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Scalable Capital is a leading digital investment and banking platform with a full banking licence, empowering people across Europe to shape their own finances. Scalable Broker makes it easy and affordable for clients to invest professionally in stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and derivatives, as well as set up savings plans. Scalable Wealth, the digital wealth management service, offers clients professional investment in ETF portfolios, and is also adopted as a white‑label solution by banks and other B2B partners. The company’s offerings are rounded off by attractive interest rates, loans, and private equity. With the European Investor Exchange, Scalable Capital offers an exchange specifically for retail investors. Over one million clients have already entrusted more than €30 billion to the platform.

Founded in 2014, Scalable Capital now employs over 700 people across Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, and London. Together with the founding and management team, including Erik Podzuweit and Florian Prucker, they are working on a new generation of financial services.

Visit our finance blog or check out our Social Media channels to find out what our Expert Teams have to say.

Our Company Values guide us every day in how we work and collaborate. To learn more about them, you can find our values here (English).

Shape the future of Scalable’s new fully vertically integrated investment and banking platform. Scalable’s Broker, digital Wealth Management and Credit offerings are seamlessly integrated into a newly developed technology platform.

We are looking for a passionate and motivated (Associate) Product Manager to own our settlement and custody capabilities. You will play a crucial role in developing our platform, ensuring that it meets the evolving needs of our business. You will work alongside a highly motivated team of software engineers, product managers and academics implementing change in the financial industry.

• Define, prioritize, and deliver the roadmap for our clearing, settlement and custody solutions, managing trade‑offs to deliver innovative solutions to challenging problems.
• Work closely with Engineering, Operations, Compliance, and partners to build, launch, and iterate on impactful product initiatives.
• Establish strong relationships with external partners, including settlement counterparties and CSDs.
• Translate market research, quantitative data analysis, user and client feedback into a cohesive product vision, user stories, and intuitive user experiences.

• Practical product management experience as a PM or by driving product‑focused projects in a dynamic startup or tech environment.
• Passion for technology, finance and digital products.
• Strong academic background with a degree in Management, Finance, Economics, Business Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong analytical thinking, leveraging both quantitative and qualitative data to drive decisions.
• Utmost attention to detail and a culture of excellence.
• Excellent communication skills that are clear, concise, and targeted towards your audience – software engineer, stakeholder or executive.
• A great understanding of and focus on customer problems and needs.
• Hands‑on mentality: from ideation and research to prototype and user story, you can handle it.
• Excellent English communication skills (German is advantageous but not necessary).
• Great understanding of product management practices and incorporating diverse inputs (user research, data, market analysis) into product strategy.
• Bonus Points: Experience with post‑trade processes or securities transfers and a strong understanding of financial markets.

• Be part of one of the fastest‑growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services that have a substantial impact on the lives of our customers.
• Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and ever‑growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients.
• Work from our centrally located offices in the heart of Munich or Berlin, nestled in lively neighborhoods filled with vibrant restaurants, cozy cafés, and a wide range of convenient amenities or choose to work remotely within Germany (if eligible for the job).
• Be productive with the latest hardware and tools.
• Learn and grow by joining our in‑house knowledge sharing or career development sessions and spending your individual Education Budget.
• Learn and experience German culture first hand by joining our free German language classes.
• International relocation support is provided if required.
• Flexible vacation policy and the opportunity to work from abroad.
• Benefit from an attractive compensation package and from the company pension scheme.
• Monthly contribution of 50% for the ‘Deutschland Jobticket’.
• Say goodbye to order commissions and say hello to your complimentary subscription of Scalable Capital's PRIME+ Broker.
• Enjoy flexible and discounted sports activities with Urban Sports Club.