Junior Product Analyst

About Aiviq:

Aiviq is a cutting-edge fintech company revolutionising financial services and asset management. We empower the world's leading asset managers with data-driven insights and innovative technology solutions. Our cloud-based platform transforms complex financial data into actionable intelligence, addressing critical challenges in client data quality and insights. Serving global asset managers overseeing trillions in Assets under Management, we're at the forefront of financial technology innovation.

What you will be doing:

As a Product Analyst at Aiviq, you will play a crucial role in our product development process, collaborating with the brightest technologists in the industry. This position is ideal for recent graduates or early-career professionals who are eager to learn and grow in product management within a dynamic fintech environment.

You'll work alongside our exceptional engineering, quality control, and product teams, leveraging a modern, cloud-based tech stack and integrating cutting-edge technologies to solve complex challenges for the world's largest asset managers. We're looking for curious, analytical minds who embrace modern ways of working, including AI-assisted workflows, to enhance their productivity and impact.

Working across product discovery, prioritisation, and execution, you'll develop empathy for customers, learn to synthesise information from various sources, and support product team objectives whilst building your understanding of the full software delivery cycle.

Market & User Research:

• Gather and analyse user feedback, product usage data and other inputs to support decision-making and track team objectives
• Conduct market research with some oversight and guidance, distilling information for meaning and documentation for team use
• Capture trends, priorities, and pain points from customer or stakeholder interactions and interviews
• Define personal success metrics for day-to-day role, reporting on progress to line manager and finding ways to improve metrics

Product Strategy & Prioritisation:

• Distil a range of inputs and produce presentation materials and analysis that supports strategic decision-making with limited supervision
• Act as the 'voice of product', articulating the strategic roadmap and prioritisation rationale to internal stakeholders
• Assist with low-level backlog prioritisation utilising leading frameworks

Product Development Lifecycle:

• Write simple user stories that clearly address well-written problem statements, including appropriate acceptance criteria
• Present user stories at sprint refinement and articulate them so the whole team is aware of the problem
• Identify execution risks and assumptions and address them with line manager oversight
• Assist with Scrum Master duties, including sprint planning and retrospectives
• Collate release notes for internal and external audiences that clearly articulate the release value and technical nature of changes in line with documentation standards

Domain Expertise & Thought Leadership:

• Quickly build or extend knowledge of Financial Services and, in particular, Asset Management, identifying and completing structured and unstructured learning to close gaps
• Demonstrate a high-level understanding of the Aiviq product proposition to internal team members

Collaboration & Communication:

• Work collaboratively in cross-functional teams, engaging with as many Aiviq team members as possible
• Create wireframes using Figma to support user story development
• Ask questions, read around the subject, and work with your line manager to identify relevant structured courses to gain experience and confidence quickly

What you will need

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Keen interest in technology and financial services
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment, embracing modern tools and AI-assisted workflows
• Basic understanding of software development processes (preferred)

Desirable Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Evidence of self-directed or structured qualifications in domains such as Product Management, User Research, SCRUM/Agile, Data Analysis
• Evidence of self-directed or structured qualifications in financial services and asset management (e.g., IMC, CFA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Vocational or professional experience (work experience/internships/analyst programmes) within a relevant sector or industry

What we offer:

• Growth opportunities in a supportive, collaborative environment
• Exposure to cutting-edge fintech, cloud-based technologies, and AI-augmented workflows
• Work on critical data quality challenges for leading asset managers
• Mentorship from experienced product managers
• Competitive salary, benefits, and flexible working arrangements
• Clear career progression pathway in a growing fintech company

About Aiviq

Aiviq is growing UK-based FinTech, specialising in developing SaaS products for the world's investment Managers. We are part of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Plc, a leading global provider of specialist consultancy services to the financial services industry.