Head Banking Products & Product Governance

As Head Banking Products & Product Governance at Bank J. Safra Sarasin you are a hands-on leader responsible for the group-wide product governance framework and the management of banking products, ensuring regulatory compliance, operational readiness, and efficient approval processes across all product families and provide product governance leadership across the group, including the management of the Product Committee Office (PCO), the coordination of product reviews, consolidated supervision of products across all entities, and the oversight of banking product families incl. structured products.

• Lead and develop the Banking Products & Governance team (3 direct reports) 
• Own and manage the group-wide product approval and review process, including managing the Product Committee Office
• Support of EU locations on issues related to regulatory topics such as MiFID, PSD II
• Lead the consolidated supervision of products across the group, including functional management calls with subsidiaries and branches
• Ensure consistent application of product governance standards, directives, and processes across all group entities
• Oversee regulatory product classifications including PRIIPs scope indicator, complex/non-complex determination, compliance categories, and suitability frameworks and the Product Risk Classification
• Manage the product life cycle for banking product families: structured products, FX trading, credit, deposits, lombard, cards, and related services
• Coordinate cross-functional product implementation projects involving front office, operations, compliance, legal, and IT
• Maintain the group-wide product inventory across all locations and entities
• Act as key interface between product teams, compliance, legal, operations, risk office and IT on product governance matters

• Higher education (university / FH) in Finance, Banking, Business Administration, or a related field
• Additional qualifications in regulatory affairs, compliance, or project management are an advantage
• At least 8 years of practical experience in the field of product management, product governance, or a related function within a Swiss regulated banking environment
• Proven experience with banking product approval processes, regulatory product classifications (PRC, PRIIPs, MiFID II target market, suitability), and product lifecycle management
• Track record coordinating cross-functional projects across front office, operations, compliance, and IT
• Experience with structured products, trading products, or credit products is strongly preferred
• Experience with consolidated supervision of products across multiple jurisdictions and entities is a significant advantage
• Knowledge in the landscape of regulatory data vendors
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and drive decisions through committees
• Familiarity with Swiss and EU regulatory frameworks and an understanding of how products work end to end in a bank's systems and processes is required
• Strong work ethics, integrity and high level of accountability
• Leadership experience
• Fluency in English; fluency in German is an advantage

• Entrepreneurial spirit in a family owned bank
• Central city office locations across Switzerland
• Above average insurance coverage fully borne by the bank
• Contribution to health insurance and meal allowance
• Global growth strategy and stable environment
• Competitive offering

As a leading sustainable private bank, we offer dynamic and personalized services in investment advisory and asset management for private and institutional clients.Our success depends on the enthusiasm and commitment of our employees and we value each person with their unique technical expertise, professional qualifications and social skills.

We are successfully operating for more than 180 years across 30 locations worldwide and offer our employees the chance to be a part of our success.Our employees are our most valuable asset, we are proud of our unique culture that fosters entrepreneurship and is fueled by a high team spirit andthe positive attitude of each individual. Join our international team and be part of the next chapter of the J. Safra Sarasin Group.