Products Specialist Ii

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

**Role Description**:
Blend market research and business objectives to develop product insights, an overall strategy and a treasury and cash management product roadmap. Manage all aspects of the product conceptualization through launch, implementation, monitoring and refinement. Consider the competitive market, as well as technology trends and regulatory requirements. Create and monitor budgets, and conduct analysis to determine whether capabilities are better purchased or built.

**Role Objectives: Delivery**:
Blend market research and business objectives to develop product insights, an overall strategy and a treasury and cash management product roadmap. Manage all aspects of the product conceptualization through launch, implementation and monitoring / refinement. Understand existing needs and forecast future customer priorities and requirements through market research, feedback and user testing. Own and define the user stories and prioritize the product backlog to deliver the greatest customer value. Be a key stakeholder in release planning. Execute product discovery through challenging existing assumptions, conducting empirical user research and the creation of design artifacts. Consider the implications of the competitive market, as well as technology trends and regulatory requirements. Create and monitor budgets for product development. Conduct analysis to determine whether capabilities are better purchased or built. Own and enhance the suite of existing treasury and cash management products with a focus on balancing risk, values and financial outcomes.

**Role Objectives: Interpersonal**:
Partner with the various treasury and cash management stakeholders to cultivate a shared product vision, and build consensus around product features and customer value proposition. Interface with legal, compliance, risk management and other internal control and operations groups to identify and clear obstacles to product enhancements / releases. Partner with colleagues in marketing to ensure that materials are relevant and accurate for treasury and cash management products. Work closely with consumer, corporate banking, cards and digital product managers to ensure the overall firm offering is optimized and coordinated.

**Role Objectives: Expertise**:
**Qualifications and Skills**:
Recommended years of experience: 10

**Additional Requirements**:
Our positions are open to all, regardless of their human characteristics or conditions regarding ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, accessibility, cultural, social, or any other factor. As well, will always be open to people with disabilities.