Lead Product Manager: Graph Solutions

FINRA is seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead the Graph Platform and AI-Graph Integration initiatives. This role will work at the intersection of regulatory operations, data intelligence, and generative AI, partnering with RegOps leadership to transform FINRA from reactive to proactive regulation. The Lead Product Manager will shape the future of regulatory technology by embedding graph-based intelligence into FINRA's AI systems and enabling advanced investigative analytics across regulatory teams.

About the role

The Lead Product Manager owns the vision, strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for FINRA's Graph Solutions Platform and oversees integration of graph intelligence with generative AI systems. This role partners closely with RegOps leadership to understand evolving regulatory challenges—from detecting hidden fraud networks to accelerating investigations—and translates those needs into product strategy that leverages both graph analytics and AI capabilities. This role identifies and manages work with a high level of autonomy, making product-related decisions based on the needs and expectations of Enterprise users and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• User Insight & Product Definition
  • Develops deep understanding of the business and product areas within the product group, as well as the relevant data that can be used to inform key decisions
  • Defines multiple products and/or complex products and identifies gaps and user needs by creating vision, strategy, and requirements documents for product(s)
  • Utilizes available data or commissions new research to identify user needs
  • Performs experiments and organizes primary research to uncover additional user value
• Product Portfolio Management
  • Develops, manages, and owns the product roadmap for multiple products and/or complex products
  • Makes trade-off decisions for multiple products in a product group
  • Demonstrates expertise across multiple products which facilitates discovery and drives enterprise capabilities
  • Builds partnerships with relevant stakeholder teams
  • Coordinates with interdependent teams and influences leadership to drive efficiencies
  • Builds and leverages solid working relationships with business and product stakeholders, UI/UX, architecture, and technology teams to facilitate product and user success
  • Participates in the intake process for their product domain
• Product Planning & Prioritization
  • Leads the product planning process across multiple products and/or complex products by overseeing the development of requirements documents (user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases) for products or product releases
  • Maintains a prioritized backlog based on defined user value, aligning with product strategy and resource capacity; uses data and analytics to prioritize the product backlog appropriately
  • Works closely with UI/UX to set the direction for the design of the user experience for their products
  • Determines and monitors release goals, prioritization, implementation, and iteration plans for their products according to user value
  • Resolves problems that are escalated during the process
• Product Development
  • Facilitates the development process by reviewing demos with the technology team and validating acceptance criteria for multiple products and/or complex products
  • Provides UX/UI approval for the assigned products
  • Tracks the development work and drives resolution of escalated issues and bugs for their products
  • Identifies issues that will keep their products from delivering on time or at the right level of quality, assesses alternatives to resolve, builds a plan for resolution, and directly resolves or communicates to leadership
• Launch
  • Leads large and sometimes highly complex product launches by working with relevant stakeholders to develop launch plans
  • Identifies, reviews, and resolves issues and blockers in partnership with team members that may delay the launch or impede the success of product(s)
  • Coordinates formal UAT where necessary
  • Develops product documentation and training materials for users in support of product launches
  • Tracks and reports on product launch metrics, utilizing feedback to drive associated actions and product iteration
  • Leads post-launch reviews and drives incorporation of feedback in future product releases
• Operate
  • Works with internal and external teams and users to identify, classify, and resolve product and product group-level user issues
  • Identifies new and innovative methods and metrics for tracking product success, works with the technology team to improve reports and monitoring
  • Works with stakeholder teams to actively monitor metrics
  • Tracks performance trends and gathers user feedback to determine product group-level gaps, development opportunities, and if necessary, product end-of-life plans
  • Represents team in product group-level discussions with stakeholders
  • Attends business reviews, providing critical input and expert insights to inform the business cases, business strategy, and development of new products
• Team Development & Continuous Improvement
  • Provides coaching and guidance to more junior-level product management team members
  • Works with cross-functional leaders and experts to establish best practices and identify opportunities to improve the product development and delivery process
  • Follows, understands, and applies relevant industry trends, research, and best practices in technology and product management
  • Demonstrates FINRA’s values: Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity
• Additional Responsibilities
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Communications, or related field (or equivalent work experience in a related field)
  • 7 years of experience in one or more of the following: product management, project management, business analysis, program management, or product marketing
  • 5 years of experience in product and/or experience management
  • Strong writing ability
  • Strong business acumen
  • Experience with Agile software development
  • Experience working cross-functionally in a large organization
  • Experience working closely with senior leadership
  • Experience translating data into quantifiable actions/deliverables
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Master’s Degree in Business Administration or similar advanced degree
  • CSPO Certification
  • Experience in the Financial Services industry
  • Strong financial acumen
  • Experience collaborating closely with senior leadership
  • Experience providing guidance and direction to cross-functional resources

Working Conditions

Hybrid work environment, with defined in-person presence requirements. Extended hours may be required.

Pay

• CO/FL/TX: Minimum Salary $114,200, Maximum Salary $207,200
• IL/PA: Minimum Salary $125,900, Maximum Salary $228,000
• MA/MD/VA/Washington, DC: Minimum Salary $131,200, Maximum Salary $238,300
• NY/NJ: Minimum Salary $131,200, Maximum Salary $248,700

In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s skill set, level of experience, education, and market considerations. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Non-exempt employees are also eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal, state, or local law.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life insurance
• Spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Long-term care insurance
• Business travel accident insurance
• Legal insurance
• Immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match
• Eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• Commuter benefits
• Adoption assistance
• Backup family care
• Surrogacy benefits
• Employee assistance and wellness programs

Time Off and Paid Leave

• 15 days of paid time off (pro-rated in the first year)
• 5 personal days
• 9 sick days (unless otherwise required by law)
• 2 volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule)
• Military leave
• Jury duty leave
• Bereavement leave
• Voting and election official leave for federal, state, or local primary and general elections
• Care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment)
• Childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment)
• 9 paid holidays (based on full-time schedule)

Important Information

FINRA’s Code of Conduct imposes restrictions on employees’ investments and requires financial disclosures that are uniquely related to our role as a securities regulator. FINRA employees are required to disclose to FINRA all brokerage accounts that they maintain, and those in which they control trading or have a financial interest (including any trust account of which they are a trustee or beneficiary and all accounts of a spouse, domestic partner or minor child who lives with the employee) and to authorize their broker-dealers to provide FINRA with duplicate statements for all of those accounts. All of those accounts are subject to the Code’s investment and securities account restrictions, and new employees must comply with those investment restrictions—including disposing of any security issued by a company on FINRA’s Prohibited Company List or obtaining a written waiver from their Executive Vice President—by the date they begin employment with FINRA. Employees may only maintain securities accounts that must be disclosed to FINRA at one or more