Senior Product Manager - Trading API & Partner Ecosystem

Social Leverage LLC; Richmond, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Home-office setup

Monthly stipend

Job summary

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Product Manager to accelerate growth of its Trading API and ecosystem, including Alpaca Connect / Marketplace. You will define initiatives to deepen trader engagement, expand partnerships, and drive revenue, collaborating with engineering, design, data, marketing, and operations.

You will own metrics, guide go-to-market efforts, and influence product strategy with a customer- and data-driven approach—balancing user needs, technical feasibility, and business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, STEM, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in Product Management, Engineering, Trading, or building a product of your own
• Deep passion for trading, markets, and financial products
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in SQL
• Sharp business acumen, with the ability to balance user experience, stakeholder needs, technical feasibility, and resource constraints
• Strategic thinker who can zoom in on solving immediate problems while keeping long-term company goals in mind
• Highly self-driven, with exceptional communication skills to bridge technical and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Shape the Alpaca Connect / Marketplace roadmap: self‑service partner onboarding and approval, app discovery and distribution, OAuth / consent experiences, and platform utilities that help partners get found, adopted, and scaled
• Help drive Trading API product strategy by deeply understanding customer and partner needs and behaviors, analyzing ROI, assessing market competition, and evaluating build‑vs‑buy opportunities
• Define and own product requirements, partnering with engineering, design, operations, data, partnerships, and other cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality products on time
• Own product metrics by leveraging data analytics to measure success, identify opportunities, and drive continuous improvement
• Guide go‑to‑market strategy and execution, partnering with marketing, sales, partnerships, and operations to drive product adoption, activation, retention, and revenue growth
• Drive Trading API growth— acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization — by deep‑diving the user funnel, removing friction, optimizing conversion, and running experiments that move trading volume and revenue
• Take ownership of ad hoc projects and initiatives as business needs evolve

Skills

SQL

Analytical thinking

Business acumen

Strategic thinking

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Trading knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, STEM, or related field

Tools

APIs

Job description

Alpaca is seeking a Senior Product Manager to accelerate growth of its Trading API and ecosystem, including Alpaca Connect / Marketplace. You will define initiatives to deepen trader engagement, expand partnerships, and drive revenue, collaborating with engineering, design, data, marketing, and operations.

You will own metrics, guide go-to-market efforts, and influence product strategy with a customer- and data-driven approach—balancing user needs, technical feasibility, and business goals.