Senior Product Manager (Market Data)
About the position Responsibilities • Define and execute the strategy, vision, and roadmap for market data products, focusing on five key areas. • Develop Redistribution Product Portfolio and Business Case: Evaluate the strategic needs of our clients and prioritize content by demand. Lead competitive analysis of competitor product sets and data vendors, including pricing, to create initial business case for opportunity vs. investment, establishing IRR (via finance). • Create an Auditability Framework: Develop a coarse-grain design for redistribution auditability, including operational requirements and tooling. • Market Data API: Lead the design, development, and rollout of Apex's public-facing Market Data APIs. Collaborate with engineers and product teams to deliver high-performance API and ensure robust testing and documentation. Work with Product Marketing on public-facing product collateral. • Vendor Contract Management: Manage contracts with market data vendors, ensuring optimal coverage for all business units while realizing cost savings. Work with stakeholders to analyze gaps and negotiate streamlined agreements. • Data Licensing: Manage contracts with exchanges for market data usage. Partner with compliance and legal teams to ensure Apex meets all regulatory and licensing requirements. • Work cross-functionally to prioritize requirements, solve product gaps, and document detailed product plans, including PR-FAQs and technical specifications. • Author and maintain product documentation, and be accountable for the functional and financial success of the market data products. Requirements • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Finance, or related field (or equivalent work experience) required; Master's degree in business, finance, or technology preferred. • 5+ years of experience in Product Management or related roles, with direct experience in API design, ideally with exposure to financial market data. • Experience with market data, API design, and collaborating closely with engineering and product teams. • Experience in documenting roadmaps, outcomes, and data flows - for both engineering and business partner consumption. • Experience with product finance (profit/loss, adoption) and GTM strategy (competitor analysis, market segmentation). • Familiarity with financial markets (equities, options, futures, fixed income). • Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills (SQL, Postman). • Solid track record managing the full lifecycle of product development, preferably within SaaS or cloud-based environments. • Agile product development experience (using Confluence/Jira) and the ability to drive change and influence without direct authority. • Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS). • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities with minimal oversight. Nice-to-haves • Prior software development experience and/or knowledge of object oriented programming. • Prior experience designing/developing libraries/SDKs. • Experience with microservices (Kafka, Kubernetes). Benefits • Healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP). • Competitive PTO. • 401k match. • Parental leave. • HSA contribution match. • Paid subscription to the Calm app. • Generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. • Hybrid work schedule allowing flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices. Apply tot his job