Product Manager/Execution
The Product Manager at Confidential Client leads the development and execution of financial trading tools, focusing on creating reliable, user-friendly interfaces for trade desks and compliance managers. This role requires deep knowledge of capital markets, regulatory environments, and SaaS product management, collaborating closely with engineering, design, and sales teams to deliver competitive and compliant execution solutions in a fast-paced trading environment.
About Careertakes
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What You’ll Do
This role is for a Product Manager focused on execution and order-entry products at a confidential client in the Financial Services industry (Chicago, IL). You will own pieces of the execution domain from discovery through delivery — building high-reliability, low-friction trading interfaces and routing systems used by trade desks, compliance teams, and end users placing market orders.
- Partner closely with trading desks, issuers, and customers to gather requirements, latency and liquidity needs, and translate them into clear product & technical specs.
- Design and prioritize features for order entry, routing and execution workflows to minimize friction, reduce errors, and increase throughput.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Design to deliver fast, intuitive web-based trading interfaces (OMS/EMS integrations).
- Maintain deep product knowledge of market microstructure, liquidity trends, and relevant regulation to keep execution features competitive and compliant.
- Manage the technical scope with engineers across the full SDLC and ensure successful feature delivery.
- Drive go-to-market activities for new execution features, partnering with Sales and Marketing to communicate value to institutional and retail clients.
- Continuously engage customers and stakeholders to validate requirements and iterate on product improvements.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of product management experience in capital markets, trading, or fintech.
- Direct experience building or integrating Order Management Systems (OMS) or Execution Management Systems (EMS).
- Strong working knowledge of the trade lifecycle: order entry, routing, execution, and settlement.
- Experience designing customer-facing web platforms and trading UIs.
- Familiarity with product tools such as Jira, Miro, GitHub, Figma, or similar.
- Technical understanding of software development and object-oriented programming concepts.
- Demonstrated ability to work with engineering teams and present to stakeholders.
- Experience owning product work through the full SDLC.
- Adaptable and able to respond quickly to changing market conditions and compliance requirements.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have
- Prior exposure to market microstructure, liquidity providers, or exchange connectivity.
- Experience in institutional trading workflows or working directly with trade desks.
- Background in SaaS product delivery for financial services.
Compensation & Benefits
- Location & schedule: Chicago-based hybrid role; onsite ~3 days/week in the downtown Chicago office.
- Base salary: $85,000 - $120,000 per year (range provided by confidential client; final offer varies with experience).
- Eligibility for an annual bonus based on personal and business objectives.
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
- Voluntary benefits such as identity protection, pet insurance, and accident insurance.
- Flexible PTO policy, 401(k) program, and paid parental leave.
- Additional onsite amenities and team events available for Chicago-based employees.
Additional Information
- This position reports to product leadership and will work closely with Engineering, Design, Sales, and Compliance.
- The hiring organization is a confidential client in the Financial Services sector. All mention of the employer name in the original posting has been replaced with "confidential client" for confidentiality.
- Applicants should be authorized to work in the United States. Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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