Product Architect - Equity Compensation Products, Etrade Financial Corporation, Location Alpharetta, GA

Company Overview

E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporate Services provides companies and their employees with solutions to effectively manage their stock plan benefits. We are one of the top organizations in this market, competing successfully against companies such as Fidelity, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, UBS, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and Charles Schwab.

Our products and services encompass administration, management and tracking of equity compensation plans, as well as brokerage services for stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock and performance award plans.  Our primary products and services are:   

• Equity Edge/Equity Edge Online - the industry's leading stock plan administration software and web application

 

• Stock Plans - a Web- and phone-based brokerage service for employees to manage their stock plan assets

 

• Outsourcing - services for our corporate clients who wish to gain operational efficiencies by outsourcing their stock plan administration to E*TRADE

 

Position Summary

E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporate Services is seeking a professional experienced in product development and architecture to fill the role of Product Architect in its Product Development team. This individual will be responsible for defining and documenting requirements for a variety of equity plan-related products and services used by our corporate clients and their plan participants. Additionally, this person will work with cross-functional teams to define and manage initiatives that involve enhancements to the Corporate Services product offering, including projects and programs aimed at enhancing revenue, gaining competitive advantages, reducing costs, insuring regulatory/statutory compliance, and/or improving service. This job entails end-to-end responsibility for the product development lifecycle, from translating business requirements delivered by the Product Planning team into detailed functional requirements, to working with the engineering and quality assurance teams on design, implementation and testing, to handoff to the Product Support team for internal and customer rollout.  Finally, this position will also support the Product Support team as a subject matter expert for product maintenance and production issue escalation.

This role requires a combination of strategic and tactical problem solving, coupled with strong execution capability. The successful candidate will be a self-starter and have excellent project management skills, with a proven track record of achieving success in a fast-paced, results-driven organization. 

Position Objectives

• Demonstrate strong product development functional knowledge, including an in-depth understanding of the processes, tools and techniques essential to delivering projects on-time and within budget


• Acquire intimate domain knowledge of existing Corporate Services products and services, becoming a subject matter expert with respect to current and anticipated functionality, workflows and integration points with other E*TRADE systems


• Identify and analyze functional deficiencies in our current product offering and recommend corrective actions


• Translate analysis into functional requirements documentation for existing and future Corporate Services applications


• Partner closely with a wide range of stakeholders - including Product Planning, Operations, Customer Service, Marketing, Engineering and Quality Assurance - to ensure that product design and implementation accurately reflect the full range of market, business and functional requirements


• Use judgment and analysis to help prioritize areas for product enhancement

Qualifications

Minimum/Required

• 3+ years of demonstrated experience and success in business analysis, including writing detailed requirements documentation


• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Management Information Systems, or equivalent


• Strong project planning and management skills


• Articulate and persuasive in both written and verbal communication


• Combination of strong analytical and documentation skills, ability to think strategically, and deep client empathy


• Capability to understand and balance needs of multiple internal and external client segments


• Effective team collaboration and influencing skills


• Solid understanding of product development life-cycle


• Ability to work effectively within a team of product architects and cross-functionally with multiple and various business and technology stakeholders

Preferred

• Knowledge of software design and protocols, including Windows software and web site interface standards, including client-server and web technologies


• Knowledge of Oracle databases/database design theory


• Equity plan management and corporate services experience


• Experienced user of Equity Edge software and/or etrade.com/Stock Plans website


• CEPI certification or willingness to achieve level 1 CEP designation (minimum) within the first year of full-time employment.

Apply:  please email resume to david.quinn@etrade.com