Investment Product Lead

Key Accountabilities • Investment Product Strategy • Define du Pay's overall investment products strategy and vision in alignment with the company's broader growth strategy. • Develop a clear multi-year investment products roadmap covering traditional, digital and tokenized investment products. • Identify the priority customer segments, investment needs and use cases for du Pay. • Develop clear product propositions that make traditionally complex investment products simple and accessible to mass-market customers. • Evaluate opportunities based on customer value, commercial potential, strategic fit, regulatory feasibility and speed to market. • Continuously monitor global and regional trends in wealthtech, fintech, brokerage, digital assets, tokenization and embedded investment • Product Roadmap and Portfolio Management • Own and maintain the end-to-end Investment Products Roadmap. • Prioritise initiatives based on strategic value, revenue potential, customer demand, complexity, regulatory requirements and delivery timelines. • Develop the business case for each new product or investment proposition. • Define product economics, revenue models, pricing and commercial KPIs. • Establish a clear build, buy or partner strategy for each investment product. • Maintain a pipeline of future products and opportunities. • The initial roadmap is expected to include products such as: • Digital Gold and Digital Silver • Digital precious metals • Savings products • Fixed-income and bond products • Fractional equities • ETFs and investment funds • Tokenized assets and real-world assets • Digital assets and other innovative investment propositions • Product Development and Delivery • Lead the full product lifecycle from concept through launch and ongoing optimization. • Translate business, customer and market requirements into clear product requirements and specifications. • Prepare product requirements documents, user journeys, user stories and acceptance criteria. • Work closely with Technology, Engineering and UX teams to deliver intuitive and scalable customer experiences. • Manage the investment products backlog and priorities development activities. • Define Minimum Viable Products and ensure an effective balance between speed to market, customer experience, commercial objectives and operational requirements. • Coordinate end-to-end testing, including functional testing, partner integration testing and customer acceptance testing. • Ensure products are operationally ready before launch. • Lead product launches and post-launch optimization. • Strategic Partnerships and Ecosystem Development • A key element of this role will be the ability to build an investment ecosystem through strategic partnerships. • The Manager – Investment Products will: • Identify and evaluate potential partners, including: • Asset managers • Banks and financial institutions • Brokerage and trading platforms • Precious metals providers • Custodians • Investment technology providers • Digital asset platforms • Tokenization platforms • Licensed investment and financial institutions • Lead product and commercial discussions with external partners. • Support the negotiation of commercial models, product structures and customer propositions. • Evaluate partner technology and API capabilities. • Develop clear criteria for partner selection. • Coordinate the integration of external investment products into the du Pay ecosystem. • Monitor partner performance, service levels, product economics and customer outcomes. • The successful candidate must be comfortable working with external partners and capable of translating complex partner capabilities into simple and compelling du Pay customer experiences. • Regulatory, Risk and Compliance Coordination • Work closely with Legal, Compliance, Risk and external regulated partners to ensure that all

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Key responsibilities include: defining and executing investment product strategy and roadmap; developing multi-year plans for traditional, digital and tokenized investment products; identifying customer segments and use cases; creating accessible product propositions; evaluating opportunities for value, potential, fit, and feasibility; monitoring wealthtech/fintech/trends; owning end-to-end product roadmap; building business cases and defining product economics, pricing, and KPIs; establishing build/buy/partner strategies; maintaining a pipeline of future products; leading full product lifecycle; translating requirements into product specs; drafting PRDs, user journeys, stories and acceptance criteria; collaborating with Technology, Engineering and UX; managing backlogs and MVPs; coordinating testing and launch readiness; leading launches and optimization; building strategic partnerships with asset managers, banks, brokers, custodians, and technology providers; negotiating commercial models; assessing partner APIs; coordinating integration into the du Pay ecosystem; monitoring partner performance; ensuring regulatory/risk/compliance alignment.