Senior Associate, Quantitative Product Manager

Job Description Summary

For over forty years, Harbour Vest has been home to a committed team of professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to deliver impactful solutions to our clients and investing partners. As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking. In our collegial environment that’s marked by low turnover and high energy, you’ll be inspired to grow and thrive.

Here, you will be encouraged to build on your strengths and acquire new skills and experiences. We are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees. Understanding and valuing these differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm. Harbour Vest is an equal opportunity employer. This position will be a hybrid work arrangement.

You will receive 18 remote workdays per quarter to use at your discretion, subject to manager approval. For example, you may choose to work in the office 4 days per week and take one remote day weekly (typically 13 weeks per quarter), leaving 5 additional remote days to be used as needed.

You will ignite your passion for product innovation by leading the customer-centric development of groundbreaking quantitative products to support private market investors. You will remove barriers to success by encouraging creative solutions and champion the culture of continuous innovation. The ideal candidate is someone who has:

• Successful track-record of launching digital product features from conception through market commercialization, particularly for financial products and/or products for institutional investors.
• Proven history of driving product decisions through a deep understanding of customer journeys, consistently prioritizing customer beliefs and behaviors to define the product strategy and roadmap.
• A bias toward action and hands-on approach to driving implementation.
• An ability to enhance adoption of key product lifecycle activities including discovery, ideation, strategic development, requirements definition, and value management.
• Exceptional communication and problem-solving skills.

• Partner with Quantitative Investment Science cross-functional teams and end users to drive execution of the digital product vision, with ownership of the implementation of product features to achieve business goals.
• Plan, develop, and execute new product features, including working closely with design and engineering to define, document, and communicate clear feature requirements, ensuring shared understanding before and during development.
• Supporting feature development by clarifying requirements, answering questions, and helping ensure implementations align with approved specifications and designs.
• Coordinating testing, validation, and issue resolution to confirm features function as expected prior to launch.
• Collaborate with internal teams and directly engage with customers to gather insights and validate product assumptions.
• Translate customer needs into product capabilities via collaboration with product users/engineering teams.
• Responsible for product performance, accountable for investing in enhancements to achieve business goals.

• Demonstrated familiarity with the product development life cycle, technical design, quantitative and data analytics.
• Experience integrating customer insights into product development.
• Demonstrated familiarity with investments and portfolio management concepts.
• Outstanding communication skills and strong ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Results oriented.
• Innovative mind set.
• Comfortable taking initiative.
• Familiarity with data science, quantitative modeling, and or statistical techniques is a plus.

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A) / Bachelor of Science (B.S) in Business, Digital Product Management / Development, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or equivalent experience.

• 5+ Years digital product leadership in Investment or Fin Tech sectors preferred.
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