Digital Assets Product Manager

Dtcc - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Jersey City, NJ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Digital Assets Product Manager at DTCC plays a crucial role in designing, developing, and launching a suite of products within the Digital Assets domain. This position requires a blend of business analysis and communication skills to effectively develop business requirements that can be ratified by both internal and external partners. The Product Manager must be adept at articulating the business value of the products and the specific functionalities they offer to the market. This role involves leading multiple internal partner meetings and representing the company in various industry forums focused on projects and new initiatives. Additionally, the Product Manager will support the product management lead in facilitating external working groups composed of major industry participants, which will help advise on requirements and design options. In this role, you will collaborate closely with technology, sales, and marketing teams to deliver new capabilities and enhancements, while also developing and implementing strategies to build community around new product and service offerings. You will be responsible for translating customer needs into clear and actionable technical specifications and managing the entire product lifecycle from concept to launch and beyond. Monitoring market trends and competition will be essential to identify new opportunities and inform product strategy. Ensuring that products meet quality standards and comply with regulatory requirements is also a key responsibility. The Product Manager will oversee the achievement of project deliverables, coordinating efforts across various functional areas to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and adhere to quality frameworks. This includes monitoring project budgets for specific initiatives, identifying potential risks to project objectives, and escalating issues to appropriate management. Furthermore, the role involves assisting in product training efforts for all touchpoints to both internal and external customers, which includes creating documentation, publications, e-training tools, and FAQs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with technology, sales, and marketing on delivering new capabilities and enhancements and to develop and implement strategies for building community on new product and service offerings.
• Translate customer needs into clear and actionable technical specifications.
• Manage the entire product lifecycle, from concept to launch and beyond.
• Monitor market trends and competition to identify new opportunities and inform product strategy.
• Ensure products meet quality standards and stay in sync with regulatory requirements.
• Manage achievement of project deliverables, including coordination of efforts across a variety of functional areas to ensure projects are completed on time and budget and within a quality framework.
• Monitor project budgets for specific initiatives/projects, identifying potential risks to achieving project objectives and elevating to appropriate management.
• Assist in product training efforts for all touchpoints to both internal and external customers, inclusive of documentation, publications, E Training tools, FAQs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, computer science, Engineering, or related field (Master's degree preferred).
• Strong background in financial services/capital markets is a must.
• Strong knowledge of alternative investments - private equity funds, private placements, etc.
• Solid understanding of the full lifecycle of alternative investments.
• Technical background with knowledge of blockchain technology and distributed systems.
• Experience as a Technical Product Manager or similar role in a software development environment.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and product management tools such as JIRA.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
• Pension / Retirement benefits.
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• Flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).