Product Manager - Advisor Experience

empower; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 86,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Parental leave

BRGs and inclusion programs

Job summary

Empower is seeking an experienced Product Manager to define and deliver tools for financial advisors, helping them serve clients and achieve goals more effectively. You will join a fast-moving Advisory Experiences team, collaborating across business and technology to turn complex problems into simple, scalable solutions.

You will shape strategy, own the roadmap, and work with engineering to balance near-term needs with long-term opportunities, driving outcomes that improve productivity and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 1–3 years of product management experience leading meaningful products.
• Strong product judgment and prioritization decisions.
• Technical fluency and ability to understand system interactions.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with data-informed decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to drive initiatives independently in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Shape product strategy by improving the advisor experience.
• Own and evolve the product roadmap balancing immediate and long-term needs.
• Understand advisor workflows and simplify, consolidate, automate, and improve productivity.
• Translate needs into clear product outcomes and priorities.
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams on constraints and tradeoffs.
• Use research, data, and market insights to inform strategy and priorities.
• Lead cross-functional teams through discovery and delivery with approvals.
• Define measures of success like advisor outcomes and adoption.
• Deliver scalable, intuitive experiences for financial professionals.

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Technical fluency

Prioritization

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.

As a Product Manager on our Advisory Experiences team, you will help define and deliver the tools and capabilities that enable financial advisors to serve their clients and support their financial goals more effectively. You will bring strong product judgment, analytical thinking, technical fluency, creativity, leadership, and the ability to collaborate across business and technology teams.

You will join an ambitious product team responsible for defining and delivering experiences across our retirement and personal wealth businesses. In this role, you will focus on the internal financial advisor experience, identifying opportunities to simplify complex advisor workflows, consolidate capabilities, improve productivity, and ensure advisors have the tools, information, and technology they need to deliver an exceptional client experience.

Success in this role requires the ability to understand both the advisor experience and the systems and processes that enable it. You will be comfortable moving between user needs, business processes, data, and technology—working with engineering and other partners to turn complex problems into simple, scalable solutions.

What You Will Do

• Shape product strategy by identifying opportunities to improve the financial advisor experience and enable advisors to more effectively serve their clients
• Own and evolve the product roadmap, balancing immediate advisor and business needs with longer-term strategic and technology opportunities
• Develop a deep understanding of advisor workflows and the systems, data, and processes that support them to identify opportunities for simplification, consolidation, automation, and productivity improvement
• Bring clarity and structure to ambiguous and complex product problems, translating advisor and business needs into clear product outcomes and actionable priorities
• Partner closely with engineering and architecture teams to understand technical constraints, dependencies, and tradeoffs and incorporate them into product decisions
• Use advisor research, behavioral and operational data, feedback, and market insights to inform product strategy and prioritize opportunities
• Inspire and influence leadership, peers, and cross-functional partners to build alignment around product direction and priorities
• Lead cross-functional teams through discovery and delivery, defining product requirements, managing dependencies and tradeoffs, obtaining necessary approvals—including compliance and legal—and driving toward key milestones
• Understand Empower's business goals, advisor needs, technology landscape, and competitive environment to develop products aligned with our strategy
• Define and track measures of success, including advisor outcomes, productivity improvements, adoption, operational efficiency, and product performance
• Make product decisions using a combination of user insights, quantitative analysis, technical understanding, and iterative validation
• Execute with urgency while maintaining a focus on advisor outcomes, scalability, user experience, and continuous learning
• Challenge existing processes and technology patterns and identify opportunities to simplify experiences, reduce complexity, and improve delivery and operational efficiency

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 1 - 3 years of product management experience leading meaningful products or capabilities and working collaboratively with engineering, design, research, and business teams
• Strong product judgment and demonstrated ability to identify the underlying user problem, distinguish needs from requested solutions, and make thoughtful prioritization decisions
• Technical fluency and curiosity, with the ability to understand system interactions, data flows, integrations, dependencies, and technical tradeoffs and collaborate effectively with engineering partners
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex user, business, and technology problems into clear product priorities and requirements
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using quantitative and qualitative data to identify opportunities and inform product decisions
• Exceptional prioritization and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to navigate competing priorities and work effectively in a highly regulated environment
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to influence senior leaders, cross-functional partners, and peers
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive initiatives, navigate ambiguity, and follow through on commitments
• A strong appreciation for intuitive user experiences and the ability to simplify complex workflows for users

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience building internal, enterprise, or workflow-oriented products where success depends on understanding the underlying systems and business processes as much as the user interface
• Experience with products involving system consolidation, workflow automation, data integration, or modernization of complex technology ecosystems
• Proven experience navigating the full product lifecycle, from discovery and prioritization through delivery, adoption, measurement, and iteration
• Experience building products within financial services, wealth management, retirement, or another highly regulated industry
• Experience working with or building products for financial advisors or other professional users with complex workflows

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

Base Salary Range

$96,100.00 - $135,700.00

The salary range above shows the typical minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation offered may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Equal opportunity employer Drug-free workplace

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.

For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption. You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet. Other necessary computer equipment, will be provided. You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.