Director, Product Operations

Capitolis • New York, NY

17d • Onsite

About The Position

We believe the financial markets can and should work for everyone. Capitolis is the technology company helping to create safer and more vibrant financial markets by unlocking capital constraints and enabling greater access to more diversified capital and investment opportunities. Rooted in advanced technology and deep financial expertise, Capitolis powers groundbreaking financial solutions that drive growth for global and regional banks – and institutional investors alike. Capitolis is backed by world class venture capital firms, including Canapi Ventures, 9Yards Capital, SVB Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, and S Capital, as well as leading global banks such as Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered, State Street and UBS. Founded in 2017, our team brings decades of experience in launching successful startups, technology, and financial services. Capitolis was recognized on the Inc. 2024 Best in Business list in the Financial Services and Innovation & Technology categories, and honored for the third consecutive year in the 2025 Euromoney Foreign Exchange Awards . The company has been included on CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Companies list for the past three years, Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list in consecutive years and was named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of The World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023. American Banker recognized Capitolis among the Best Places to Work in Fintech , and the company was named by Crain’s New York Business as one of New York City’s Best Places to Work in 2025 for the fourth consecutive year. For more information, please visit our website at www.capitolis.com or follow us on LinkedIn . Capitolis is looking for a Director, Product Operations to join our growing team in New York City. The product team operates across both areas of the business: Capital Marketplace and Portfolio Optimization. The team defines requirements in partnership with business leaders and brings the products to fruition with the help of a robust engineering team. The Director, Product Operations will manage projects and build and run processes to achieve our ambitious product development goals. They will work closely with cross-functional leaders across the business. The Director, Product will align stakeholders, identify problems, and work through solutions directly contributing to the success and growth of the business. The Director, Product Operations will report directly to our Chief Product Officer and will be located in our Global HQ in New York City, overlooking Bryant Park.

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience in a COO office or business management function at a large financial institution, Fixed Income and Currency experience preferred
• Broad understanding of capital markets and ability to develop knowledge in areas like equity and fixed income financing, derivatives, total returns swaps, repo, securities lending, and capital risk financing
• Exposure to capital cost compression, optimization, and the regulatory environment driving these needs – Basel 3, GSIB, SACCR, CCAR etc.
• Self-starter who will deeply understand the business and demonstrate ownership of projects
• Strategic, systems-level thinker with ability to connect dots laterally and linearly to drive cross-functional alignment
• Assertive and open-minded leader who proactively raises problems, engages in low-ego back and forth, and holds people accountable for results
• Proven experience defining, tracking, measuring, and reporting on strategic goals and outcomes at company and departmental levels
• High ownership individual who relentlessly pursues audacious goals with a strong bias for action and impact
• Adaptable and flexible; ability to juggle multiple priorities and navigate a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• Ability to work 5 days a week in New York Office

Responsibilities

• Build process to align cross-functional leaders on vision, strategy, roadmap, commercial pipeline, revenue targets, and technology/product roadmap
• Manage product prioritization process with Product Managers and other business stakeholders
• Report on progress as needed
• Identify and help unblock obstacles to product roadmap
• Maintain regular cadence of executive level reporting and appropriate transparency to the stakeholders
• Own and drive select cross-functional strategic initiatives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees