API Product Manager (Technical)

ABOUT US

Were the worlds leading provider of secure financial messaging services headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value across borders through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale precision pace and trust that this demands and were proud to support the global economy.

Were unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value a reliable safe and secure approach that the community can trust completely. Were always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape without undermining that trust. Five decades on our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently test exhaustively then implement a connected and exciting era our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200 countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12000 banks and financial institutions.

Swifts API Enablement Division within the Payment Services organization is responsible for the entire lifecycle of an API treating it as a product with developers as the primary customer base. As a key member of the team this role will be responsible for the management of new and existing API services offered by Swift.

This role involves supporting and spearheading the development of new features improving existing ones and ensuring the overall functionality of the API offerings with special focus on harmonization and standardization.

Key Activities include:

• Define API strategy and Roadmap in alignment with strategic business goals identifying opportunities for harmonization ecosystem development and usage growth.
• Managing the full API lifecycle from ideation and design to development launch and maintenance ensuring consistency performance and security throughout.
• Ensure a consistent Developer experience by overseeing comprehensive documentation sandbox environments for testing harmonized and consistent usage across various API offerings
• Collaborate with Cross Functional teams to help translate high level business objectives into actionable technical requirements and implementation details. Coordinate with other internal teams to ensure development deployment and maintenance of existing API offerings
• Monitor and analyze key matrices such as uptime latency error rates and adoption data to inform decision-making optimize the API and demonstrate its business value.
• alignment with internal security policies and governance to ensure compliance and mitigate risks

Key Skills and Qualifications

• The PM must understand API fundamentals (REST JSON) tools like Postman and technical specifications (like Open API).
• 7 years of experience in API product management technology product development.
• Experience and comfort adopting to work on different types of products
• Proactive self-started team oriented collaborative and adaptable with excellent presentation skills including strong oral and writing capabilities.
• A deep understanding of developers and users their pain points and what constitutes a good developer experience is essential
• Experience in and/or significant exposure to the payments financial services or technology sectors.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor and attention to detail.

What we offer

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals like you with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyones voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

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Dont meet every single requirement At Swift we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team so if you are excited about this role we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.

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