At Forge (NYSE: FRGE), we know our team is our greatest asset. As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone. We live that vision through our values of being bold, humble and accountable. We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to planet-saving, plant-based nutrition and more.
Our mission is to empower more people to exercise ownership in the world’s leading private companies via a world-class technology platform with access to the largest network of buyers and sellers in the world. With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights, a custody offering, and a vibrant marketplace, Forge’s goal is to build the best-in-class technology infrastructure to power a global private market that is transparent, accessible and seamless for companies, their employees and investors. Through Forge, employees can sell their private shares, employers can reward shareholders with pre-IPO liquidity and individual and institutional investors can participate in private unicorn growth.
Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and it is building a growing network effect with defensible competitive advantages. The Forge marketplace has over 440,000 registered users and private shares have traded in more than 500 companies since inception, representing over $12 billion in volume across over 21,000+ transactions.
Our ability to offer these powerful financial solutions has generated incredible interest from investors, demand from customers, and a need to grow our team to meet the needs of more companies, teams and innovators in this way. You can learn more about Forge in the following video : “The private market future starts now”.
The Role:
Forge is seeking an experienced Technical Product Manager/Leader to drive product development for our Middle Office Platform. A core foundation for Forge, Middle Office centers around our next-gen broker-dealer technology platform and provides the key capabilities to support our customer journey with order entry, management, and matching; investment fund management related functions; and risk management.
Responsibilities:
Lead role in formulating the product vision, strategy and roadmap for the Middle Office , outlining key success/performance metrics to drive efficient matching of interests/orders at scale
Represent external & internal customers by understanding their needs and product requirements
Work closely with Customer/Experience Product Managers, engineers, designers, legal & compliance, and business stakeholders to explore, prioritize, and launch Middle Office platform solutions that drive trading in private market securities
Define & design functional specifications for symbology/security master, interest & Trade Lifecyle, automated trade matching algorithms, and data flows between user-facing interest/order entry systems and back-office books of records systems
Craft and own the delivery roadmap mapped to target client & business outcomes. Closely align the roadmap with upstream front-office user facing product teams & downstream back-office product teams
Closely partner with engineering teams to iteratively develop & launch features & releases and continuously iterate & develop enhancements based on quantitative & qualitative feedback
Work closely with the Compliance team to ensure that the ATS, and supporting product features align with our compliance requirements as a regulated financial institution
Recommend the scope of current and future Middle Office platform solutions, as informed by customer and business requirements, as well as by technical dependencies
Outline the product vision, strategy, and roadmap and evangelize how our technology addresses customer problems from a technology and business perspective
Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototyping and final product development
Create detailed User Stories, and ensure that prioritization is aligned to the strategic objective
Attend all agile ceremonies and hold additional sessions as needed to ensure proper and timely documentation of User Stories; and lead backlog grooming sessions to ensure the delivery team understands the solution
Maintain a technical understanding of how our products are designed and built, and therefore be able to identify compromises between end-user needs, technical limitations, and time-to-market goals
Serve as the primary internal SME for Middle Office solutions within Forge
Qualifications:
Bachelor education level in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience developing Trading Platforms (front & middle-office experience is a must)
10+ years experience working at sell-side/brokerage or buy-side institutions interacting with front-office and middle-office roles closely
7-15 years of Technical Business Analysis or product management experience
10+ years of product development/management experience
Passion for delivering solutions that drive customer and business outcomes
Prior experience with end-to-end trading workflows OTC / fixed income asset classes
In-depth knowledge of automated order matching, execution management workflows and systems, electronic trading user interfaces, FIX protocol, risk controls, trading analytics, and financial markets regulatory compliance issues
FIX protocol certification and experience building processes and policies that meet or exceed FINRA, SEC, and other applicable regulatory requirements
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including (1) the ability to engage cross-functionally to facilitate delivery in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; and (2) the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
Demonstrated experience with SOA, APIs, and microservices
Experience working with JIRA and Confluence
Have a mindset and ability to teach and grow product management talent within Forge
Proactively identifies and removes obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team
Generously shares knowledge, establishing trust & credibility
Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time in an office or home office setting while working
For residents of San Francisco/Bay Area, CA or New York, NY the annual salary range including bonus for this role is $222,000 - $288,000 + equity. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, annual bonus, and other factors.
Forge implements a mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, which applies to all employees. All employees covered by this policy are required to be fully vaccinated as a term and condition of employment at Forge. Employees are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after completing primary vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine, with, if applicable, at least the minimum recommended interval between doses. Employees must provide truthful and accurate information about their COVID-19 vaccination status, and, if applicable, their testing results as of the first date of their employment.
Employees may request an exception from this mandatory vaccination policy if the vaccine is medically contraindicated for them or medical necessity requires a delay in vaccination. Employees also may be legally entitled to a reasonable accommodation if they cannot be vaccinated because of a disability, or if the provisions in this policy for vaccination conflict with a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. All such requests will be handled in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Forge is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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