Product Management, VP, Interfaces

Overview

Product Manager responsible for owning the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Charles River and Alpha Data Interfaces. This role drives product direction across external data providers and internal platforms, ensuring scalable, reliable, and client-ready integrations.

• Apply detailed knowledge of business requirements and workflows to assist in product development
• Research and produce business and technical requirement documents
• Work directly with customers and product management to gather product requirements and develop feature specifications; involvement in all aspects of the software product life cycle
• Partner with development to help develop, implement, and refine features
• Plan and schedule validation tasks; provide hands-on manual tests; develop verification plans and processes
• Provide feedback on product performance
• Review documentation to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Provide client beta testing support and train personnel on capabilities of new product releases
• Assist with the management of project schedules and deliverables
• Assist implementation and support to resolve escalated client issues
• Actively participate in the Agile software development process by adhering to Scrum methodology, including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Participate in group testing activities as needed
• Work closely with QA, review and approve QA test plans and test results
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to complete the project on time and release the product

• 12+ years of software development lifecycle experience, with Agile methodologies preferred
• Strong experience with middle office investment management and investment accounting functions
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation skills
• Advanced writing skills, including the ability to abstract/summarize highly detailed information
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to reconcile conflicting data
• Ability to translate customer business needs into application requirements
• Strong technical background
• Demonstrated planning and scheduling skills
• Curiosity and interest in financial markets and trading
• Demonstrated ability translating business requirements into comprehensive functional and technical product specification documents
• Knowledgeable in one or more CRD functional financial areas is strongly desired
• Education:
  
  BS Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Business with MIS background; MS/MBA strongly preferred

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