Product Manager -Asset Management

NLB Services; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Next Level Business Services Inc. is seeking a Product Manager for Asset Management on a contract basis in Boston.

You will partner with portfolio managers and analysts to understand analytics, risk, and investment workflows, translating needs into clear requirements and user stories. You will lead cross-system analyses from concept to rollout, collaborating with engineers and product teams to assess approaches and impacts.

Qualifications

• Experience collaborating with portfolio managers, research analysts, or investment teams.
• Experience on investment analytics platforms for portfolio analysis, risk, or performance.
• Familiarity with Python, SQL and data analysis tools.
• Experience with AI-enabled tooling ecosystems and adoption patterns.

Responsibilities

• Partner with portfolio managers and analysts to understand analytics, risk, and workflows.
• Translate investor needs into clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead end-to-end analysis for initiatives spanning data, analytics, and UX.
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams to evaluate approaches and impacts.
• Drive alignment between investment professionals and technology teams.
• Support delivery from concept through release, including testing and rollout readiness.
• Identify opportunities to enhance investor workflows and platform usability.
• Apply Agile practices with well-formed epics, acceptance criteria, and backlog readiness.

Skills

Portfolio management

Stakeholder collaboration

Agile practices

Tools

Python

SQL

Data analysis tools

Job description

Job Title: Product Manager -Asset Management

Employment Type: Contract

Work model: 4 days on-site per week

Job Description

• Partner directly with portfolio managers and research analysts to understand portfolio analytics, risk, performance, and investment decision-making workflows.
• Lead analysis for portfolio analysis initiatives and platform enhancements, translating complex investor needs into clear functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead end-to-end analysis for complex initiatives spanning multiple systems, including investment data, analytics, and user experience.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, and product teams to evaluate solution approaches, trade offs, and implementation impacts.
• Drive alignment across stakeholders by facilitating discussions between investment professionals and technology teams.
• Support delivery from concept through release, including solution design reviews, testing, and rollout readiness.
• Identify opportunities to enhance investor workflows, improve analytical capabilities, and increase platform usability and performance based on direct investor feedback.
• Drive high-quality Agile practices, including well‑formed epics and user stories, clear acceptance criteria, backlog readiness, and active participation in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Experience of leveraging AI within day to day work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly with portfolio managers, research analysts, or investment teams.
• Experience working on investment analytics platforms supporting portfolio analysis, risk, or performance.
• Working familiarity with Python, SQL and data analysis tools.
• Experience with AI-enabled tooling ecosystems (e.g. Copilot) and adoption patterns.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. NLB is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.