ETF Product Specialist, AVP

About the role

The ETF Product Specialist (AVP) drives the development, expansion and adoption of State Street's ETF capabilities in APAC. The role combines deep ETF subject-matter expertise, product ownership, client engagement and cross-functional delivery, turning market, client and operational requirements into scalable platform capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Own and maintain the APAC ETF product development roadmap, with primary responsibility for the APAC remit of the iETF platform.
• Manage the regional demand pipeline and support prioritisation of investment funding based on strategic value, client impact, risk and delivery capacity.
• Gather, challenge and translate complex requirements into clear platform features, operating models and implementation plans.
• Coordinate work sequencing, business testing, release readiness, go-live approvals and post-implementation support with business teams.
• Lead or take part in client engagements, industry events and working groups, representing ETF product and platform capabilities.
• Identify market, regulatory and competitor trends and turn them into product strategy, roadmap priorities and commercial opportunities.
• Drive awareness, training and adoption of ETF functionality across APAC.
• Build knowledge transfer and product-champion capability within Operations to reduce key-person dependency and strengthen first-line support.

Required profile

• Significant experience in ETFs, asset servicing, investment management, custody, fund administration or financial-market infrastructure.
• Demonstrated product management or product ownership experience, including roadmap development, demand management and investment prioritisation.
• Track record of engaging complex institutional clients and turning business needs into practical platform solutions.
• Experience designing or enhancing ETF operating models, workflows and technology-enabled services.
• Proven delivery experience across requirements gathering, testing, release planning, implementation and business adoption.
• Working knowledge of ETF primary-market processes, fund operations, servicing models and the competitive landscape.
• Experience working across regions and coordinating diverse business, operations and technology stakeholders.

Required skills

• Deep ETF product and operating-model expertise
• Strategic planning and market analysis
• Product roadmap and portfolio prioritisation
• Requirements definition and solution design
• Stakeholder management and influencing
• Executive communication and presentation
• Structured delivery, judgement and problem-solving
• Ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed environment