Job Description
Company Description
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.
Job Description
Product Strategy & Offering’s mission is to lead the early phases of the product value chain. As a team, we provide market research insights to articulate the value and pricing of our product offering. We oversee budgets, drive investment decisions, and prioritize the entire product portfolio in the best interest of Avaloq and its broad client community. We translate company strategy into product evolution and innovation by orchestrating and integrating with our partners’ ecosystem.
The team engages with numerous stakeholders and plays a central role in advocating for and conveying clear messages around our products throughout the organization and to external parties, with marketing providing support. We value curiosity, adaptability, collaboration, and dedication.
Your key tasks
- Own the R&D portfolio roadmap, and the related budget. Ensure data completeness including product timelines, sales pipeline, strategy alignment
- Product/features decisions: prioritize based on revenue impact, client community interest and company strategy; balance short-term revenue with long-term product health
- Define and track revenue KPIs. Take action to address revenue shortcomings and promote growth areas for the R&D portfolio
- Prepare documentation for the communication to Senior Management, Group Executive Board and externally to clients
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business and economics or information technology or engineering
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in software financial industry and knowledge of banking products
- Skilled in negotiation and influence, able to push back on requests that are not scalable, align teams around value and pricing, and facilitate decisions across functions without direct authority
- Highly organized, self-directed, and detail-oriented; adept at engaging with multiple stakeholders and managing a broad product portfolio
- Demonstrates strong financial expertise and is proficient in business case development, investments and budgeting processes
- Capable of making complex, high-impact trade-offs to optimize portfolio value and establish effective priorities
- Client-focused with outstanding communication abilities
- Proficiency in English. German and Italian are an advantage
It would be a real bonus if you have
- Master’s degree in business and economics or information technology or engineering
- Experience in a B2B SaaS organization
- Avaloq products knowledge
Additional Information
We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.
In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.
We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.
Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.
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