Product Owner, VP - BXTI - BXMA Direct Trading

Blackstone • New York, NY

22d • $200,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram.

BXTI is entrepreneurial – our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development means that everyone on the team has the opportunity to make an impact from day one. We are problem solvers who can take projects from idea to implementation. We believe in active mentoring and developing excellence. We collaborate to find the best answers for our customers and for Blackstone. We are critical to the firm maintaining its competitive edge.

We are seeking an experienced product leader to join the Blackstone Multi Asset Investing technology team at BXTI as Vice President, Product for our Direct Trading business lines. In this role, you will set the product vision and roadmap for the platforms our investment, risk, and operations teams rely on every day, from order management and execution to post-trade, market data, and analytics. You will partner closely with engineering, design, and a broad set of business stakeholders to deliver high-impact technology that strengthens Blackstone’s competitive edge in Direct Trading.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product management experience, with significant time spent building technology for trading, capital markets, or alternative investments.
• Deep understanding of the trade lifecycle, OMS/EMS, market data, and post-trade workflows across asset classes (e.g., equities, credit, derivatives).
• Demonstrated track record shipping institutional-grade investment or trading technology in close partnership with engineering teams.
• Strong analytical skills, including comfort with SQL and modern data tools to validate hypotheses, measure outcomes, and ground product decisions.
• Experience working within a technology team for a financial services firm, with a preference for alternative asset management, hedge funds, or sell-side trading.
• Proficiency operating within a modern software development lifecycle, including agile delivery, change control, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, including the competence to communicate with business and technical coworkers and to author documentation appropriate for the user community, development teams, and senior management.
• Experience defining project scope and to manage and communicate scope changes.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and raise issues in a timely and productive fashion.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Drive technology strategy for BXMA's Direct Trading business lines, in partnership with investment, risk, and operations teams.
• Own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for the technology platforms supporting Direct Trading, including order management, execution, post-trade, market data, and analytics tooling.
• Translate trader, portfolio manager, risk, and operations workflows into prioritized requirements and clear specifications; partner with engineering to deliver against them.
• Run product discovery with investment and operating stakeholders to identify automation, data, and analytics opportunities across the trade lifecycle.
• Lead prioritization across competing demands, balancing time-sensitive trading needs with longer-term platform investments.
• Coordinate with internal platform teams (data platform, AI, infrastructure) and external vendors on integrations, shared services, and build-vs-buy decisions.
• Define and track KPIs for adoption, performance, and business impact; communicate progress and trade-offs to senior BXMA and BXTI leadership.
• Promote and cultivate a culture of product thinking, data, and AI within the BXMA technology organization, including leading working sessions for both technology and business teams.
• Lead multiple concurrent initiatives and collaborate effectively with other BXTI product, engineering, and design teams.

Benefits

• comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits
• paid time off
• life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• discretionary bonuses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager