Associate Product Manager

Title: Associate Product Manager

Location: Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Company: Morningstar is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. We offer a wide variety of products and solutions that serve market participants of all kinds, including individual and institutional investors in public and private capital markets, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and issuers of securities.

Morningstar India has been a Great Place to Work-certified company for the past eight consecutive years.

Role: The person will be responsible for creating and executing the product roadmap; will be responsible for gathering requirements, writing user stories/acceptance criteria and collaborating with the product and development teams to ensure business needs are translated to product requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering/analysis for new features; collaborate with stakeholders/Product management team to clarify requirements around new feature request
• Create user stories for development team to build a feature/functionality
• Building and owning the product roadmap; ensure that product evolves to suit client needs by incorporating the client feedback as deemed fit
• Co-ordinate with product owners/project managers across multiple other teams /squads to manage dependencies  
• Work with QA team to review test cases and define testing strategies; perform user acceptance testing/ business testing of new functionality
• Collaborate with design team to provide feedback on feature design
• Ensure the product development is done within operational excellence standards as defined by the program

Requirements:

• Atleast 2-4 years of strong business analyst or product management experience
• A bachelor’s degree is required; an advanced degree is a plus
• Knowledge of software development processes and agile methodologies is required
• Strong knowledge of Indian financial industry and its practices
• Experience within the Indian financial industry environment is required
• Familiarity with Morningstar Products (example- Morningstar Direct) will be a plus
• Understanding of various functions in asset management organization and user workflow will be a plus
• Blend of product management and project management will be desired

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.