Product Manager - FinTech

Our direct client, a fast-growing fintech firm in NYC or Greenwich, CT, is seeking a highly motivated Product Manager for the fund finance team to help lead various buildouts of a critical core area of product at the firm. You will be working in a team-oriented environment with smart and hardworking individuals in a results-oriented culture. This is an opportunity to solve fun and complex problems focused on fund administrations and operations of alternative investments for Private Equity and Hedge Funds. You will be working directly with our operational desks to bring scale and efficiencies spanning across a multitude of different operational procedures, such as, NAV reconciliation, capital calls /distributions, investor statements, general ledger, reporting and more. You will utilize the latest technologies and innovative solutions, with room to grow or broaden your responsibilities as the company continuously grows. You will be responsible for various areas of product building, and have the opportunity to define your own space, and work towards identifying unmet needs, defining requirements, writing user stories, developing project communication plans, and testing product features. We live and breathe agile and deploy fast, to learn and iterate quickly. Having fun while doing it is a big part of who we are so the ideal candidate will embrace a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

• Help define, develop, and drive the execution of the product roadmap
• Help lead engagement with hedge fund and private equity operational teams to identify and deliver solutions to core functional operational areas
• Monitor and work with the production support team to improve daily production process
• Work with design, technology and other partners in scoping different solutions, writing user-stories and preparing the organization for product launches
• Help identify the highest leverage areas and mobilize key constituents quickly to deliver great products
• Test and review online product upgrades to ensure flawless execution
• Develop a strong understanding of business impacts and work with others to manage concurrent requests and requirements
• Monitor the performance of the product and continuously improve it through all the life-stages of a product
• Maintain awareness of the competitive landscape from a business and legal / compliance perspective
• Step outside the product realm when appropriate to contribute to the team and overall company mission

• 3+ years of experience in product management in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Critical thinker and comfortable with the unknown
• Willingness to dig deep, analyze and know the ins and outs of how things work
• Natural problem solver and driven to push initiatives to conclusions
• Great communicator and comfortable engaging others for ideas and resolutions
• Comfort with leveraging SQL and ability to generate conclusions based on data being presented
• Capable or growing into a role of managing space in terms of organizing requests and priorities
• Develop a solid understanding of organizational data flow and its impact on business processes.
• Strong technical background and understanding; ability to construct wireframes and design user experiences while understanding basic API functionalities
• Strong interpersonal skills and capable of building relationships to gain buy in and achieve business results
• History of customer centric focus with a knack for quick and thoughtful problem-solving
• Financial technology background strongly preferred
• Expertise with QA testing and business analysis
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• Capable of growing into a role of influencing others effectively