Product Manager

About the role

Join our rapidly growing Content organization as a Product Manager. You will oversee our M&A Transactions and Valuations content, define the roadmap, own the content life-cycle, and lead the content generation process. You will also contribute to the successful launch of new features, own content collection policies, and analyze industry trends. This role requires deep knowledge of capital markets and investment research, as well as extensive experience in product management, content, and operations. Key missions: Identifying market needs and collaborating with stakeholders to solicit feedback for new content and functionality.. Creating and managing a content roadmap, planning and optimizing costs, benefits, timelines, and technology for content sourcing.. Taking ownership of key projects to evaluate and integrate third-party or self-source proprietary datasets, leading the collaboration between content engineering and operations. Profile: - Candidates should have deep knowledge of the fundamentals of capital markets and investment research combined with extensive experience of managing 3rd party or proprietary M&A Transactions content feeding into financial research platforms and investment analysis workflow functionality - 10+ years of experience working in Product, Content, Operations, or equivalent roles at a financial institution, investment research platform, or market intelligence firm, focused on the delivery of content, features, analytics, and models for front-office investment professionals - You thrive in a builder’s role - you have designed, built, launched and managed a marquee product, module, or functionality for the investment community or have set the foundation and successfully run an extensive content generation operation - BSc, MSc, or MBA degree with a concentration in finance or economics or a CFA certification - Thorough understanding of the logic and concepts of relational databases (eg: SQL); demonstrated experience using them is strongly preferred - Demonstrated ability to lead a dedicated cross-functional development team of engineers, data experts, QA, scrum master - You’re highly analytical, tech-savvy, and meticulous, with a strong ability to set priorities, manage deadlines, and deliver results - 3+ years of experience managing or working closely with a globally distributed content generation operation - You have a natural enthusiasm for working at the intersection of data, technology, and finance - Expert knowledge of various market data and investment research databases, products, and tools (e.g.: Fundamentals, Estimates, M&A Transactions data, Ownership data, Market data, Excel plug-in, XML feeds) - Demonstrated passion for corporate finance, capital markets, financial analysis, and modeling demonstrated either in previous capacity in a buy-side or sell-side analyst role or have managed products/features/data used by investment professionals - Prior experience at a market intelligence or financial research SaaS start-up is preferred - Experience working with distributed teams is preferred - You demonstrate empathic communication, with the ability to listen and identify problems in need for solutions - Experience using iterative / agile development methodologies is preferred - You excel at aligning diverse, cross-functional teams through clear, persuasive communication and executive-level presentations - Material experience in the financial industry as a front office professional (e.g. research analyst or investment banker) leveraging platforms and and content similar to AlphaSense’s is preferred