Senior Product Owner, Mutual Funds

About the Role

Our Product Owners help bring our mission to life through the design, build, implementation, and iteration of tools that power financial independence. As a Senior Product Owner, you will support our platform, owning key delivery milestones and goals centered on product improvement, expansion, and scale.

You'll identify and prioritize opportunities to simplify and improve our processes, design innovative solutions to modernize the trading experience and work cross-functionally to deliver scalable capabilities - all while ensuring adherence to regulatory and risk management guidelines. You'll be the subject matter expert in your domain, track adoption and usage, and continue to iterate and improve the platform over time.

What You'll Do

• Define the product strategy, priorities, and roadmap for the Global Funds space (Mutual Funds, UCIT ETFs/Funds, Alternatives), and Options space to deliver value to end users while driving business outcomes for DriveWealth and our partners
• Own requirements and build API-first workflows for the evolution of the DriveWealth platform, including external-facing features, foundational features, and back-end operational considerations
• Collaborate with the project managers and engineering team to define and execute a best-in-class offering
• Partner effectively with the design, legal, compliance, brokerage, operations, and engineering team to build, test, and launch products
• Consolidate feedback from internal stakeholders and partners on their experience to continuously improve our offering
• Build a compelling vision and business case for new product offerings or enhancements to existing offerings
• Identify, track, and analyze key metrics that illustrate performance and competitive analysis.
• Management of third-party relationships, including transfer agents, custodians, fund sponsors, exchanges, market makers, clearing members, and technology vendors
• Drive Go-To-Market planning and execution to launch your products and drive adoption and usage

What You'll Need

• Extensive product management experience in fintech and highly regulated industries, with a strong background in brokerage technology encompassing trading, account services, settlement, and clearing processes
• Proven ability to design, implement and operate retail and/or institutional brokerage capabilities, specifically about enhancing asset classes (Funds primarily, Options/Equities is secondary)
• Strong knowledge of global fund operations, fund platforms and brokerage operations
• Demonstrated experience in defining and delivering a product roadmap
• Experience with REST API and FIX platforms
• Proficient in SQL queries
• An ability to roll up your sleeves, lead from the front and act as a 'player/coach', specifically for critical tasks such as defining and clarifying product requirements.
• Strong written communication skills including the ability to write clear, concise product specifications
• Manage cross-functional teams in matrixed environments, navigating complexity, and clearly communicating complex information to various stakeholders
• Ability to work from our NYC office at a cadence set by the Hiring Manager

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.