Senior Product Associate

The Role

The Product Management function defines the strategic vision, manages the delivery, and then helps bring to market new product.  This process includes continuous collaboration with MarketAxess’ sales organisation and clients to ensure our products are fit for purpose, and that we stay ahead of developments in our markets. The Senior Product Associate represents the business while working with the Product Manager in prioritizing features for development, approving user stories, and ensuring open communication across all stakeholders. As a Senior Product Associate, you'll help shape and enhance our fixed‑income trading platform. You’ll work closely with business and technical teams to drive product development, support client adoption, and ensure delivery of high‑quality, data‑driven solutions. 

The individual will also represent the scrum team, when needed, to internal/external stakeholders, leaders, and other teams to ensure alignment by providing feedback to the program on enhancements. The Senior Product Associate champions change and effectively manages the implementation of new ideas, ability to align and motivate a team to achieve objectives.

How You’ll Help Take Us There

• Become a subject matter expert in fixed‑income trading and Agile practices.
• Prioritize and refine the product backlog to align with strategic goals.
• Translate customer needs into clear requirements for cross‑functional teams.
• Partner with Product Managers to deliver cohesive, high‑quality product releases.
• Contribute to the Product Management community by sharing knowledge and best practices.
• Present product updates through demos and walkthroughs.
• Analyze user and market data to uncover insights and produce impactful sales materials.
• Support tracking of KPIs to measure product performance and ROI. 
• Working with the research team to explore appropriate AI use cases within the product

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years in product, project, or business analysis roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM/quantitative field.
• Experience in financial services, especially fixed income.
• Knowledge of OMS/EMS workflows and API integrations.
• Understanding of FIX protocols and working SQL knowledge.
• Strong Agile delivery experience.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, MS Office, Slack.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Passion for trading technology and continuous improvement. 
• Experience implementing AI within products.

What You Can Expect from Us 

• Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul's.  
• Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines 
• Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days
• Reward for your service: We offer a two-week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service 
• Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a “Share Incentive” plan
• Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences 

Collaboration and innovation are integral to our success – it's how we got to where we are and how we’ll maintain and grow our competitive advantage. We believe this best happens in an office environment. Employees in Product work in the office 4 or more days a week. This approach still allows for flexibility depending on the business function you work within but also helps us maintain a collaborative office environment long-term.