Technical Product Manager

• Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and WeBull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers. 

  Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. We are based in Dallas, TX and also have offices in Austin, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, and Belfast. 

  If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you. 

  AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:

  • 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards
  • 2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company
  • 2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards

  At Apex Fintech Solutions, we're all about building the next-generation trade clearing platform that enables the hottest stock trading apps the capabilities they need to introduce a new generation to investing. We need passionate, determined, courageous individuals like you to help us achieve this mission. If what you need next in your career is an opportunity to be empowered to make your own decisions, learn from your mistakes and execute what works, Apex Fintech Solutions is likely the place for you 

  We are expanding our talented teams in Belfast. We are continuing to build teams that are fully functional with leadership, back- and front-end development, data engineering, product management and testing, located in Northern Ireland. 

  As a Senior Technical Product Manager you’ll have a big impact across Apex Fintech Solutions. You’ll work on our Margins product, which allows brokerage companies to extend credit to investors using their own securities as collateral. This role will partner with our US based product team to impact the product strategy and our Belfast team to deliver customer features in a reliable, scalable, and secure product. This is a role for someone who flourishes in a fast-paced environment, has a customer/product mindset and has worked within a software delivery team. You thrive on solving problems and have proven success in delivering high quality, enterprise-level software that customers love. 

  You’ll be responsible for: 

  • Acting as a thought leader and enabling data driven decision making
  • Perform research and data analysis to provide actionable insight 
  • Document business requirements in a way that demonstrates value, priority and definitions of acceptance 
  • Lead discussions to determine and understand expectations, process and requirements through, journey maps, scoping sessions and interviews 
  • Providing the link between the project team, customer (internal or external), development team and any third-party regarding software functionality throughout the development life cycle 
  • Participate in agile SDLC rituals to drive successful outcomes, reporting and collaboration 
  • Perform user or business acceptance on changes 
  • Identify source of gaps on cloud migration projects and create tickets for development team with appropriate level of detail for it to be remediated 
  • Liaise with various internal teams, business stakeholders and create detailed tickets for developing new Margin APIs 
  • Coordinate with various other teams dependent of Margin data to understand & document their requirements, scope of work to migrate from on-prem to cloud along with roadmap and timelines around it

  What you need to succeed: 

  • The permanent right to live and work in the U.K. 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including executives and non-technical leaders 
  • Knowledge of Financial Markets 
  • Curiosity and eagerness to learn and improve on existing approaches
  • Extreme attention to detail; commitment to providing high integrity work
  • Must be highly motivated and able to work independently and collaboratively
  • Flexible; able to adapt to changing requirements and a diverse array of business requests 
  • Experience working with a team in an agile environment 
  • Extensive experience with data visualization 

  We offer: 

  • Pension matched up to 7% 
  • Private health insurance for medical and dental 
  • Life Insurance 
  • 28 days annual leave plus 10 NI national holidays 
  • Great work/life balance and flexible working hours 
  • Monthly catered lunches 
  • Poker tournaments 
  • Charitable matching gift program