Senior Product Manager; Futures

Overview

Apex Fintech Solutions (Apex) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by building tech-forward solutions that help simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Apex supports clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, Webull, and eToro, powering access to the stock market for over 22+ million end customers. We are digitizing and democratizing systems to expand investment opportunities.

As a Senior Product Manager at Apex, you will set the direction for our Futures product and scale it effectively. You will identify high-impact opportunities, oversee end-to-end delivery across design, engineering, data, and go-to-market, and ensure the product meets performance, reliability, and customer experience standards while representing the product in executive forums.

• Independently own our client facing futures products: define vision, strategy, and a multi-quarter roadmap that delivers material outcomes (growth, customer experience, efficiency) and clear decision rights.
• Set product OKRs/KPIs and operating mechanisms (intake, prioritization, governance, release planning); ensure execution discipline through cadenced reviews, risk management, and course-correction.
• Lead complex, cross-org initiatives; influence senior stakeholders and secure resources for the highest-impact work; align multiple teams on goals, milestones, and accountability.
• Establish and enforce quality, reliability, security, and compliance guardrails; own product health and SLAs with engineering, including postmortems and remediation for incidents.
• Develop compelling business cases; guide investment decisions and portfolio prioritization across related product areas, including build/buy/partner evaluations and ROI modeling.
• Represent the product in executive forums and with key customers; drive alignment and accountability; communicate strategy, trade-offs, and performance transparently.
• Coach and elevate PMs; review roadmaps/PRDs; raise the bar on discovery, experimentation, and decision quality; mentor on product craft, operating standards, and stakeholder influence.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field required;
Master’s degree (e.g., MBA, CS, Engineering) preferred, or equivalent experience. 6–8+ years in product management, including independent ownership of a product line. History of setting vision and multi-quarter roadmaps, influencing senior stakeholders, and delivering material business outcomes. Experience establishing operating mechanisms and quality/compliance guardrails and leading high-visibility launches.

• Systems and portfolio thinking: defines product vision and multi-quarter roadmap; aligns investments to outcomes and adjacent areas.
• Executive communication and influence: frames trade-offs and decisions; secures resources and cross-org alignment.
• Metrics and modeling: sets KPIs/OKRs; models impact/ROI; course-corrects based on performance and risk.
• Technical and architectural fluency: engages on architecture, scalability, reliability, security, and compliance guardrails.
• Operational excellence: establishes operating mechanisms (intake, prioritization, governance); owns product health, SLAs, and postmortems.
• Coaching and bar-raising: mentors PMs; reviews roadmaps/PRDs; elevates product craft, measurement, and stakeholder management.

• Relevant experience or understanding of futures market structure, derivatives, capital markets, exchange connectivity, FIX protocol, or order management systems.
• Deep fluency in platform/API strategy, data models, and third-party integrations; engages on architecture, scalability, and reliability.
• Executive-level storytelling with data (impact/ROI modeling; influencing senior stakeholders).
• Track record leading major launches and representing the product with executives and strategic customers.
• Experience leading large-scale re-platforming or modernization initiatives, driving cross-org alignment and risk management.

This job operates in a hybrid, office environment 3 days per week. Up to 20% travel. We are a distributed company.

We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide a Calm app subscription and generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits.

Apex Fintech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require…