Sr. Product Manager I

About the Role

The Senior Product Manager will design, develop, and oversee activities related to the core Clearwater investment data management platform. Our market-leading, cloud-native, single-instance multi-tenant architecture intakes data from 1200+ sources and creates a golden source of truth. This role involves defining product requirements, planning development to production, and working closely with clients to ensure their success. The Product Manager will craft the product roadmap to achieve bookings, client NPS, and gross margin targets, collaborate with stakeholders to identify new capabilities, and drive the successful creation and market introduction of these features.

Responsibilities

• Manage 1-2 scrum teams spanning 9-11 engineers.
• Continuously evaluate the current data platform and build short (0–6 months), medium (6–12 months), and long-term roadmaps for a highly scalable, automated, and resilient data platform.
• Prioritize decisions across products with data-driven justification.
• Establish alignment on the product roadmap among multiple development teams and efficiently lead the development of cross-product capabilities.
• Contribute to the formulation of the department's development and training plan.
• Build release-specific product briefs that articulate the client problem for target personas, value, priority, and high-level approach.
• Stay current with the latest technology developments in data management, competitors, and apply those insights to Clearwater’s product strategy and execution.

Requirements

• Prior experience in the investment management industry with strong knowledge of Security Reference, Trade, Analytics, Pricing, Accounting (ABOR/IBOR), Performance, Risk, and Custody data domains.
• Proven ability to manage roadmaps for data pipelines and data management features/functions (Data Quality, Data Governance, Information Delivery, etc.), including execution, implementation, and influencing skills within the asset management space.
• 7+ years of experience as a Product Manager owning all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle in a B2B enterprise SaaS environment.
• Knowledge of capital markets and expertise in equity, fixed income, and derivatives.
• At least 5 years of experience in structured financial data management platforms across one or more of these: master data management, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, or data lakehouse.
• Exemplary interpersonal, communication, and project management skills.
• Excellent team and relationship-building abilities with both internal and external parties (engineers, business stakeholders, partners, etc.).
• Strong leadership skills, including the ability to influence via diplomacy and tact.
• Experience working with Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and SQL databases.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong documentation skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. In the absence of a technical education, proven hands-on technical experience will be required.
• Nice to have:
  • Experience working in an asset management company or insurance firm.
  • CFA or FRM certification.
  • Experience with AI, machine learning, and/or LLM-based projects.
  • Experience working with portfolio managers, traders, or researchers.
  • Knowledge or experience working with private assets.