Senior Product Manager (Trade Execution)

WHO WE ARE
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, and Belfast.
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's Product Managers combine financial industry research and knowledge with our technical expertise to develop leading product strategies. An example of this would be performing market analysis to identify a product gap, then working with SMEs and engineering to deliver a seamless solution to our customers. If your personality thrives off of the energy of an enthusiastic collaborative team and you love to learn and problem solve, we want to hear from you.
As a Senior Product Manager (Trade Execution), your work will have an immediate impact. You'll be able to see your direct impact on our tech department and with our clients.
Duties/Responsibilities

• Define, own and deliver the next generation of Apex Clearing's Trading Technology stack and tools to support Apex Clearing execution capabilities and value proposition to clients and prospects.
• Drive prioritization and requirements definition for strategic initiatives and product priorities to deliver key business outcomes.
• Oversees multiple product management processes, establishes priorities, and coordinates with teams to create schedules throughout the product life cycle.
• Build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders and clients
• Collate detailed requirements and define User Stories in collaboration with internal and external customers.
• Work with development team to deliver against these in an Agile context and to ratify proposed technical solutions, including testing new functionality
• Prioritize requests to drive growth and maximize profitability
• Work collaboratively with various internal and external teams to resolve dependencies..
• Interact with clients to validate demand and verify the accuracy of the planned workflows
• Promote adoption of the completed product and provide training tools/documentation to drive successful use
• Understand and partner with trading tech vendor relationships.
• Constantly collaborates with other departments to build trust and understanding.
• Support Sales/Relationship Management in customer meetings and calls as a subject matter expert

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred
• 5+ years of prior experience preferably with demonstrable knowledge of trading workflows, market structure and networking standards
• Experience with trading and brokerage compliance regimes, including Market Connectivity, Risk Management and Regulatory Requirements such as Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) reporting
• Demonstrated success in leading product development teams through complex enterprise initiatives; SaaS / Cloud Architecture, API platform, Legacy app consolidation, etc. B2B experience a plus.
• FINRA Series 7 License preferred.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Ability to listen. While being Customer-centric, you elicit non-obvious customer needs, and synthesize research to gain a deep understanding and narrow definition of a problem
• Ability to multitask, be proactive and demonstrate ownership /initiative
• Understanding of post trade processes including, settlement operations and trade reporting.
• Understanding of FIX protocol and general OMS workflows understanding of REST API development a plus
• Knowledge of Bulk Order processing with support for multi-assets
• Familiarity with Agile practices, with a strong preference for incremental delivery.
• Organized and are comfortable overseeing multiple work streams, ensuring that your team can stay focused on enabling great experiences.
• Excellent people and management skills to interact with staff, colleagues, cross functional teams and third parties
• Experience presenting execution capabilities to heads of trading and senior leaders.
• Possess excellent communication and writing skills.
• Comfortable using collaboration tools such as Slack, JIRA, Confluence, etc.

Work Environment

• This job operates in an office environment
• This job requires 25%+ time for travel. (We're a distributed company)

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Commitment
We're looking for all kinds of people.
At Apex, we believe that wealth management and investing should be accessible to everyone, and we strive to create spaces to democratize investing for folks of all walks of life. Internally, we embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace, which reflects our company vision and mission. We value every team member's unique perspective and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone belongs. Join us in our mission to empower and celebrate individual differences.
Apex is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We ensure that qualified applicants receive fair consideration for employment without discrimination based on sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. We stand by this commitment to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.