PRODUCT MANAGER - DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY - NYC Global Investment Firm

PRODUCT MANAGER - DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY

Global Investment Firm

J Harlan Group is currently conducting a search for a RODUCT MANAGER – DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY at a prominent Global Investment Firm in NYC.

Technology is integral to virtually everything they do. They’re seeking an exceptional PRODUCT MANAGER to join the Discretionary Investments team to drive the design and launch of innovative trading, financial analysis, and AI products. This team works with the firm’s discretionary investment groups to build products that help drive the firm’s growth. The role offers the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from various businesses across the firm to understand their needs, ideate, and deliver innovative products in an engaging and collegial work environment.

You’ll work with smart, talented people across their business to create groundbreaking, next-generation innovative trading, financial analysis, and AI products.

They will expect you to be agile / to lead / to think outside the box. In return, they’ll give you challenging work that has an impact / Opportunities to learn and grow / and a collaborative culture that encourages every member of our team to bring their point of view to the table—because that’s how we help our clients succeed.

Principal Responsibilities:

• As a product manager, you’ll partner with end users and business leaders from multiple investment teams, as well as a team of software developers and designers, to define and launch products that drive business goals and efficiency.
• You’ll conduct discovery work to understand user needs, clarify ideas in ambiguous problem spaces, and conceptualize solutions while playing a key role in determining where AI capabilities can be strategically leveraged.
• You’ll be responsible for identifying opportunities that align with company objectives, creating product requirements, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring the successful launch, adoption, and impact of products.
• Over time, you’ll be expected to develop a deep understanding of the firm’s businesses, products, processes, tech and AI initiatives.

The ideal candidate would have a background

• Candidates with a bachelor's degree or higher, along with three to six years of relevant work experience.
• Product management experience in finance is preferred, and experience product managing AI tools is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, an aptitude for translating the needs of non-technical users into product requirements, and the judgment to exercise a high level of discretion with confidential information.
• A willingness to take on challenging, high-impact projects, dive into details, have a dedicated customer service mentality, collaborate effectively with teammates, and drive projects to completion.
• Strong desire to contribute and build a business – not just solve novel problems.
• Ability to work with a wide range of users – traders, portfolio managers, research analysts, quants and the wider investment management team to develop and implement technology in support of a dynamically growing investment platform
• A knack for solving open-ended problems and seeing how small details interrelate to impact the bigger picture (i.e., systems thinking).

An individual who loves solving deep and complex technical and business problems and wants to have an outsized impact with the services/ products they deliver. An individual with a passion for product management, a high level of intellectual curiosity, a commitment to excellence and an unparalleled drive to deliver world-class services.

If you or anyone in your network would be interested in this opportunity, please send resume to Jerry Goldberg at jgoldberg@jharlan.com or directly contact us at (212) 792-0099

About the Client:

The firm is a prominent multinational investment management firm. The company manages a variety of investment funds that make extensive use of quantitative methods and proprietary computational technology to support fundamental research in the management of its investments.

They have a relentless focus on innovation and integration: innovation in new products, markets and businesses as well as new tools, models and technology management and performance structures; integration of fundamental research, quantitative strategies and technical analysis, all supported by an intensive focus on operational excellence and comprehensive risk management.

The talent and dedication of their people is critical to their success. They offer an opportunity for developing one’s professional career while working with individuals trained in a variety of disciplines in a collegial and dynamic environment. They offer a broad range of competitive benefits on a global basis.

They seek candidates who are high-energy self-starters who want to join an investment management firm on the leading edge of the global markets. The management team needs individuals of the highest professional caliber who are leaders, problem solvers, analytic, detail-oriented, and entrepreneurial. Everyone at the firm works side-by-side with the firm’s senior management in a highly collaborative and charged environment.

Successful candidates are:

• Analytic and relentless in pursuit of the right answer
• Strong communicators who excel at rapid synthesis
• Able to demonstrate sound business judgment
• Able to digest complexity while maintaining an understanding of the “big picture” of business needs
• Team players who are energized by a collaborative enterprise
  

The firm’s employees maintain the highest professional and ethical standards. The firm has earned a reputation for honesty, fair dealing, and transparency in a competitive industry. They believe that these standards are the foundation for superior investment performance and are critical to delivering performance to clients

SALARY RANGE: The expected annual base salary for this position is $185,000 to $230,000. Their compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.