Product Solutions Architect – Portfolio Management, Trading & Compliance

About the role

The Product Solutions Architect for Portfolio Management, Trading and Compliance is a senior role responsible for defining what good looks like across SimCorp's front office domain and translating deep domain expertise into repeatable, scalable SimCorp One client implementations.

This role is crucial for winning in Portfolio Management and Trading, which are existential priorities for SimCorp. It involves advising clients on implementing SimCorp's portfolio management, trading, and compliance capabilities to maximize straight through processing, reduce manual intervention, and achieve best execution.

Responsibilities

• Engage with portfolio managers, traders, compliance officers, and CIOs as the definitive subject matter expert on front office workflows.
• Represent product leadership in front office client engagements and serve as the escalation point when implementations require domain specific guidance.
• Bring competitive intelligence on front office platforms back into product decisions, identifying capability gaps and ensuring implementation learnings directly inform roadmap priorities for the Portfolio Management and Trading vertical.
• Identify cross-client patterns and convert them into reusable standard configurations or productization candidates.
• Own the standard configurations and reference architectures for front office workflows, spanning portfolio construction and rebalancing, multi asset order management, smart order routing and execution, pre trade and post trade compliance, and trade allocation and booking.
• Train implementation teams on standard configurations, enabling consistent delivery without requiring deep front office expertise on every engagement.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in solution architecture, product management, solution engineering, or senior client facing roles focused on front office investment technology.
• Deep domain knowledge of portfolio management workflows including portfolio construction, rebalancing, sleeve level management, and total portfolio view.
• Strong understanding of order management and trade execution across asset classes, including OMS/EMS integration patterns, FIX protocol, and best execution frameworks.
• Knowledge of investment compliance workflows and regulatory requirements (MiFID II, Dodd Frank).

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to engage with portfolio managers, traders, compliance officers, and CIOs with credibility and authority.
• Consultative approach with experience holding the line on recommended approaches while maintaining strong client relationships.
• Fluency in both strategy (front office operating models, target state workflows) and execution (how SimCorp enables them).
• Experience translating between institutional client requirements and product strategy within the front office domain.
• Ability to synthesize market feedback, competitive signals, and implementation learnings into actionable product recommendations.

Skills

• Domain expertise in portfolio management, trading, and compliance.
• Strategic communication and influence.
• Client engagement and relationship building.
• Competitive intelligence gathering and analysis.
• Product strategy and roadmap prioritization.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, bonus scheme, and pension.
• A flexible work hours and a hybrid workplace model.
• IP sprints for skill mastery and company development.