Senior Product Manager (Data Platform)

Apex Fintech Solutions LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic fintech firm that is reshaping the financial services landscape as a Senior Product Manager for the Data Platform. In this pivotal role, you'll lead the development of innovative data solutions, ensuring they align with company goals while collaborating with diverse teams across the organization. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment, where your expertise in product management and data platforms will be instrumental in driving success. With a commitment to fostering innovation and excellence, this role is ideal for those looking to take their career to the next level in a thriving industry.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision)

Competitive PTO

401k match

Parental leave

HSA contribution match

Paid subscription to Calm app

External learning and tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product management, engineering management, or related technical roles.
• Experience in building data platforms for financial services.

Responsibilities

• Develop product strategy for data warehousing and quality management.
• Collaborate with teams to meet customer needs and drive product adoption.

Skills

Product Management

Data Analysis

Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Technical Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Master’s degree in technical field

MBA

Tools

Data Warehousing Solutions

Cloud Service Solutions

Data Lakes

Job description

Apex enables modern investing and wealth management tools through an ecosystem of frictionless platforms, APIs, and services.

Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and Webull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers.

Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. We are based in Dallas, TX and also have offices in Austin, New York, Chicago, Portland, Belfast, and Manila.

If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you.

AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:

• 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards
• 2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company
• 2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards

ABOUT THIS ROLE

Apex Fintech Solutions is recognized for disrupting the financial services industry, enabling Fintech standouts like Stash, Robinhood, and Betterment. We’ve got an amazing track record of success and fostering ongoing innovation. Our Product Managers stand at the leading edge of this disruption and are responsible for guiding new products at Apex.

The Senior Product Manager (Data Platform) will be responsible for building Apex’s data warehousing, processing, and data quality management solutions. This role will have broad exposure to technology and functions across Apex’s business and will get hands on with Apex’s products, technology, and customer experiences. This position will report to the Sr. Director of Platform Product Management and will have extensive cross-functional interaction.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a product strategy and roadmap for Apex’s data lake, warehousing, processing, and quality management in alignment with the company's overall strategy and goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, compliance, finance, and operations to ensure Apex’s products and services meet external and internal customer needs.
• Get hands on and develop specifications, plans, programs, dashboards, and activities that grow, expand, and reinforce Data Platform product solutions for applications across Apex in alignment with customer needs and firm priorities.
• Lead development of programs that establish and maintain data processing and quality standards and SLOs. Support the development of client-facing SLAs reliant on data.
• Lead ongoing prioritization and monthly reporting of data warehousing, processing, and quality KPIs to Sr. leaders across Apex focused on providing excellent infrastructure-as-code developer experience.
• Drive adoption of Apex’s data platform product solutions across Apex’s product portfolio suite.
• Stay up to date on industry trends and best practices related to Data Lakes, Warehousing solutions and the financial services market.
• Mentor junior product managers and similar roles across the team and organization to create a culture of coaching and collaboration.
• Generate energy to motivate the team throughout the entire product cycle.
• Position requires 25% time for travel. (We’re a distributed company.)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of experience in product management, engineering management, or related technical role
• 3+ years of experience in building data platform or data transformation products for financial services
• Experience leading product development and execution for cross-functional teams with hands-on experience working closely with software, analytics, and data teams
• Experience leading productization and development of data platforms, data lakes, data infrastructure, cloud service solutions in a / for financial services firm(s)
• Experience researching, defining and documenting market and product requirements
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication
• Demonstrated full-lifecycle ownership of product development
• Ability to get hands on, dig into business or technical problems, and find pragmatic solutions
• Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data to make informed product decisions
• Willing to be in the office a minimum of 3 days a week

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in technical field (CS or engineering degree)
• Master’s degree or MBA is a plus
• Experience with FINRA or SEC books and records data reporting requirements both conceptually and practically
• 10+ years of experience in product management, with a strong background in data warehouses, pipelining
• Experience in building and scaling platform systems including software licensing and provisioning, administrative self-service tools, data portability, and 3rd party data integrations
• Experience researching, defining and documenting competitive technical infrastructure and/or platform requirements
• Product Management experience building B2B SaaS solutions; Financial Services (Payments, Brokerage, Wealth Management, Trading, Clearing, Settlements, etc) industry experience is a strong plus

Our Rewards

We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental, and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS, we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.

Salary Range

$134,400-$168,000

The annual base salary range for this position is noted above. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and office location.

EEO Statement

Apex Fintech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.

Disability Statement

Apex Fintech Solutions is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates, including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please submit your request via the Candidate Accommodation Requests Form. We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodations to ensure your full participation in our hiring process.