Zeal Group is an award-winning FinTech organisation offering a variety of products. Established in 2017, we have rapidly expanded to a team of over 700 employees globally 🌎

Our headquarters are in London and have offices spanning Europe, Asia, North and South Africa, the Middle East, South America and Cyprus is the home of our Technology Hub. 🚀

We are a product and people focused company who are passionate about growth, innovative technology, and collaboration 🙌🏼

To adopt with our global business expansion, we are looking for a Head of Trading Product to join us and lead the trading and investment product direction for our FX/CFD trading platform.

Requirements

• Develop and oversee the strategy, roadmap, and iteration plans for trading and investment products
• Set your team’s goals, success metrics and roadmap to align with ZFX’s mission and drive maximum impact based on data analysis, market research and company strategy
• Completely own trading and investment products, existing or new, from ideation, through development, to launch, growth and maintenance
• Have technical discussions with engineers regarding approaches, requirements, and more
• Collaborate with other stakeholders, such as Trading, Dealing, Quants, Marketing, Customer support and Sales
• Act as the primary communicator between stakeholders and teams
• Translate business-to-technical requirements, and vice versa
• Ensure product design encompasses a diverse range of features and functionalities to enhance market competitiveness
• Come up with a go-to-market strategy
• Oversee user journey and UI testing in relation to trading and investment products
• Research and analyse market and user needs to support product decisions
• Keeping up to date with the movements of competitors and the industry
• Utilize data analysis tools to monitor the performance of trading and investment products and suggest optimizations

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical experience building and owning trading and investment related products within the fintech industry
• Experience and understanding of trading platforms and its components is highly advantageous
• Understanding of the Forex and CFD market
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• High analytical and technical acumen along with strong business sense that guides ROI based prioritisation
• Experience formulating and driving a focused product vision, and owning the narrative with leadership, users, and partners
• A bias to action and bootstrapping major projects, never hesitant to roll up your sleeves and be hands on
• Experience developing product(s) from zero to first release and beyond
• Readiness to provide insight and deliver measurable results for sophisticated products under ambiguous situations in a fast-paced environment
• Good understanding of regulatory requirements in the financial industry
• Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product lifecycle and roadmap
• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (ideally)
• Background in software development and program management is preferred
• Exceptional organizational and leadership abilities
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills to ensure you are able to work with cross functional teams to achieve results
• Strong problem-solving aptitude

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays
• Gym reimbursement £300/year
• Health insurance, optical benefit, dental benefit
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Work from anywhere 30 days
• Pension scheme via Aviva