TCA Product Owner

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether

ISS STOXX LiquidMetrix is seeking a TCA Product Owner to join our Product team in London. This role acts as a bridge between clients (primarily Compliance users), internal stakeholders, and engineering teams to support and enhance our TCA and Best Execution platform, with a strong focus on data, design, and quality assurance.

LiquidMetrix has a proud 30-year history of delivering sophisticated solutions to financial markets, including MiFID Best Execution, Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA), Market Surveillance, and Venue Liquidity Analytics. These solutions are delivered via state-of-the-art web services and APIs, powered by a global, multi-asset market data warehouse.

The Product team is responsible for the full product lifecycle—from concept through implementation and training. The successful candidate will work closely with Head of Product, Product team and Development teams across all stages of delivery, from initial design and wireframing through to release, training, and documentation. This is an excellent opportunity to deepen your experience in financial markets within a broad and dynamic product role, working on a best-in-class technology platform.

Core Responsibilities

• Gather and refine product requirements from Compliance users, the Strategic Steering Board, Technology teams, and regulatory developments.

• Translate business needs and regulatory requirements into detailed functional specifications and model requirements.

• Consult with stakeholders to triage incoming requests and issues.

• Prioritise initiatives based on client urgency, business impact, regulatory requirements, and cost considerations.

• Ensure high-quality requirements, model specifications, and user acceptance criteria are defined.

• Collaborate with Development and Data teams to design, enhance, and optimise surveillance models.

• Evaluate model feasibility, data dependencies, inputs, outputs, and parameterisation approaches.

• Produce clear and comprehensive documentation of solution designs and methodologies.

• Participate in testing, documentation, and stakeholder communication across UAT and Production environments.

• Support successful releases and adoption of new functionality.

• Support model calibration, tuning, and optimisation efforts.

• Ensure methodologies and model parameters are clearly documented and explainable.

• Develop and deliver training programmes for internal teams and clients.

• Create and maintain high-quality product and model documentation.

• Provide guidance and support to help users maximise platform capabilities.

Core Requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience in Compliance, surveillance product delivery, market surveillance, or financial markets.

• Degree-level education, ideally in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related quantitative discipline.

• Strong communication and analytical skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Adaptable and inquisitive mindset with a desire to understand complex models, methodologies, and market behaviours.

• Ability to work effectively both independently and within cross-functional teams.

• Strong understanding of market abuse and surveillance methodologies, including Insider Dealing, Spoofing, Front Running, and other market manipulation behaviours.

• Knowledge of key regulatory frameworks, including MAR, UK MAR, and MiFID.

• Experience working with market abuse surveillance tools and platforms.

• Understanding of model calibration, back-testing, risk analysis, and gap analysis processes.

• Good knowledge of market structures, trading venues, and asset classes.

Technical & Product Skills

• Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel and documentation skills.

• Ability to analyse large datasets, identify patterns, and investigate complex scenarios.

• Familiarity with financial services platforms, including data ingestion processes, workflows, APIs, and user interfaces.

• Product-focused mindset with the ability to prioritise competing demands and contribute to product roadmap decisions.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, balancing client, business, and technical considerations.

• Awareness of AI, Machine Learning, and statistical modelling techniques within surveillance and financial technology solutions.

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What You Can Expect from Us

At ISS STOXX, our people are our driving force. We are committed to building a culture that values diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences. We hire the best talent in our industry and empower them with the resources, support, and opportunities to grow—professionally and personally.

Together, we foster an environment that fuels creativity, drives innovation, and shapes our future success.

Let’s empower, collaborate, and inspire.

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether.

About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985, we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally, helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Börse Group, ISS STOXX has over 3,400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide, serving around 6,400 clients, including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders' benefit. 

Specifically, ISS LiquidMetrix provides a wide range of offerings, including Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA), execution quality, market abuse, and pre-trade analysis services across every public order and trade executed on European venues. Clients include sell sides, buy sides, exchanges, and regulators that require actionable analysis, reports, compliance tools, and global coverage.

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