Trading API Product Manager - Marketplace & Growth

Alpaca; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and stock options

Health benefits

One-time USD $500 new-hire home-office

USD $150 monthly stipend via Brex Card

Job summary

Alpaca in the United States is seeking a Product Manager to shape the Alpaca Connect / Marketplace roadmap, including onboarding, app discovery, OAuth experiences, and platform utilities that help partners get found, adopted, and scaled.

Drive Trading API product strategy by understanding customer and partner needs and behaviors, analyzing ROI, assessing market competition, and evaluating build-versus-buy opportunities.

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.
• Strong interest in trading, markets, and financial products.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in SQL.
• Business acumen to balance user experience, stakeholder needs, technical feasibility, and resource constraints.
• Strategic thinking with ability to address immediate problems while keeping long-term goals in mind.
• Self-driven with strong communication skills to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience building or scaling trading platforms, brokerage products, or integration marketplaces is a plus.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Analytical skills

SQL

Strategic thinking

Communication

Business acumen

Self-driven

Education

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

Job description

Alpaca in the United States is seeking a Product Manager to shape the Alpaca Connect / Marketplace roadmap, including onboarding, app discovery, OAuth experiences, and platform utilities that help partners get found, adopted, and scaled.

Drive Trading API product strategy by understanding customer and partner needs and behaviors, analyzing ROI, assessing market competition, and evaluating build-versus-buy opportunities.