Product Lead

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

• Product Lead
• Location : Auckland

Description

This role oversees the product development of the registry/transfer agency systems within Apex Investment Administration NZ.

Job Specification

• Architect and deliver a business-wide Quality strategy aligned to product risk, regulatory frameworks, and client trust
• Understand the why behind the how, especially how customers and users interact with our technology today as well as how we might improve that in the future
• Understand the business strategy and desired outcomes and articulate how our squads contribute to those goals and enable the strategy
• Maintain and develop strong relationships with stakeholders
• Develop Roadmaps and forecasts to provide visibility and keep stakeholders aware and informed
• Work with stakeholders to prioritise work
• Work with stakeholders and the squad to slice the work up into manageable chunks
• Ensure products are developed with performance, resilience, support and quality in mind
• Report accurately to stakeholders and Principal Product Lead on progress and changes in priorities
• Consistently perform retros and monitor teams’ progress in terms of key metrics like cycle time
• Facilitate key ceremonies – team sync, retrospective, showcases, quarterly lookaheads

Skills Required:

• Knowledge of Registry/Transfer Agency processes along with general financial knowledge
• Knowledge of IRD KiwiSaver and PIE Tax calculations a plus.
• Solution and outcome oriented
• Expert at splitting business and technology problems down, to help manage risk and deliver early and often
• Familiar and supportive of CI/CD, automating pipelines, and engineering for cloud-native, highly available scalable systems
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-sourced architecture and predictive analytics
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation

• Excellent Analytical Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Excellent Azure Dev Ops skills to ensure smooth flow of tickets, calculate capacity, and report on progress

What you will get in return:

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;
• Training and development opportunities

Additional Information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please https://www.apexgroup.com/corporate-social-responsibility/

“Personal data provided by job applicant(s) will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be treated strictly confidential. Such personal data can be accessed by different Apex stakeholders within and out of country for the consideration of the job application hereunder. Application made by the job applicant(s) constitutes the irrevocable consent of the job applicant for her/his personal data to be used by Apex stakeholders within or outside country for the purpose of this recruitment.”

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.