Product Manager - Commodities

About the position

DRW is looking for a Product Manager to join its Commodities trading group to oversee & manage our tools used to support research and trading across the North American power and gas landscape. You will manage the product needs of multiple trading desks and be responsible for the successful implementation and delivery of new features on existing tools as well as new product initiatives. You will work closely with Data Engineers & Software Engineers to execute both strategic plans and tactical needs to manage our internal tools.

Responsibilities

• Be an expert in trading and research workflows and identify ways to streamline and enhance those workflows to build best in class research and trading tools.
• Work day-to-day with Data Engineers & Software Engineers to manage live projects, identify roadblocks & risks, and ensure the team can operate efficiently.
• Work with the Commodities Engineering technical leads & executive management to communicate data initiatives & ensure the team is fully staffed and appropriately set up to support our product needs.
• Actively take part in the front-office workflow cycle; engaging with traders, attending market-focused calls, developing an awareness of priorities, product gaps and future opportunities.
• Constantly evaluate our tools and keep abreast of new market offerings from vendors and internal teams and ensure we have the best tools in the industry and evaluate build/partner/buy opportunities to manage our time to market and scalability.
• Constantly evaluate our data sets and keep abreast of new market offerings from vendors and internal teams and ensure we have the best foundational data sets in the industry.
• Run communication and education initiatives to ensure all our teams know what data sets and analytical tooling we have and how they can use them.
• Liaise across DRW infrastructure groups such as our procurement, central engineering and data, database administration & cloud computing teams to communicate about our initiatives and ensure we have support and capacity from those teams to execute effectively.

Requirements

• Experience as a product/project/program manager in a technical role, managing software engineers and data analysts.
• Excellent communication skills and experience managing cross-functional teams and large sets of stakeholders.
• Experience with agile software development projects and fast-paced, iterative delivery.
• Experience working in a commodity trading house or hedge fund highly preferred.
• A passion for planning, organization and skills using technical documentation and planning tools.
• Familiarity with UI/UX design tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience within the North American power and gas domains, specifically with respect to awareness of fundamental data used to assess demand, supply and market variability.
• Familiarity with the data providers offering power and gas analytical solutions will be considered a plus e.g., Yes Energy, Wood Mackenzie, Enverus etc.
• Awareness of cloud computing and large-scale data warehouse implementation.
• Familiarity with SQL database usage and design.
• Familiarity with Python.