| Jack Farrell & Associates |
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| Position Vacant |
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Product Manager |
| Job Category |
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Product Management |
| Job Level |
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Product Manager |
| Location |
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Silicon Valley (South Bay, San Jose) |
| Openings |
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1 |
| Employment Type |
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Full Time |
| Posted On |
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19 Jan 2010 |
Expires On |
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28 Feb 2010 |
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| Education |
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Minimum BA/BS |
| Key skills |
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software product delivery and innovation in the quantitative financial services space |
| Description |
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Our client is a leader in providing state of the art tools and information for Tax and Accounting Professionals and seeks a Product Manager to support its business within the Enterprise division in its Los Gatos, CA office.
Project Summary and Position Overview:
This role is critical in supporting and contributing the business within the Enterprise division. The position will cover the product management requirements with a focus on the capture engine product as well as the needs of our core desktop platform.
Responsibilities include:
• Owning the product strategy, design, business requirements, feature and functionality tradeoffs and release schedule
• Gathering and prioritizing client feedback to drive product innovation and increase client adoption and retention
• Supporting the Enterprise division and the sales organization globally in client engagement and retention activities
• Engaging with clients and professional services team to analyze and interpret client business goals and produce prioritized requirements specifications
• Working closely with the Technical Leads to guide platform engineering direction to align with business opportunities
• Produce materials reflecting overall strategy and direction suitable for internal and external consumption
• Working closely with the Head Of Business Development on sourcing and exploring commercial partnerships to advance the business
• Representing the company and the Product at trade events
Required Skills
• Experienced product manager with record of software product delivery and innovation in the quantitative financial services space
• Strong understanding of alpha generation in a high frequency trading customer environment, real time and historical data, analytics, data management, performance management, co-location, etc
• In depth understanding of customers' business in algorithmic high frequency trading and good overall financial markets knowledge
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of the technical challenges in real-time environments involving massive update rates
• Familiar with API concepts, able to effectively guide functional requirements of programmatic interfaces
• Good communicator and influencer with the ability to successfully communicate business requirements to the engineering team internally and externally (both formally and informally)
• Critical that the applicant can work in a matrix/virtual team environment and communicate positively and effectively within such an environment
• Creative and commercially savvy. Can envision and interpret upcoming industry trends and position the product set to align with emerging needs
Desired Skills:
• Background as a Researcher, Quantitative Trader or Quant Analyst or from a vendor who supports this sector. Alternatively very strong knowledge of this space
• Ability to engage quant funds globally to explain the quant value proposition to several constituencies i.e., Quants, IT/Market Data, Traders and business heads
• Familiar with the players and landscape providing vendor solutions into the High Frequency and Quantitative Trading markets
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Negotiable |
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