Product Manager Consultant – Debt Platform Modernization

Product Manager Consultant – Debt Platform Modernization

Location

Jersey City, NJ

Job Type

Contract

Role Summary

Seeking an experienced Product Manager Consultant to support a strategic Debt Platform Modernization program. The role will work with business stakeholders, SMEs, technology teams, developers, QA, and external partners to define business processes, translate requirements into actionable product deliverables, and drive successful implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder workshops and requirements discovery sessions.
• Document current-state and future-state processes, workflows, business rules, and dependencies.
• Translate business objectives into epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog, roadmap, release scope, and sprint readiness.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, QA, Finance, Operations, and third-party partners.
• Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, implementation reviews, and releases.
• Partner with QA on test scenarios, acceptance criteria, defect resolution, and UAT.
• Evaluate delivered functionality and support production readiness.
• Collaborate on workflow diagrams, wireframes, and prototypes using Figma.
• Build knowledge of debt issuance, securities settlement, trade lifecycle, and related operational processes.
• Identify process improvements and ensure solutions deliver intended business outcomes.

Required Skills

• Strong experience as a Product Manager / Product Owner in complex financial or enterprise environments.
• Excellent requirements gathering, business process modeling, and stakeholder management skills.
• Hands-on experience with Agile product development and backlog management.
• Strong understanding of epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and UAT.
• Experience working with engineering and QA teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Experience with Figma, workflow/process mapping, and wireframes.
• Knowledge of debt markets, securities, trade lifecycle, or financial services is highly preferred.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.

Key Deliverables

• Business process documentation and workflow diagrams
• Epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Product backlog and prioritization artifacts
• Business rules and requirements documentation
• Wireframes and prototype reviews
• Requirements traceability and decision logs
• Testing, UAT, implementation, and product acceptance support