Senior Product Manager, Core TA & Corporate Actions

Vinyl Equity, Inc.; Mangaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary aligned with ₹

Equity-based compensation at Series A

Health, dental, vision coverage

Generous PTO

In-office collaborative Mangaluru with

Job summary

Vinyl Equity, Inc. in India seeks a seasoned Core Transfer Agency leader to own transfers, issuances, and corporate-actions workflows end-to-end. You will drive product evolution, engage counsel and equity administrators, and steer regulator and DTC discussions while partnering with engineering for reliable architecture.

The role requires 8–12+ years in capital-markets infrastructure, deep TA expertise, and willingness to travel 20% to Chicago and customer sites.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in capital-markets infrastructure—transfer agent, clearing firm, custodian, broker-dealer back office.
• Personal operating depth in transfer agency and corporate actions.
• Working knowledge of SEC, DTC, and stock-exchange rules: SEC 17Ad-17, Schedule TO, DEF 14A/DEFA14A.
• Demonstrated track record shipping product or operational improvements in TA or corporate-actions.
• Technical comfort with architecture and cross-functional engineering collaboration.
• Strong customer-facing presence with counsel, lawyers, equity administrators.
• Capability participating in regulator and DTC conversations.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML tools in product or operational settings.
• Comfort with 20% travel to Chicago and customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Own the Core TA + Corporate Actions product roadmap.
• Own Tender Offer and Warrant Exercise as ongoing product lines, driving new deal types, deeper automation, and improved per-deal economics.
• Drive product evolution in reverse splits, rights offerings, escheatment, DWAC/DRS API switches.
• Partner with Core engineering tech leads on architecture, workflow design, and operational reliability.
• Engage directly with customers—general counsel, equity administrators, securities lawyers, corporate secretaries.
• Represent Core TA and Corporate Actions in sales conversations with prospective issuers.
• Collaborate with operations teams on workflow design, SLA definitions, and exception escalation.
• Represent Vinyl in regulator and DTC conversations on Core TA mechanics and settlement workflows.
• Define success metrics: transfer velocity, restricted-security removal time, corporate-action execution accuracy.
• Write product specifications, decision memos, regulator-facing artifacts, and customer playbooks.

Skills

Transfer agent

Capital markets

Customer-facing

Architectural thinking

AI/ML in product

Regulatory conversations

DTC/SEC knowledge

Tools

DTC API

DEFA14A/DEF14A

Job description

About Vinyl Equity

We're building the next generation of capital-markets infrastructure, starting with a modern, digital-native transfer agent designed for today's public companies. Our platform replaces slow, manual processes with secure, automated workflows.

Backed by Index Ventures, Spark Capital, and Infinity Ventures, our team includes veterans from NYSE, Equiniti, Computershare, and AngelList.

About the Role

Core Transfer Agency forms the foundation of Vinyl's platform, handling every share movement and value distribution. This domain-leader role requires substantive operational experience in transfer-agency and corporate-actions workflows. You will own transfers, issuances, cancellations, holder management, DRS, DWAC, restricted-security removal, dividends, distributions, spinoffs, escheatment, tax filings, tender offers, and warrant exercises end-to-end.

The role demands expertise in SEC 17Ad-17, Schedule TO mechanics, DEF 14A timing, DTC settlement workflows, and restricted-securities removal from lived experience. Requires 20% travel to Chicago and customer sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Core TA + Corporate Actions product roadmap

• Own Tender Offer and Warrant Exercise as ongoing product lines, driving new deal types, deeper automation, and improved per-deal economics

• Drive product evolution in reverse splits, rights offerings, escheatment, DWAC/DRS API switches

• Partner with Core engineering tech leads on architecture, workflow design, and operational reliability

• Engage directly with customers—general counsel, equity administrators, securities lawyers, corporate secretaries

• Represent Core TA and Corporate Actions in sales conversations with prospective issuers

• Collaborate with operations teams on workflow design, SLA definitions, and exception escalation

• Represent Vinyl in regulator and DTC conversations on Core TA mechanics and settlement workflows

• Define success metrics: transfer velocity, restricted-security removal time, corporate-action execution accuracy

• Write product specifications, decision memos, regulator-facing artifacts, and customer playbooks

Role Requirements

• 8–12+ years in capital-markets infrastructure—transfer agent, clearing firm, custodian, broker-dealer back office

• Personal operating depth in transfer agency and corporate actions

• Working knowledge of SEC, DTC, and stock-exchange rules: SEC 17Ad-17, Schedule TO, DEF 14A/DEFA14A

• Demonstrated track record shipping product or operational improvements in TA or corporate-actions

• Technical comfort with architecture and cross-functional engineering collaboration

• Strong customer-facing presence with counsel, lawyers, equity administrators

• Capability participating in regulator and DTC conversations

• Hands-on experience with AI/ML tools in product or operational settings

• Comfort with 20% travel to Chicago and customer sites

Nice to Haves

• Direct transfer-agent experience in product, operations, or domain-leader roles

• Experience at clearing firms, custodians, or broker-dealer back offices

• Tender Offer, Exchange Agent, or warrant exercise experience

• KYC/KYB workflow familiarity

• Tokenized securities, on-chain settlement, or stablecoin payment rails experience

• Regulated-environment background: SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR compliance

Benefits

• Competitive base salary aligned with Indian Series A benchmarks

• Equity-based compensation at Series A preferred price

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

• Generous PTO

• In-office collaborative Mangaluru environment with structured US travel