Director, Product Management - Brokerage

About the role

NinjaTrader is seeking a Director of Product Management – Brokerage to serve as the product authority and primary enabler for the regulated US futures brokerage capabilities that support our parent company, Payward, and its affiliated entities.

Responsibilities

• Own the brokerage product roadmap as it serves affiliated-entity initiatives, partnering closely with those entities to understand where they want to go and translating those objectives into compliant, executable, and technically sound product plans.
• Work closely with Technology, Compliance, Legal, and senior leadership across both organizations.
• Translate product ambitions into well-scoped, regulatorily sound, and technically executable plans.
• Lead products from ambiguous, early-stage concepts to launched, compliant capabilities, often operating ahead of settled regulatory guidance and industry precedent.
• Maintain deep, current expertise as the regulatory and market structure landscape evolves.
• Collaborate with Technology throughout the full product lifecycle, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Represent affiliated-entity product priorities in cross-functional leadership discussions with the CTO, CPO, and senior stakeholders.
• Build a culture of accountability, partner obsession, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Deep, demonstrated expertise in the US futures regulated space, including FCM systems and operations, clearing, settlement, margin, trade processing, and client reporting.
• Proven ability to take products from 0 to 1 within a regulated financial services environment, including operating where regulatory and structural precedent is still evolving.
• Technical fluency to reason about APIs, platform capabilities, and integration work, and to credibly define interfaces and capabilities with engineering teams.
• Strong track record of owning complex, multi-system product roadmaps with cross-functional stakeholders across Technology, Compliance, and Legal.
• Excellent communication and influence skills across all levels, from individual contributors to executives and partner organizations.
• Experience managing vendors that support financial or trading infrastructure.
• Strategic and analytical skills, with the ability to use data to prioritize work, measure impact, and make tradeoff decisions.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical, business, or finance-related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Qualifications

• Bonus Points For:
• Experience with DCM and DCO operations.
• Experience with Prime Brokerage, Futures, Market Maker Financing, or retail brokerage products.
• Experience building partner-facing or platform/API products.

Skills

• Deep, demonstrated expertise in the US futures regulated space, including FCM systems and operations, clearing, settlement, margin, trade processing, and client reporting.
• Proven ability to take products from 0 to 1 within a regulated financial services environment, including operating where regulatory and structural precedent is still evolving.
• Technical fluency to reason about APIs, platform capabilities, and integration work, and to credibly define interfaces and capabilities with engineering teams.
• Strong track record of owning complex, multi-system product roadmaps with cross-functional stakeholders across Technology, Compliance, and Legal.
• Excellent communication and influence skills across all levels, from individual contributors to executives and partner organizations.
• Experience managing vendors that support financial or trading infrastructure.
• Strategic and analytical skills, with the ability to use data to prioritize work, measure impact, and make tradeoff decisions.

Benefits

• Generous PTO
• 7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Conditional Holidays Annually
• 1 Service Day Annually
• 401k with 3.5% Company Match
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave
• Health, Vision, Dental Coverage
• Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader

Pay

The salary range for this role will be $220,000.00 - $270,000.00 USD. In addition, this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 15%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).

Schedule

This role is based in Chicago, IL. *There may be remote flexibility for exceptional candidates in the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Wisconsin. Hybrid For Chicago-based employees, we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday, with remote work on Mondays and Fridays. In addition to these weekly remote days, we offer: 20 additional flex remote days annually5 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays