A day in the life of the Deutsche Bank associate who reflects before work and dances after

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Akhila Chaganti is an Associate in the Product Management team for Securities Services in the Corporate Bank at Deutsche Bank Singapore. She graduated from the National University of Singapore with a major in Economics in 2020 and joined Deutsche Bank’s Graduate Programme a few months later. This is what a typical day looks like for her.

7am. I wake up early but not too early and try to reflect and do a bit of journaling before I get out of bed. I usually leave for the office around 8.45am, so the mornings aren’t too rushed.

9.15 I arrive in the office and my working day begins. I’m a generalist in Product Management and I help build new products and enhance existing products for our large Securities Services client base. My role spans everything from product governance (making sure we are aware of the risks and have controls applied to our products) to meeting with the digital and data partners. We’re usually working on a few new products and technology integration projects simultaneously.

9.30. I have an ad-hoc catch-up with some of my team. I help look after product governance and approvals for Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Whilst assembling a new product approval request, I ensure that it covers the scope of what we’re offering to clients and that it’ has the necessary approvals. For example, right now we’re working on a platform enhancement. Part of my role is all about ensuring that the changes are captured properly and that governance procedures are applied.

10.30am. I also work on marketing communications for the team, so that our salespeople know how our products are evolving. I spend an hour working on a piece of communication about product updates with my colleagues in the regions – India, China and ASEAN