Product Manager - Derivatives Trading Platform
$166k - $210k USD
Who are we?
FalconX is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology, FalconX addresses the industry's foremost challenges: Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, FalconX operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever- evolving cryptocurrency landscape.
Role Overview
As the Product Manager for OTC Derivatives, you will lead the technical evolution of our institutional derivatives offering. You will bridge the gap between complex financial engineering and scalable product delivery, serving as the primary engine for execution. You will transform client needs into robust, performant trading solutions and drive the adoption of crypto derivatives.
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Execution
- Outcome Ownership: Co-own business outcomes with key stakeholders, executing product strategies and roadmaps that directly achieve aggressive growth targets.
- Execution Management: Fully own the lifecycle of technical improvements by writing detailed PRDs, working closely with engineering, QA, and designers.
- Roadmap Delivery: Drive the product vision and strategy to help achieve and company goals and lead the roadmapping and delivery.
- Engineering Partnership: Provide customer insights, drive investment in latency, reliability, and throughput for the core technology stack.
Customer & Market Insights
- Solutioning: Deeply understand our business offering, institutional client needs, and the competitive OTC landscape to lead the design of winning solutions.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Maintain high fluency with data to extract actionable business and customer insights, ensuring the roadmap is prioritized by impact.
- Sales & Client Support: Act as the technical point of contact to help clients and sales teams resolve complex inquiries and production issues.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- GTM Alignment: Partner closely with the Go-To-Market team to ensure successful product launches and market entry strategies.
- Regulatory & Operational Success: Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, and Finance teams to ensure all product offerings meet institutional standards and regulatory requirements.
General Qualifications:
- Minimum 4+ years of progressive experience in Technical Product Management or Technical Program Management within a fast-paced trading environment.
- Direct experience building/managing derivatives products.
- Must have 2+ years of experience in brokerage, market-making, or institutional trading, ideally with exposure to foreign exchange (FX) or Crypto, or payment solutions.
- Deep expertise in building and managing high-performance trading infrastructure.
- Proficient in collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders—Sales, Engineering, Partnerships, Operations, and Compliance—to capture all technical requirements and drive successful product launches.
- Entrepreneurial mindset, thriving in a high-speed, 24/7 digital asset environment.
- Strong team orientation and a willingness to operate in the weeds of technical detail.
- Track record of end-to-end technical ownership and delivering complex, high-impact results.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience in the digital assets industry is a significant advantage.
- Previous experience as an early/founding team member at a growth-stage startup.
- Possession of an MBA, FRM, or CFA certification would be advantageous.
Compensation:
The base pay for this role is expected to be between $166,000 - $210,000 in the New York City and San Francisco Bay Area. This expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role will also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance linked bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for a successful candidate will be determined based on a number of factors such as location, skillset, experience, qualifications and the level at which the candidate is hired.
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