Product Manager, DLT - Assistant Vice President / Vice President

iCapital is powering the world’s alternative investment marketplace. Our financial technology platform has transformed how advisors, wealth management firms, asset managers, and banks evaluate and recommend bespoke public and private market strategies for their high-net-worth clients. iCapital services approximately $200 billion in global client assets invested in 1,634 funds, as of September 2024. 

iCapital has been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 for seven consecutive years (2018-2024); a three-time selection by Forbes to its list of Best Startup Employers (2021-2023); and a four-time winner of MMI/Barron’s Solutions Provider award (See link below).  

About the Role 

iCapital is seeking a highly motivated Product Manager to help lead the development of iCapital’s Distributed Ledger Technology APIs and client system integrations. This individual will be working in a team-oriented environment with smart and hardworking individuals in a results-oriented culture with support from the Executive Management. This is a management level role with room for growth and oversight over teams, projects, and space. This person will have the opportunity to solve fun and complex industry wide problems, spanning across various alternative investment data workflows. This role works directly with end users and clients to bring scale and efficiency spanning across a multitude of different business processes.  

This is an opportunity to utilize the latest technologies and innovative solutions. This individual will own, lead, and deliver various solutions with direct oversight of data models, data validation, and data integrations, largely defining and influencing others in your own space, from identifying unmet needs to defining requirements, writing user stories, developing project communication plans, and testing implementations.  We live and breathe agile and deploy fast, to learn and iterate quickly. Having fun while doing it is a big part of who we are so the ideal candidate will embrace a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.   

Responsibilities 

• Lead engagement with end users and clients to identify and deliver solutions to core functional areas and user needs. 
• Develop the strategic roadmap and lead the direction of the product data models and APIs in partnership with stakeholders. 
• Present, communicate, and work directly with executive management as needed and provide status updates of critical strategic implementations. 
• Resolve issues and concerns around the allocation of resources and work with stakeholders to manage expectations and setting of priorities. 
• Work with the production support team and provide oversight and work to resolve existing gaps with new builds or proposals for new resources. 
• Propose and plan team structure and expansion where necessary with a well thought out plan of execution as the company grows. 
• Mentor the team by coaching and leading by example from all aspects of development whether building relationships or project execution. 
• Identify the highest leverage areas and mobilize key constituents quickly to deliver great products and critical key API features and functions. 
• Develop a strong understanding of business impacts and what is most critical and manage the team and space for concurrent requests and requirements. 
• Test and review client integrations and oversee team execution in general and ensure flawless execution. 
• Monitor the performance of the APIs and connectivity with clients to continuously improve it through all the life-stages of a product. 
• Maintain awareness of the competitive landscape from a business, legal, and compliance perspective. 
• Step outside the product realm when appropriate to contribute to the team and overall company mission.