Basu Agarwal

Director - Product Management @Barclays

London, GB

Develop Product and Platform Strategy for the Equity Synthetics business, aligning with the vision ofoverall Prime Business.Manage relationships with Hedge Fund clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders, including businessleads across multiple locations. Primary point of contact for EMEA Sales and Trading team, handlinginquiries related to product features, workaround solutions, regulatory reporting and platform stability.Manage multiple global business initiatives by gathering and incorporating requirements from clients andinternal stakeholders. Collaborate with internal IT partners and stakeholders to develop solutions.Create high-level business requirements and oversee the entire build life-cycle until successful delivery.Manage training plan for users and provide support during the pilot phase.Supervise team of 2 people in EMEA managing Delta1 business / Prime Integration Product deliveries.Delivered solution for multiple client/business requirements leading to successful client onboarding & business growth. Gather feedback and enhance the product offering for a better client experience.Build out strategic trade capture automating the Single stock, Portfolio Swap and CFD bookings. 98% oftrade volume booked automatically allowing business to onboard more clients, positive client experience,saving 2 FTE work, break reduction and timely reporting of trades to regulators.Build connectivity in new markets, managing requirements of multiple desks within Prime business.Delivered solution for custom baskets reducing the lag time of publishing the custom basket from over 1day to less than 15 mins leading to £1 billion balance growth with clients.