Principal Product Manager Core Platform

What you'll do:

In this role you will own the product roadmap for NinjaTrader's Core Platform leading the Web and Mobile Squad to deliver best-in-class trading experiences across our web and mobile surfaces. You will drive the end-to-end product experience for traders of all levels building advanced trading workflows while ensuring the platform is fast elegant and built around the needs of active traders. Your work will directly improve trader confidence platform stickiness and increase trading activity on our Core platforms.

In this role you will:

• Drive the overall product roadmap for the Core Platform Web/Mobile Squad in collaboration with product leadership engineering and design ensuring alignment with broader company strategy and goals
• Define and sequence a coherent quarterly roadmap for web and mobile trading experiences that balances trader needs business outcomes and technical feasibility
• Own the end-to-end trader experience across web and mobile surfaces from order entry and charting to account management and platform navigation by designing intuitive high-performance interfaces that move traders forward with confidence
• Partner closely with UX/design to uphold a high bar for interface quality accessibility and consistency across platforms
• Serve as the voice of the trader deeply understanding user behaviors pain points and goals through research and data translating those insights into clear product decisions
• Define and own Core Platform product metrics using data to guide prioritization measure feature impact and drive continuous improvement across web and mobile surfaces

What you'll need:

• 7+ years of product management experience with 3+ years of experience managing web and/or mobile product experiences preferably within a fintech or trading platform
• Demonstrated experience building and shipping trading product experiences with a strong understanding of trader workflows order types charting and market data surfaces
• Strong UI/UX sensibility with a track record of partnering with design to ship polished high-quality consumer trading experiences
• Proven ability to own and grow platform-level product lines at scale balancing feature velocity with platform health
• Strong analytical skills with experience using data to guide prioritization and product iteration and owning product metrics for funding initiatives
• Entrepreneurial mindset comfortable owning large problem areas and operating in ambiguity
• Team-first mentality with an ability to mentor peers and influence without authority

Bonus points for:

• Deep domain expertise in trading platforms brokerage products or financial data products
• Demonstrable experience launching products from 0 to 1 and scaling them

Compensation:

The salary range for this role will be $180000 - $210000 USD. In addition this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 15%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).

Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader offers a 401K plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowance accrues at a rate of 23 days per year (some positions may qualify for more) plus seven paid holidays.

Location:

This role is based in Chicago IL. *There may be remote flexibility for exceptional candidates in the following states: California Colorado Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Minnesota Missouri Montana New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington DC Wisconsin.

Hybrid:

For Chicago-based employees we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday with remote work on Mondays and Fridays. In addition to these weekly remote days we offer:

• 20 additional flex remote days annually
• 5 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays

What We Do

More than 2 million futures traders trust NinjaTrader's award-winning software and brokerage services to help them trade smarter. Since 2003 we've been building better futures for all traders by making futures trading more accessible scalable and user-friendly. As a bold innovative thought leader in the trading space we build products and services that empower active futures traders to easily analyze and react to data from the world's leading financial markets. Veteran and new futures traders alike look to us for our always-on support daily free education and analysis access to developer apps and much more. We believe in the power of innovation to drive futures trading forward. Together we continue to redefine what's possible in trading advocate for our customers and provide the best tools support and experiences to the fast-growing retail futures trading community. Located in Chicago our entrepreneurial employee-centric culture is inspiring innovative and inviting. We're committed to diversity equity and inclusivity so our team members feel at ease to be themselves and empowered to deliver the work they do best.

Why Work With Us

Our team members are our #1 asset and the signature ingredient to our success. When you join NinjaTrader you become part of an innovative forward-looking community that encourages creativity collaboration and camaraderie to deliver the best futures trading experience possible to our more than 1.8 million users. See why better futures start here.

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