DriveWealth is on a mission to make investing easier. We believe that everyone should have the ability to control their financial future, and that access to financial markets should not be limited by geography, wealth, or legacy systems. We are a global B2B financial technology organization dedicated to democratizing access to financial independence around the world. Our mission is realized through an API-based platform, empowering our partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, all from their mobile devices. Our technology provides partners with a modern, extensible toolkit, enabling traditional investment workflows and innovative techniques like fractional share ownership. DriveWealth has evolved into a global platform offering trading of US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.
There’s never been a better time to build a category-defining business and there has rarely been a team better positioned for this opportunity. Our culture blends the pace and agility of a fintech start-up with the impact, stability, and discipline of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. Join us and help build the future of global investing!
About the Role
Our Product Owners help bring our mission to life through the design, build, implementation, and iteration of tools that power financial independence. As a Senior Product Owner, you will support our platform, owning key delivery milestones and goals centered on product improvement, expansion, and scale.
You’ll identify and prioritize opportunities to simplify and improve our processes, design innovative solutions to modernize the trading experience and work cross-functionally to deliver scalable capabilities - all while ensuring adherence to regulatory and risk management guidelines. You’ll be the subject matter expert in your domain, track adoption and usage, and continue to iterate and improve the platform over time.
What You’ll Do
- Define the product strategy, priorities, and roadmap for the Global Funds space (Mutual Funds, UCIT ETFs/Funds, Alternatives), and Options space to deliver value to end users while driving business outcomes for DriveWealth and our partners
- Own requirements and build API-first workflows for the evolution of the DriveWealth platform, including external-facing features, foundational features, and back-end operational considerations
- Collaborate with the project managers and engineering team to define and execute a best-in-class offering
- Partner effectively with the design, legal, compliance, brokerage, operations, and engineering team to build, test, and launch products
- Consolidate feedback from internal stakeholders and partners on their experience to continuously improve our offering
- Build a compelling vision and business case for new product offerings or enhancements to existing offerings
- Identify, track, and analyze key metrics that illustrate performance and competitive analysis.
- Management of third-party relationships, including transfer agents, custodians, fund sponsors, exchanges, market makers, clearing members, and technology vendors
- Drive Go-To-Market planning and execution to launch your products and drive adoption and usage
What You’ll Need
- Extensive product management experience in fintech and highly regulated industries, with a strong background in brokerage technology encompassing trading, account services, settlement, and clearing processes
- Proven ability to design, implement and operate retail and/or institutional brokerage capabilities, specifically about enhancing asset classes (Funds primarily, Options/Equities is secondary)
- Strong knowledge of global fund operations, fund platforms and brokerage operations
- Demonstrated experience in defining and delivering a product roadmap
- Experience with REST API and FIX platforms
- Proficient in SQL queries
- An ability to roll up your sleeves, lead from the front and act as a ‘player/coach’, specifically for critical tasks such as defining and clarifying product requirements.
- Strong written communication skills including the ability to write clear, concise product specifications
- Manage cross-functional teams in matrixed environments, navigating complexity, and clearly communicating complex information to various stakeholders
- Ability to work from our NYC office at a cadence set by the Hiring Manager
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Compensation
Compensation package offerings are based on candidate experience and technical qualifications, as it relates to the role. These are identified and determined throughout your interviewing experience.
Please note: this role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.
We do our best work when we’re in the same room. To maintain the speed our partners expect, our New York and Chicago teams work in-office 4 days a week. We’ve found that being physically side-by-side is the only way to solve complex problems in real-time and stay truly accountable to the products we ship. When you’re here, you’re working directly with the people making the decisions. To support that work, we provide competitive compensation, equity, and a 401(k) match. We also offer full insurance coverage, a wellness reimbursement, a company-provided phone, and a personal development allowance. Finally, we value the time you spend away from the office with generous PTO, observed holidays, and extended leave.
How We Think About AIWe leverage AI to work smarter and move faster. We seek AI curious talent who are proactive about using emerging tools to increase signal quality, reduce friction and improve outcomes to deliver product faster, provide better service to our partners, and to streamline processes. Your ability to leverage our internal tools and technology to drive results is as important to us as your core domain expertise.
CompensationPay is generally based upon the level, complexity, responsibility, location and job duties / requirements of the specific position. We then source candidates with the requisite skills, expertise, education, training, and experience. If you are selected for an interview, please feel welcome to speak to a recruiter about our compensation philosophy and other available benefits. This role is eligible for base, bonus, equity, 401(k) match, and heavily subsidized benefits and perks.
Equal Employment OpportunityTo build technology and products that are used and loved by people and solve real-world problems, we need to build a team with many different perspectives and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us at [email protected].
Agency DisclaimerDriveWealth does not accept agency resumes. Do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other organization location. DriveWealth is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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What We Do
Over the past ten years, DriveWealth has been breaking down the barriers between global investors and U.S. markets and improving the financial lives of people that have been traditionally underserved and underbanked. We’ve built patent-pending technology to fractionalize US equities and were the first to receive a license to do so in 2015.
Why Work With Us
DriveWealth is growing quickly, and we need your help! This year we plan to getting close to doubling our headcount. We've raised over $100M so far from seasoned fin-tech investors Route 66, Point 72, and Raptor.
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