Lead Product Manager (Trading Systems and Infrastructure)

About Uphold

A fast-growing fintech company, Uphold is pursuing a mission to accelerate access to blockchain technologies for people and companies worldwide. Founded in 2014, Uphold has millions of customers in over 150 countries and executes billions of dollars of crypto and fiat transactions a year. A bridge between old and new money systems, Uphold’s consumer offering is crypto-enabled neo-bank, allowing consumers ways to manage their daily finances with debit cards, direct deposit, high interest savings, crypto and precious metals trading, and many more features. We expose these through our APIs to businesses and institutions who can enable them to their customers for a seamless bridge between on-chain and traditional finance.

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The opportunity 

Uphold is seeking a Lead Product Manager – Trading Systems and Infrastructure to lead the strategy and execution of our core crypto trading infrastructure and capabilities. This leadership  role will own the roadmap for high-value trading infrastructure and APIs that serve hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, crypto-native organizations, and other sophisticated market participants.

This role will define, deliver, and continuously evolve our suite of advanced trading products and technologies. It will also be responsible for building reliable, performant, and secure systems that support complex trading strategies and operational needs. This includes oversight of our position management, real-time execution workflows, and API platforms to expose those capabilities.

You will report to a senior product leader and work cross-functionally with global stakeholders, collaborating closely with engineering, compliance, sales, and relationship management teams to ensure the offering aligns with client needs and market demands. This is a highly strategic and technical role, requiring familiarity with both institutional finance and crypto infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building advanced trading products for top trading firms, with proven experience delivering performant, secure, and reliable systems that support sophisticated trading strategies. They should bring deep expertise in real-time execution workflows, institutional trading interfaces, and API platforms, coupled with a sharp understanding of the operational and technical demands of professional traders. A track record of leading complex product initiatives from concept through launch—while continuously evolving features to meet the dynamic needs of institutional clients—is essential.

This is a hybrid role based in New York City, with an expectation of in-office presence weekly.

Key responsibilities 

• Own the product roadmap for trading features, including trading UI, APIs, and account services.
  
• Develop and iterate on product capabilities tailored to the workflows of trading systems, institutional clients and crypto-native funds.
  
• Gather insights from clients, relationship managers, and market trends to inform prioritization and feature design.
  
• Work closely with engineering to design high-performance, low-latency trading systems and developer-facing APIs.
  
• Collaborate with compliance, risk, and operations teams to meet regulatory requirements and ensure platform resilience.
  
• Define success metrics and use data to guide product iterations and improvements.
  
• Manage trade-offs across usability, functionality, compliance, and technical feasibility.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of product management or related experience, with direct exposure to institutional trading platforms or crypto market infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, security services, or developer-focused products.
• Deep understanding of trading environments, including order execution, custody, reporting, and integration.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 4+ years experience in regulated industries, especially financial services or cryptocurrency markets.
• Ability to work effectively with global teams across time zones.
• Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and comfort with asynchronous work styles.
• Fluent in using LLMs and AI tools to accelerate your daily work.
• Ability to travel globally as needed.
  
  

Preferred skills

• Familiarity with FIX, REST, and WebSocket APIs used for trading and settlement in institutional settings.
• Experience working on prime brokerage, OTC, or custody integrations.
• Background in electronic trading, market structure, or liquidity provisioning.
• Knowledge of crypto-native market participants and their infrastructure needs (e.g. DAOs, crypto hedge funds, liquidity providers).

What we have to offer you

An amazing work environment in a company that continues to grow, driven by extraordinary and passionate people who keep up innovating and challenging more each day.

An international team, in a cutting-edge field, working on the most fascinating Projects.

Growth and career opportunities, and the chance to be proactive and creative.

A flexible and enthusiastic work environment that offers you snacks, a lot of coffee, and other great benefits. 

Interesting events that keep you connected with the team and celebrate our success. 

Foodie culture, lunch provided for all in office employees along with an assortment of complimentary snacks and beverages.  

Salary: $115,000 - 145,000 DOE + Bonus + Benefits, Unlimited PTO, 401K

EEOC Employer

We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, and any other protected classes. Difference makes us better.