Product Owner, AVP - Credit Technology

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Product Owner, AVP - Credit Technology

Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTI) is the technology team at the core of each of Blackstone's businesses and new growth initiatives. Serving both internal and external clients, we work to build the next generation of systems that manage risk, create efficiency and improve transparency within the firm and across our broad community of investors and portfolio companies.

BXTI is entrepreneurial - our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development means that everyone on the team has the opportunity to make an impact from day one. We are problem solvers who can take projects from idea to implementation. We believe in active mentoring and developing excellence. We collaborate to find the best answers for our customers and for Blackstone. We are critical to the firm maintaining its competitive edge.

Blackstone Credit manages approximately $500 billion of assets. As a Product Owner in Credit, you will be responsible for identifying, designing, and implementing solutions and processes that will enhance user efficiency, decrease manual intervention and assist in investment decision making.

Your primary area of focus will be technology systems used by Operations professionals (Liquid Markets). The suite of systems you will focus on includes a custom-built settlement platform in addition to other upstream (order management system) and downstream (accounting) systems. The types of assets include bonds, loans, equities, CLOs, CMBS, RMBS and CDS. The systems you will work on will integrate with several internal and external applications.

Besides working with the Tech Lead and the scrum teams, you will also work with various business stakeholders, including but not limited to traders, Trade Support and other middle-office professionals, business management, and legal and compliance users.

Responsibilities :

• Developing a vision and defining a future landscape for the product(s)
• Building a roadmap to achieve the vision and socializing it with senior stakeholders
• Writing user stories and epics to build out and groom the backlog, prioritize the backlog, and define releases
• Coordinate and triage production support issues
• Write end-user release notes for upcoming releases
• Facilitating demos with the end-users
• Building productive relationships with the end-users so you become their trusted advisor
• Being accessible to the developers for them to ask questions and better understand what they are coding.

Required Qualifications :

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range :

$125,000 - $200,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone's sole discretion.

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