Junior Product Manager
Cantor Fitzgerald, New York, NY, United States
Partner with broking desks and business stakeholders to document needs, pain points, and enhancement ideas across
rates and credit
products.
Convert business needs into
clear user stories , acceptance criteria, and functional requirements.
Assist in maintaining the product backlog and supporting prioritization discussions with senior PMs.
Delivery & Execution Support
Act as day-to-day liaison between broking desks, developers, and QA to ensure smooth delivery.
Track deliverables, dependencies, and risks; elevate blockers to senior PMs as needed.
Support release readiness activities including documentation, training notes, and rollout communications.
Testing & UAT
Support QA by reviewing test scenarios and validating business logic for
credit and rates
workflows.
Coordinate
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
with end users and ensure sign-offs are completed on time.
Data & Product Insights
Help analyze usage and workflow data to identify improvement opportunities (e.g., liquidity, pricing, trade capture quality, exception rates).
Assist with metrics reporting (feature adoption, workflow performance, issue trends).
Domain Knowledge (Required)
Fixed Income (Rates & Credit)
Solid understanding of
government bonds
(e.g., Treasuries, Gilts, EGBs) and inflation‑linked bonds (e.g., TIPS/Linkers).
Credit market experience
in at least one of:
Emerging Markets (EM) Bonds
(sovereign and/or corporate)
Working knowledge of
Interest Rate Derivatives (IRS, OIS, FRA, Basis Swaps, Swaption and Cap/Floors
Understanding of key lifecycle events (e.g., coupons, rolls, credit events) at a workflow level
Core Concepts
Understanding of key concepts and calculations:
Price vs yield , yield‑to‑maturity,
DV01 , and how these are used in trading workflows
Credit‑specific basics such as spread, clean/dirty price awareness, and settlement conventions (workflow‑level)
Structures & Protocols
Familiarity with packages/structures:
Switches, flies, basis, spread switches (or equivalent packaged trading concepts)
Knowledge of trading protocols:
(Optional) Exposure to implied trading and legging strategies.
Technical Skills
Strong Excel skills (advanced formulas; comfort working with large datasets).
Working knowledge of
SQL
for querying data (Oracle, Sybase, or NoSQL exposure helpful).
Basic‑to‑intermediate Python for analysis (Pandas/Matplotlib) in Jupyter/Colab preferred.
Comfortable capturing requirements and delivery tracking in
Confluence and Jira .
Familiarity with QA practices; ability to help define test scenarios and validate outcomes
Qualifications
Minimum 5 years of experience
in a product, business analyst, or delivery role within:
Fixed income and/or credit trading platforms, e‑trading venues, interdealer brokerage, market infrastructure, or adjacent capital markets technology.
Demonstrated experience working with:
Front‑office users (traders/brokers/sales), technology teams, and QA.
Personal Attributes
Clear communicator with strong stakeholder management skills.
Analytical, detail‑oriented, and comfortable working with numbers and trading concepts.
Proactive, takes initiative, and thrives in fast‑paced environments.
Collaborative mindset with a bias toward execution and problem‑solving.
Job Info
Job Identification 247296
Posting Date 01/23/2026, 03:56 PM
Locations 199 Water Street, New York, NY, 10038, US
#J-18808-Ljbffr
rates and credit
products.
Convert business needs into
clear user stories , acceptance criteria, and functional requirements.
Assist in maintaining the product backlog and supporting prioritization discussions with senior PMs.
Delivery & Execution Support
Act as day-to-day liaison between broking desks, developers, and QA to ensure smooth delivery.
Track deliverables, dependencies, and risks; elevate blockers to senior PMs as needed.
Support release readiness activities including documentation, training notes, and rollout communications.
Testing & UAT
Support QA by reviewing test scenarios and validating business logic for
credit and rates
workflows.
Coordinate
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
with end users and ensure sign-offs are completed on time.
Data & Product Insights
Help analyze usage and workflow data to identify improvement opportunities (e.g., liquidity, pricing, trade capture quality, exception rates).
Assist with metrics reporting (feature adoption, workflow performance, issue trends).
Domain Knowledge (Required)
Fixed Income (Rates & Credit)
Solid understanding of
government bonds
(e.g., Treasuries, Gilts, EGBs) and inflation‑linked bonds (e.g., TIPS/Linkers).
Credit market experience
in at least one of:
Emerging Markets (EM) Bonds
(sovereign and/or corporate)
Working knowledge of
Interest Rate Derivatives (IRS, OIS, FRA, Basis Swaps, Swaption and Cap/Floors
Understanding of key lifecycle events (e.g., coupons, rolls, credit events) at a workflow level
Core Concepts
Understanding of key concepts and calculations:
Price vs yield , yield‑to‑maturity,
DV01 , and how these are used in trading workflows
Credit‑specific basics such as spread, clean/dirty price awareness, and settlement conventions (workflow‑level)
Structures & Protocols
Familiarity with packages/structures:
Switches, flies, basis, spread switches (or equivalent packaged trading concepts)
Knowledge of trading protocols:
(Optional) Exposure to implied trading and legging strategies.
Technical Skills
Strong Excel skills (advanced formulas; comfort working with large datasets).
Working knowledge of
SQL
for querying data (Oracle, Sybase, or NoSQL exposure helpful).
Basic‑to‑intermediate Python for analysis (Pandas/Matplotlib) in Jupyter/Colab preferred.
Comfortable capturing requirements and delivery tracking in
Confluence and Jira .
Familiarity with QA practices; ability to help define test scenarios and validate outcomes
Qualifications
Minimum 5 years of experience
in a product, business analyst, or delivery role within:
Fixed income and/or credit trading platforms, e‑trading venues, interdealer brokerage, market infrastructure, or adjacent capital markets technology.
Demonstrated experience working with:
Front‑office users (traders/brokers/sales), technology teams, and QA.
Personal Attributes
Clear communicator with strong stakeholder management skills.
Analytical, detail‑oriented, and comfortable working with numbers and trading concepts.
Proactive, takes initiative, and thrives in fast‑paced environments.
Collaborative mindset with a bias toward execution and problem‑solving.
Job Info
Job Identification 247296
Posting Date 01/23/2026, 03:56 PM
Locations 199 Water Street, New York, NY, 10038, US
#J-18808-Ljbffr