Trading and Investment Operations functions. Asset Management Technology is an integral partner for Asset Management to deliver innovative, scalable, industry-leading investment tools that enables the business to achieve competitive advantage globally.

    Company Overview

    At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. For information about working at Fidelity, visit

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    Product Management