V.I.E. Product Specialist

The product marketing team is part of the Global markets division. The team is based in New York and covers the Americas region (North America and Latam), and it is backed by similar teams in Europe and Asia.
The primary mission of the team is to deliver product marketing on all the Global Markets products and services offer by Societe Generale in the Americas. Covering all asset classes (equity, FX, Rates, Credit and Commodities) and the wide variety of sales team (structured product teams, flow derivatives teams, D1 teams, QIS, Prime Brokerage...).

In a nutshell, the product marketing tasks mostly consist in:

• Quantitative Analysis & Marketing: Provide sales, trading, and engineering on-demand analysis, presentations, reporting and more a suite of systematic index strategies.
• Legal & Compliance: Serve as front-line to ensure client-facing marketing materials are compliance with Société Générale's internal policies.
• Automation: Take the lead in designing, implementing, and launching tools or automations for enhancements to workflows, analysis, or procedures.
• Cross-Platform Communication: Liaison with sales, engineering, research and trading teams for context & understanding on products or requests.
• The product scope covers all asset classes with a strong emphasis on equity derivatives and fixed income derivatives. Client scope covers Insurance companies, Pension funds, Asset Managers, Banks and Corporate.

Day to day responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Producing detailed commercial presentations for distribution to clients and / or potential investors
• Developing/creating brochures, newsletters, marketing campaigns, in order to keep the clients informed of our capabilities, services, and latest product innovations and ideas
• Back testing products / excel computation (historical simulations of investment scenarios and product performance as well as analysis of returns - using macros (VBA, Python) or requiring the development of script
• Liaising with Legal department to develop and maintain US / Canada / LATAM compliant marketing and sales documents
• Producing analytical reports
• Strategic watching and competitive analysis on financial markets and trends in the Americas (data analysis & statistics, competitors’ new releases and evolution, new development analysis – payoffs, underlings….
• Contributing to the training of the whole platform

A questionnaire will be provided to you in order to check your VIE (Société Générale and Business France) eligibility. For an efficient analysis of your application, please make sure to truthfully answer all the questions.  

Please note that it is mandatory to provide us a formal proof of your M2 diploma validation before the assignment start date. No VIE mission will start without this document. *Grade sheets are not accepted as justification of diploma.

PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship.

To facilitate the examination of your application by our English-speaking managers, we thank you for applying in English.

Studies & experience:

• Graduate with a Master degree from Business/Engineering School or University with a specialization in Market Finance

• A previous experience would be appreciated

  Language skills:

• Fluent in English

Technical, operational & soft skills:

• Good communication and presentation skills
• Proficient/Good command of MS Office
• VBA, Python, modeling, Bloomberg experience are a plus

• Ability to manage complex processes dealing with multiple internal and external resources

The VIE assignment in a nutshell

This VIE in New York is to begin as soon as possible, but you need to plan 3 months between your application date and the beginning of your VIE assignment. It will last 18 months.

The VIE is a specific contract, under Business France’s eligibility criteria, opened to candidates under 28 and from the member states of the European Economic Space. For further information (including your financial indemnities), please see Mon VIE-VIA Business France.

As soon as you arrive, you will be integrated into our teams and will learn every day alongside our experts, who will support you in your tasks. Gradually, you will become more independent in your projects, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

At the end of your VIE, various opportunities could be offered to you, in France and abroad.

At Societe Generale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating?

You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.